Last night in attempt to win a piece of the light heavyweight title for the third time, Roy Jones was knocked out by Glencoffe Johnson 41-9-2...
If you haven't already done it, you should welcome James “Lights Out” Toney into the heavyweight ranks. He arrived there last October when he stopped Evander...
As reported by Associated Press, James Toney, in a warm up bout to an expected bout with a ranked opponent in November, relentlessly pursued and out-punched Rydell Booker en...
SHOWTIME's spectacular tripleheader on Saturday, October 2, will be the first boxing event to take place in the new outdoor Amphitheatre at Caesars Palace. The telecast...
SHOWTIME’s spectacular tripleheader on Saturday, Oct. 2, will be the first boxing event to take place in the new outdoor Amphitheatre at Caesars Palace. The telecast...
(In Part 1 of this series Randy Gordon chronicled the build up to Leonard-Hagler) “The Showdown”, as promoter Dan Duva named it, or “Superfight,” as so...
On December 26, 1908 Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns to become the first African American heavyweight champion of the world. Even though Johnson was the obvious...
I’m reminded of the song “We will rock you” by Queen when I think of Oscar Da La Hoya now. “Blood on your face, big disgrace...
The body shot. It's rare when one ends a fight all by itself. Usually, it's the cumulative effect of a fight's worth of body work that...
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.Peter Ustinov (1921 – 2004) British boxing fans are only too accustomed to eking out the gems from the...
Be on the lookout in the dairy section of your local grocery store – the face of Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver may be the next mug...
Dominic Pesoli's 8 Count Productions and Bob Arum's Top Rank team up again on October 15th for Chicagoland's best professional boxing show of the year as...
This past Saturday night Undisputed World Middleweight Champion Bernard Hopkins won the biggest fight of his life. In the signature-fight of his career, Hopkins knocked out...
This past Saturday in Las Vegas, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins stopped Oscar De La Hoya dead in his tracks in his quest to become the undisputed...
This past weekend I was in Las Vegas to cover the big fight between Bernard Hopkins and Oscar De La Hoya at the MGM Grand. It...
Oscar De La Hoya hasn't always been a favorite of the hard-core boxing fan. His pretty-boy looks and his appeal to the opposite sex often alienated...
It's hard to feel sorry for a guy who just made $30 million and change, but seeing Oscar De La Hoya with his face down on...
Confusion surrounds the highly anticipated British Welterweight title clash between world-class contender James Hare and young champion David Barnes. It appears the fight has been postponed...
The expected happened tonight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It was how it happened that may have been unexpected. Bernard Hopkins stopped Oscar De...
Leaving no stone unturned, TheSweetScience.com has visited Montebello Town Center (Oscar De La Hoya’s home town) on the day of the big fight to get fight fans'...
