Division: Heavyweight Record: 30-5, 24 knockouts Promoter: Dennis Rappaport and Fred Kesch Trainer: Victor Valle Jr. The Skinny: Maskaev has won 8 in a row since...
Those who hold boxing near and dear to their hearts will be the first to tell you that the sport is like no other. It requires...
You don’t expect to see a lot of dancing with these two. They’re not into the tango, the hustle or the Texas two-step. They don’t worry...
In the spring of 2004, Bruce Silverglade, the proprietor of the fabled Gleason’s Gym, which sits like a pugilistic bastion under the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn,...
Former lightweight boxing champ, Paul Spadafora was sentenced Wednesday to up to five years in prison. Spadafora was sentenced for shooting his fiancee after a driving...
A pair of potentially explosive match-ups will be shown during SHOWTIME’s Free Preview Weekend when two-time time World Boxing Council (WBC) Champion Jose Luis Castillo (51-6-1,...
A year ago most figured Marco Antonio Barrera had gone the way of the eight-track tape: the elite of an industry until a newer, sleeker version...
Maybe the best line coming out of Tuesday’s short-lived conference call came from the guy everyone figures is doomed to go down in flames March 5...
Jermain Taylor, undefeated middleweight contender, is proving to be what many have predicted he would become, the middleweight division’s gathering storm. But he’s not in much...
A pair of potentially explosive boxing match-ups will be shown during SHOWTIME Free Preview Weekend when two-time time World Boxing Council (WBC) Champion Jose Luis Castillo (51-6-1,...
Minutes after making the record-extending 20th consecutive defense of his undisputed middleweight title, the boxing world was abuzz over who Bernard Hopkins would fight next. Hopkins...
It might surprise some of the younger members of the boxing media, both print and mouth, to learn that there were other middleweights – even a...
New York — It's fight week in the Big Apple. Seven New York City products and a standout Olympian from Winter Haven, Forida, will be boxing...
This past weekend Bernard Hopkins won a 12-round unanimous decision over top contender Howard Eastman. Although the fight lacked excitement, Hopkins’ decision was decisive, winning by...
Edgar Santana is a 25-year-old, 140-pound welterweight with a 12-2 (8 KOs) record. He is trained in Gleason’s Gym by Hector Roca. Roca is best-known for...
The 1970s were full of overblown, hyped affairs that may have seemed like a good idea on paper but turned out to be absolute disasters when...
East London has been the biggest breeding ground of champions for South Africa for over a decade and on Friday, February 25, two more of its...
Very few in boxing history can claim to have won ‘em all. In today’s era, very few attempt to fight them all. Jesse James Leija takes...
For me the year 1972 marked some milestones – especially the magic month of June. In the first three weeks of that month I became a...
Let’s have a show of hands. How many of you honestly believe WBA champ John “The Quietman” Ruiz is the “top guy in the heavyweight division,”...
