ST.LOUIS, Missouri (June 2, 2005) – World-ranked junior welterweight David Diaz (27-1 15 KOs) got back to business Thursday night when he stopped veteran Tyrone Wiggins...
WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison (left) and challenger Michael Brodie square-off after Thursday's weigh-in in Manchester, England. Both boxers tipped the scales at the division-limit 126 pounds....
After a week off for good behavior, The Sweet Science writers return to form by predicting the big fights. The bout this weekend on Showtime between...
LAS VEGAS (June 2, 2005) – Heavyweight prospect Roman Greenberg (18-0, 13 KOs) is on a mission to establish himself as the first Jewish world champion...
MANCHESTER, England (June 2, 2005) – Kostya Tszyu and Ricky Hatton offered their final comments to the press at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel in Manchester before...
At one point, I considered covering my eyes at ringside. This was the World Boxing Council welterweight title eliminator? I didn’t want to believe Carlos “Tata”...
It did not matter what Julio Cesar Chavez did with Ivan Robinson on Saturday night. Nor did it matter what happened with Oscar De La Hoya,...
Growing up, when the few blocks around the Brooklyn Navy Yard was the entire universe and sports heroes rose above the sky scrappers — and our...
NEW YORK, NY (June 2, 2005) –“Cotto's New York Adventure” begins this Saturday, June 4, with a public workout at an outdoor ring located at 152nd...
TAMPA, FL – Undefeated IBF super middleweight champion JEFF “Left Hook” LACY, from St. Petersburg, FL, the first member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team to win...
CHICAGO (June 1, 2005) – Fourteen-year NBA veteran Kendall Gill will announce his intentions to make his professional boxing debut this summer at a press conference...
There comes a time in the career of most champions, regardless of the sport, where they must rise above the odds to conquer an opponent most...
LAS VEGAS (June 2, 2005) – Team Ruiz expressed satisfaction that the World Boxing Association has entered an order (dated May 16 2005) stripping James Toney...
More than one J. Chavez fought in Los Angeles Saturday night, but there was little doubt which of three—Julio, Junior or Jesus—the nostalgic Mexican fans had...
Par Curtis McCormick ScottHarrison.net Le champion poids plume de la WBO, Scott Harrison, affrontent une situation difficile face à son adversaire plus redoutable, le triple champion...
LOS ANGELES (June 1, 2005) – Long seen as boxing's glamour division, the heavyweights have always captured the imagination of fight fans the world over. On...
The hits just keep on coming at The Sweet Science, the world's foremost online boxing publication. It rewards the best of the best as it appears...
Many professional boxers over the years have also tried their hand at acting. In recent times we’re reminded of Shannon Briggs playing a villain in “Bad...
Shake his hand, pat him on the back and give him a friendly nod. Then quietly slip away and say a little prayer for Ricky Hatton....
Canadian heavyweight George Chuvalo relives one of the greatest matches in boxing history with IN THIS CORNER Extra: George Chuvalo on ESPN Classic tomorrow (Wednesday, June...
