Had you only seen the Irish middleweight John Duddy sparring in Gleason’s Gym, and never caught one of his pro fights, you wouldn’t give him a...
Mike Tyson weighed in Thursday at 233 pounds for his fight against Irishman Kevin McBride on Saturday night. Tyson also weighed 233 pounds when he was...
Victory is sweet. Revenge is sweeter. Cotto wants to avenge the loss he suffered at the hands of Abdullaev in the 2000 Summer Games and New York’s Madison...
New York (June 9, 2005) – It will be the veteran warrior against the young turk fighting in his home town when Team Freedom Promotions, Inc. presents...
He’s back! – Which is quite a feat, since he’s hardly been away. Mike Tyson returns to the ring Saturday night in Washington, DC against a...
Today we are experiencing an unprecedented delay in discovering the predominant heavyweight following the retirement of the consensus champion, in this case Lennox Lewis. In years...
New York-based boxing impresario Lou DiBella will continue to spotlight local talent from all five boroughs with the latest installment of his much-lauded Broadway Boxing Series...
Dominic Pesoli's 8 Count Productions and Bob Arum's Top Rank Incorporated along with Miller Lite presents “WAVE OF FURY” another installment of THE BEST IN CHICAGO...
HOLLYWOOD, CA (June 9, 2005) — Undefeated female boxing superstar LUCIA RIJKER blasted Laila Ali today for avoiding a million dollar battle between them. Rijker, 17-0 (14...
Kelly Pavlik may be the man to put Youngstown, Ohio, back in the boxing spotlight – that is, if he ever gets a chance. Since the...
Glad you didn’t take it seriously. First, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the loyal Ricky Hatton fans out there for the kind,...
LYNN, Mass. (June 7, 2005) – Former WBC super flyweight champion Gerry “Geronimo” Penalosa (48-5-2, 33 KOs) headlines “Friday Night Fights,” promoted by Knockout Boxing in...
LAS VEGAS (June 8, 2005) – Russian born, Israeli raised heavyweight prospect Roman Greenberg (18-0, 13 KOs) fights Saturday night in Las Vegas for the second...
History suggests that the popularity of the sport of boxing often depends most on its heaviest fighters, and assuming that still holds true, the sport is...
After Ricky Hatton’s impressive destruction of Kostya Tszyu Saturday in Manchester, England, boxing has a new junior welterweight champion. And a new star. And while the...
The International Professional Ring Officials Associations has announced the appointment of Duane Ford as a vice president of their organization. Duane will join Barry Druxman, president,...
BIELSKO BIALA, Poland—When undefeated Tomasz Adamek (29-0, 20 KOs) won a majority decision over Australian Paul “Hurricane” Briggs to win the vacant World Boxing Council light...
Besides needing an injection of talent, the heavyweight division could use some characters such as Tex, the Bluffs Butcher and the Bayonne Bleeder. Randall “Tex” Cobb,...
For former lightweight champion Julio “The Kidd” Diaz, losing is not the hardest part. It’s the downtime before the next fight after a loss that hurts...
Intro by Charles JayEditor-in-Chief of The Sweet Science I remember having a talk with a young writer who, by virtue of his membership in the Boxing...
