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...
While serving in a U.S. Army engineer battalion in Vietnam in 1966-67, Jack Obermayer was such a rabid boxing fan that he wrote a letter to...
NEW YORK (May 31, 2005) – SHOWTIME will set off fireworks July Fourth weekend with a spectacular heavyweight showdown. Featuring the hottest fighter in the division,...
At the moment, the junior welterweight division is the toughest and most talent-laden division in boxing. During the month of June, all four 140 pound belt...
Address: 75 Front St., Brooklyn, New York The fabled New York City boxing gym opened in the Bronx, in 1937, and then moved to Manhattan in...
In the midst of the most muddled heavyweight picture in many years, the easy temptation is to write off the current crop of contenders, champions, and...
Although recent films like Million Dollar Baby and Cinderella Man are providing competition, the Rocky quintet still stands as the Mecca of boxing movies. It is...
In anticipation of their HBO televised championship bouts on August 20th at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois two time junior middleweight champion “Ferocious” Fernando Vargas...
Legendary former three-division world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. promised to come into his “Adios” fight with Ivan Robinson in top physical condition. He made good...
It’s no secret that among hardcore Mexican boxing fans, Oscar De La Hoya isn’t the hero he is in the United States. Mexican fight fans like...
With Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. kicking off his US farewell tour tonight, he has brought son Julio Jr. along for the ride. Junior has endured a...
This Saturday from the land of sauerkraut, Oktoberfest and lederhosen comes a very meaningful heavyweight fight as the contending Lance “Mount” Whitaker invades Germany to challenge...
When Ron Stander challenged Joe Frazier for the heavyweight championship of the world at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Nebraska on May 25, 1972, his wife...
Hasim Rahman has called out Vitali Klitschko in an open letter to the WBC champion. Read what Rahman has to say: Dear Mr Klitshcko (& fans): I am...
This weekend, a boxing legend will partake in what is billed as his farewell fight. Stop me if you have heard this one before. True, the...
This past Saturday night I watched the rebroadcast of the Wright-Trinidad middleweight elimination bout. For me, this fight was somewhat ironic. On December 13, 2003, Don...
