DUSSELDORF, Germany (October 16, 2005) – American boxing fans missed out on another terrific fight from Germany as undefeated World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Tomasz...
The view from the Vatican must be different from the view everywhere else. Seat of a world religion, home of spiritual treasures and fine art, when...
Some of the luster has rubbed off the big prize. We were expecting steak and lobster, but had to settle for a pepperoni pizza with extra...
SATURDAY Los Angeles — Jr. Middleweights SERGIO MORA -255 PETER MANFREDO JR. +235 Rematch of “Contender” final Los Angeles — Welterweights JESSE BRINKLEY -330 ANTHONY BONSANTE...
The calendar said it was 1964, the year of the dragon, the one that James Bond uncovered a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve,...
Two years later Jake LaMotta gets his shot at the middleweight title held by the French-Algerian champion Marcel Cerdan. The fight is scheduled for June 16,...
It must have seemed like déjà vu all over again for Tommy Molloy of Merrick, Long Island, when he squared off several months ago in a...
You can’t beat this guy by a close decision. It’s got to be more definite than that, something we can all agree on, something undeniable. He’s...
THURSDAY Atlantic City — Jr. Middleweights KASSIM OUMA -950 ALFREDO CUEVAS +850 Comeback time for Ouma, who lost his title last time out Atlantic City —...
There was no controversy this time inside the ring as Jose Luis Castillo dropped Diego “Chico” Corrales with a devastating left hook to the head in...
NEW YORK (October 12, 2005) – In two match-ups that typify the essence of the SHOWTIME boxing series, “ShoBox: The New Generation,” four outstanding prospects will...
LOS ANGELES (October 4, 2005) – Golden Boy Promotions, home to one of the largest collections of established talent and rising stars in the boxing world...
On October 8, as one of the pay-per-view televised preliminary bouts to Jose Luis Castillo’s destruction of Diego Corrales, undefeated junior welterweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr....
NEW YORK (October 12, 2005) – Brooklyn-born Shannon Briggs will be back in the Big Apple spotlight when the heavyweight contender headlines “The Homecoming” on Friday,...
NEW YORK (October 11, 2005) – For months after the fact, boxing fans and the worldwide media had only one topic on their minds: the July...
Fast forward two years. It’s February 5, 1943 and we’re in Detroit. There’s a fight, and it’s the rematch between LaMotta and Robinson. We’re in the...
He’s a hard-nosed veteran of 45 professional fights, became a household name in Latin America with his colorful personality that shone through on the Mexican version...
Last Saturday in Las Vegas crowds gathered for what they sensed would be a glimpse of one of the rare shows of brutal art that only...
In front of a partisan Japanese crowd and defending his WBC flyweight title for the twelfth time, 28-year-old Pongsaklek Wongjamkam used short, crisp combinations to batter...
Who was the Cinderella Man who handed Max Baer a stunning defeat in the ring 69 years ago this month? It wasn't James J. Braddock. His...
