As we close the book on August we can look forward to the fall, which means two things: the beginning of football season and the resumption...
After watching the Olympic boxing for over a week at the 2004 Summer Games, I feel somewhat enlightened on the current state of boxing. I believe...
ATHENS — It was six in the evening in a Greek TAVERNA near the Peristeri Boxing Hall, and Mittelman the Middleman occupied a table surrounded by...
I caught up with nine-time world champion Rocky “Bam Bam” Ripley recently and tried to find out what makes the legendary fighter and former bantamweight, junior-featherweight,...
With the heavyweight division in desperate need of a knight in shining armor to ride up and challenge any and all comers, it might seem ironic...
‘If you wish to be a success in the world,promise everything, deliver nothing.’ Napoleon The old general would have made a decent boxing promoter by the...
I think Andrew Golota has a very good chance of finally realizing his dream of becoming a world titleholder. Based on his performance and his condition...
One of the most exciting aspects of the Olympic Games is seeing people from clear across the world competing against each other in their chosen sports....
According to The Ring magazine and a few prominent boxing websites, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins is the current pound for pound champion of the world. The...
Weighing a portly 253 pounds, former middleweight champion of the world James “Lights Out” Toney looks like he spent his seven months of rehab standing in...
After watching the first two days of the boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Games, I've come to two conclusions. They are etched solidly in my...
As the curtain was set to come down on the month of July, two big heavyweight matches loomed. One was Danny Williams vs. Mike Tyson. You...
Fighters aren't the only people in boxing with a lot of heart. There is one week of my life I can guarantee you I'll never forget....
With WBC #1 ranked pretender ‘Baby’ Joe Mesi in heavyweight limbo due to concerns about concussions suffered in the ring, the WBC was forced to go...
There used to be a time in the United States that if you wanted to see boxing's future champions and stars, you'd watch the Summer Olympics....
This past Saturday Acelino ‘Popo’ Freitas quit in a fight he was within a point or two – according to the scorecards at the time –...
What do Lennox Lewis, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Wladimir Klitscko and Felix Savon have in common? They are all former Olympic boxing gold medal winners. While...
Missing: one tiny heart, last seen beating in the chest of lightweight contender and fallen hero Acelino “Popo” Freitas. Organ mysteriously disappeared late Saturday night following...
This past weekend Acelino Freitas did the unforgivable in the game of boxing. He quit. After taking his third knockdown from a hard-charging Diego Corrales, Freitas,...
As a long time critic of Roy Jones, I finally started to accept that maybe I was missing it on him and he really is an...
