Something not seen in boxing any more is a former world champion acting as a referee, but several great fighters have played a role in boxing...
Middleweight Ian Gardner, 19-2 (7 KOs), Brockton, Mass. (via Canada), cruised to a shutout ten-round decision over Mohamad Said, 16-4 (10 KOs), 162 1/2, Brazil (via...
We all know Johnny Tapia. He’s a five-time world boxing champion and future hall of famer with two of the speediest fists in history, but he’s...
Former undefeated WBA and IBF junior lightweight world champion Brian Mitchell is making a comeback to the center stage. Not in a boxing ring, however, but...
This is the second monthly edition of the Grant Top 25 Heavyweights. Most of the comments on the last ratings were generally favorable, but among the...
Talented freelance boxing writer Joe Rein has a style all his own. And that style now manifests itself in his being named over an accomplished field...
Bradford’s Junior Witter – who defends his European title against mandatory contender Andreas Kotelnik at the Nottingham Arena live on ITV2 on Saturday night – believes...
Listening to Bernard Hopkins talk about boxing is like listening to Bo Diddley discuss the blues, or Michael Jordan explain the jump shot. You don’t argue,...
Golden Boy Promotions has announced the signing of highly regarded super bantamweight prospect Jonathan Oquendo to a promotional contract. Oquendo, 4-0 with 2 knockouts, becomes the first...
NABF and USBA heavyweight titlist Nigerian Samuel Peter, 24-0 (21 KOs), now living in Las Vegas, NV, added the NABA belt to his trinket collection with...
This week Bernard Hopkins, middleweight boxing's kingpin, participated in a national conference call with the boxing news media to promote his upcoming showdown with rising star Jermain...
This week Jermain Taylor, middleweight boxing's rising star, participated in a national media conference call to promote his upcoming showdown with Bernard Hopkins. The two will...
George Khalid Jones, 22-2-1 (13 KOs), 173 3/4, Paterson, NJ, captured the USBA light-heavyweight championship winning a controversial nine round technical decision over Freddy Moore, 30-3...
Every so often, an undefeated heavyweight comes along and catches the eye of many in the media. For 2005, the flavor of the month seems to...
On most pound-for-pound lists, Bernard Hopkins and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are ranked as the top two fighters in the world today. Hopkins and Mayweather have ascended...
DiBella Entertainment's Ike “Bazooka” Quartey, fresh off his convincing victory over Verno Phillips in Memphis on June 11 on HBO, says he is ready to take...
A fellow once asked Red Smith, the last poet laureate of sports columnists, why had he never written a book. Smith studied his scotch and soda,...
Once the boxing bug bites, there’s not much anyone can do. Its symptoms may come and go, there will be good days followed by bad, but...
In dominating Arturo “Thunder” Gatti so thoroughly this past weekend in Atlantic City, Floyd Mayweather Jr. looked so good he may have eliminated nearly every potential...
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING WORKOUT QUOTES SHOWTIME will set off fireworks the July Fourth weekend with a spectacular heavyweight showdown. Featuring the hottest fighter in the division,...
