SPECIAL to TheSweetScience.com, this reprint from Jonathan Rendall strips away the boxing clichés, the usual set pieces. It tells the story of Kirkland Laing. In the flesh...
In 1966 two heavyweights of Puerto Rican heritage turned professional. Each would have an impact on the talent rich heavyweight division of the late 60's and...
To some people, boxing is religion. To Dmitriy Salita, they are separate elements of his life, but he believes the discipline from his spirituality and his...
Shane Mosley’s famous grin was as evident as the letters on his waistband – the ones that spelled “Sugar” – when he entered the ring to...
This Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Winky Wright and Shane Mosley get it on again for the undisputed jr. middleweight championship of...
During Saturday night’s post-fight press conference Hasim ‘The Rock’ Rahman suggested he better get himself a heavyweight title belt soon, if for no other reason than...
Joe Gans and Roberto Duran were two of the greatest lightweights in the history of boxing. Joe Gans, known as “The Old Master,” dominated the lightweight...
You gotta hand it to Don King. Like Old Man River, he just keeps rolling along. Month after month, year after year, decade after decade he...
With his fourth round thrashing of Kevin Kelley completed, April 12, 2003, Team Barrera were riding high. Marco Antonio Barrera, at age twenty-nine, was fifty-nine fights...
Ruiz victorious in Madison Square Garden “bar room brawl” Andrew Golota stood in the nuetral corner, referee Randy Neumann was counting over a stunned and hurt...
This past weekend there were two heavyweight championship fights at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The two fights on paper shared many of the...
What do you say about a fighter who was good enough to challenge for world title recognition in two different weight classes? What do you say...
As reported by Thomas Hauser at Secondsout.com, the New York State Athletic Commission has suspended Evander Holyfield indefinitely for “poor performance.” It reflects the belief in...
Well, let's get this over with once and for all. Who was the best white heavyweight since Ingo, or since 1960? Many names come to mind...
A stunningly easy victory by Kostya Tszyu last week means a new boxing pound for pound list, November's edition. 1. Bernard Hopkins: The undisputed middleweight champ...
If I'm Antonio Tarver or Glen Johnson, I'm turning my championship belt in with a touch of remorse and a smile the size of Fort Knox....
Loyalty is defined as being faithful, especially to a cause or ideal. On December 18th, two of the best Light Heavyweights will be battling at the...
SPECIAL to TheSweetScience.com from Pat Putnam. From the Pat Putnam Classic Series, this article originally appeared in Sports Illustrated. One of the secrets of Don King’s success...
After a night of heavyweight boxing at Madison Square Garden, the fighters reflect on their bouts. WBA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPJOHN RUIZ VS. ANDREW GOLOTA JOHN RUIZ “After...
42-year-old Evander Holyfield vows to keep boxing If you were a fan of Evander Holyfield, you were rooting for Larry Donald on Saturday night. If you...
