They brought in better sparring partners to give Antonio Tarver some different looks, force him to think a little more when the punches start arriving at...
HAMBURG, Germany (September 28, 2005) – Luan Krasniqi entered the ring to deafening applause from the over 10,000 German partisans on hand at the Color Line...
Heavyweight prospect Vinny Maddalone of Queens, New York, is very convincing when he says that he won’t turn his highly anticipated October 1 rematch with Brian...
HAMBURG, Germany (September 28, 2005) – Don King arrived in Hamburg on Sunday night to join WBO heavyweight champion “Relentless” Lamon Brewster, who arrived in Germany...
Some heavyweight champions are larger than life. Certainly Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Jack Johnson immediately come to mind. But with less than a...
Two steps forward, three steps back, forget the good, remember the bad. That seems to be the path boxing is taking nowadays. Where the path leads...
Saturday night on HBO we witnessed Dr. Wladimir Klitschko pass another test on his way to second run to a heavyweight title shot. This time “Economics”...
Eighty-eight years ago this week, the Milwaukee Sentinel sent Jack Dougherty to his grave. The Wisconsin newspaper didn’t cause the demise of Dougherty, but rather insured...
LOS ANGELES (September 26, 2005) – The island of Puerto Rico is rich in boxing history, with the names Trinidad, Gomez, Benitez, Ortiz and Torres recognizable...
Right from the start, Lamon Brewster’s Hamburg, Germany defense of his WBO heavyweight belt against unknown Luan Krasniqi scheduled for Sept. 28th epitomizes the growing obscurity...
Atlantic City – Welcome to town. Just past the toll pavilion on the Atlantic City Expressway, a huge billboard announces the Wladimir Klitschko-Samuel Peter and Miguel...
Craig Robinson may have one of the hardest heads in boxing. He has shattered the hands of sparring partners in the gym, and he applied it...
As a former two-time New York City Golden Gloves champion, 1972 Olympic alternate, and the WBA light heavyweight champion from 1980-81, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad has a...
It’s just days before the fight and still no word from Roy Jones Jr. No stirring of the pot, no brash predictions, no last-minute trash talk....
Salford’s Jamie Moore, the scowling, muscled British champion, repelled the challenge of Bermondsey’s entertaining challenger, David Walker, in the fourth round of his 154-pound title at...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Advertised as a ‘heavyweight eliminator,’ Saturday night’s fight at Boardwalk Hall may have lived up to its billing: With any luck it...
SATURDAY Atlantic City — NABF Heavyweight title SAMUEL PETER -125 WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO +115 Finally, a heavyweight fight that brings some intrigue PETER–KLITSCHKO — Will end before...
What does tonight’s Wladimir Klitschko–Samuel Peter fight really mean for the future of the heavyweight division? Tim Graham, columnist for The Sweet Science and the Buffalo...
WASHINGTON, DC (September 24, 2005) – Legendary boxing promoter Don King will bring the World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight champion “Relentless” Lamon Brewster to “meet and greet”...
NEW YORK (September 24, 2005) – There are some things you can count on. No sooner had the tragic passing of Leavander Johnson been announced to...
