Oct. 30, 1974: Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stops champion George Foreman in the eighth round to win the heavyweight title in Kinshasa, Zaire. In regaining...
There were relatively few surprises in the “World Cup” of boxing Saturday night. The Mexican team proved too strong and too talented for the team from...
The hottest of hot prospects in New York these days is going national. New York State super middleweight champion Jaidon “The Don” Codrington (9-0, 9 KOs)...
NEW YORK (November 2, 2005) – On November 4, 2005, at the Hammerstein Ballroom on West 34th Street in New York City, middleweight knockout sensation John...
BEND, Oregon (November 2, 2005) – Like the Romanov Dynasty that ended with the Russian Revolution in 1917, WBC interim heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman stated today...
Hasim “The Rock” Rahman, in anticipation of his November 12 showdown with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, met with the press on November 1, 2005. He...
Dr. Vitali Klitschko and Hasim “The Rock” Rahman are set to battle for heavyweight supremacy on November 12th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las...
“Listen … just listen … do you know what that is? It’s the silence before the storm and there’s a big one coming.” These were the...
NEW YORK (November 1, 2005) – Attorneys for World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John Ruiz announced today that a lawsuit has been filed on Ruiz's behalf...
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (November 1, 2005) – With a little over a month to go before the most highly anticipated rematch in years – between undisputed middleweight...
“The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with...
This guy just won’t play along. He doesn’t talk trash, doesn’t call anyone names, and he doesn’t make obscene gestures from across the table. He seldom...
This is our sixth edition of the Grant Top 25 Heavyweights. We had some activity among the fighters at the bottom of the list. Most notably,...
Carlos Albuerne left Cuba with only the clothes on his back. He gathered one of his brothers and a small group of friends and they pushed...
Many people love to say that boxing in Italy is in crisis. Some guys in the boxing business talk the same way. Their opinions are based...
The wait is interminable. It stretches into forever. The nerves are piling on — nerves on top of nerves on top of nerves. And yet still...
You would have felt queasy, too, standing in the paparazzi-stuffed banquet hall at the New York Hilton Friday morning. It was a 30-minute photo-op given shortly...
Three Hennessy Sports talents featured in exhilarating contests on away soil this weekend. Lenny Daws and John Murray registered impressive stoppage victories, whilst Esham Pickering featured...
TUCSON, Arizona – For Team Mexico, a Thai was like kissing tu hermanita, or little sister. The bruising quartet swept their worthy counterparts from Thailand, as...
MILAN, Italy – Stefano Zoff is one of the best Italian boxers of the last 16 years. His story could be the inspiration for a movie:...
