This Saturday night in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Floyd Mayweather makes another defense of his WBC lightweight crown when he takes on the dangerous...
Johnny Tapia reminds me of a guy who always arrives at the airport five minutes before his flight is due to leave. There’s a certain amount...
The 97th Round It's readily apparent that the federal bills we've seen thus far – the Professional Boxer Safety Act, the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act,...
I'm tired of hearing how Max Kellerman and his enthusiasm are good for boxing. This is offered as an excuse every time he has said something...
Wanna learn how to box, or feel what it's like to be a boxer, pick up the art of self defense or just get in better...
The greatest fight Jersey Joe Walcott ever fought in his career, he lost. The greatest fight Muhammad Ali ever fought in his career, he lost. The...
The 96th Round About a year ago, and rather quietly, I might add, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board pulled itself from participation in the...
Arrogance is part of Roy Jones Jr.’s arsenal of bad things to beat you with. He carries it with him into the ring and he keeps...
If ever a boxer was a victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, it was Puerto Rico's Esteban De Jesus. This former...
The 95th Round In the last chapter, I left you with this question, as it concerned the efforts of the Association of Boxing Commissions to intimidate...
A few weeks back I wrote about my remembrance of the day a plane crashed carrying former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, killing him instantly. Growing up...
The 94th Round For those of you who thought the institution of the “United States Boxing Administration” might make the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) obsolete,...
For one, a win over the other guarantees him a high spot among the all-time best pound-for-pound fighters in boxing history. And for the other, a...
The Foul Pole Strikes Back. Joey Knish ( IBOPboxing.com ) Tuesday October 14, 2003 ? ???? What makes a 35-year old former fringe contender (actually he was always...
OK, did you hear the latest from the WBC? No, you have to hear this one, it's actually pretty funny. The 'BC has decided to name...
Recently The Ring magazine published a Collector's Annual on “The 50 Greatest Fights You Never Saw!” I must commend them on this issue. It was very...
The Klitschko brothers might be available, though it’ s going to be tough to book them both on the same night. And that’s probably how IBF...
The 93rd Round Any day now, Senate Bill 275, otherwise known as the “Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2003”, which would create the “United States Boxing...
Saturday night in Las Vegas, Diego “Chico” Corrales was chopped down for the second time in his pro career; and once again it occurred on his...
Mesi is the man to beat in the heavyweight division. Toney will beat Tyson if they fight. Sound familiar? These are the overreactions and the after...
