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,...
Former welterweight champion John H. Stracey sat down with TheSweetScience.com at the annual Hall of Fame induction weekend in Canastota, New York. Career: 1969-1978 Record: 45-5-1,...
The Battle of The Long Count is the most legendary controversial fight in boxing history. Supporters of Jack Dempsey maintained, and still do, that when Dempsey...
With Floyd Mayweather’s masterful destruction of Arturo Gatti Saturday in Atlantic City – and after a particularly active month in the junior welterweight division – the...
Life is often counterintuitive. Today, corporate chiefs reap massively disproportionate rewards through golden parachute clauses even if they ruin the financial lives of stockholders. Moreover, their...
It wasn’t a prizefight as much as it was a chop-shop dismantling of a local idol, an ugly, methodical beating handed out by a guy who backed...
CHICAGO (June 28, 2005) — Dominic Pesoli's 8 Count Productions along with Bob Arum's Top Rank Incorporated and Miller Lite presents another installment of THE BEST...
There are a number of countries which have developed reputations that if you’re fighting the hometown boy you had better knock him out or be prepared...
Boxing fans arriving early to the ‘Trailblazers’ event at the Nottingham Arena on July 9th co-headlined by Carl Froch and Junior Witter will see an extra –...
Watching Arturo “Thunder” Gatti cry in Buddy McGirt’s arms while pleading for one more round against Floyd Mayweather was no easy sight for any diehard Thunder...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (June 27, 2005) — Undisputed world welterweight champion Zab “Super” Judah extended his congratulations to “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather today after his dominating performance...
TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts – Paulie Malignaggi – aka “The Magic Man” – plans on returning to action in late August with a repaired right hand and a new...
Oleg Maskaev, 31-5 (25 KOs), scored a 3rd round knockout over Livin Castillo, 13-4 (7 KOs), in Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal in what amounted to...
TAMPA, FL (June 27, 2005) – Three-time world title contender and the pride of St. Petersburg, FL, “Diamond” David Santos, has announced that his fight on...
The boxing world was on its feet that night, that May 7th evening in Las Vegas. Boxing fans anywhere and everywhere fell in love with a...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The difficulty in watching an icon fall, before his legion of worshippers, in such definitive fashion, was evident in the misty eyes...
