Steal his parking space, tease his dog or tell him he couldn’t punch his way out of a grocery bag. Call him a bum, let the...
The writer George Plimpton pitched a baseball to Willie Mays. He played goalie for a day with the Boston Bruins. He was in a pro-am golf...
WASHINGTON, DC (April 13, 2005) – The nation’s capital is abuzz with the prospect of former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson (50-5 2...
I know you have all see me on television, in the ring, putting on classic displays of “power boxing” – a mix of speed and explosive...
The NYPD Fighting Finest boxing team is out for blood. Literally! On Thursday night, April 14th, the Finest will square off against a joint LAPD and...
With fight fans’ pockets still smarting from HBO’s pay-per-view show this past weekend, ESPN.com is offering a live webcast of its April 23 ESPN PPV boxing...
LOS ANGELES, April 9 – With a capacity crowd of his fellow Argentineans cheering him on at the Miccosukee Gaming Resort in Miami, Florida, Jorge Rodrigo...
The sweet science certainly has the market cornered on hard luck stories. Tales of boxers experiencing championship-level greatness and ending up penniless is almost cliché. But...
On April 30, former IBF middleweight, super middleweight, and cruiserweight titleholder James “Lights Out” Toney (68-4-2) challenges John Ruiz (41-5-1) for the WBA heavyweight championship. With a victory,...
EL PASO, Texas (April 9) – Marco Antonio Barrera carved another notch on his holster Saturday night by dropping Mzonke Fana to the canvas and out...
Barrera looked impressive in his stopping of Mzonke Fana in the second round in defense of his WBC super featherweight world title on Saturday night, but...
After fifteen plus years and sixty pro fights, most fighters would be winding down their careers, and reflecting on all that they accomplished over the years....
And so we come to one of those situations where we can really enjoy the challenge. It's called, for lack of a better term, “handicapping on...
In boxing action Friday night, Jorge Rodrigo Barrios snapped Mike Anchondo's unbeaten record when he stopped Anchondo in the 4th round in Miami. The Argentinean, Barrios,...
In boxing action Thursday night, Riddick Bowe won a 10-round split decision over Billy Zumbrun, but not before suffering some shaky moments along the way. Judges...
In the spirit of Michael Jordan, Deon Sanders and Beau Jackson, all stars in one sport who flirted with another sport, with varying degrees of success,...
Mzonke Fana is the great unknown. After this fight with Marco Antonio Barrera, will he be unknown forever? Barrera knockout in ninth.Mitch Abramson Fana was dropped...
Lou DiBella, Jermain Taylor's promoter, has told the Arkansas Democrat Gazette that the proposed July middleweight showdown between boxing's reigning middleweight king, Bernard Hopkins, and Jermain...
CHICAGO (April 7, 2005) – To lucky Chicagoans who are free next Thursday, April 14, Don King invites you to an open-to-the-public Chicago Press Conference to...
PHOENIX, Arizona – Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, like some eternally recurring eternal recurrence, former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson is...
