One would be hard-pressed to name a year in which there were as many scintillating knockouts. The first arrived in January
On the undercard, a return which is currently of small note but may matter more by the end of next year: Ali Akhmedov is going home
“Caleb Truax is a True Cinderella Man” read the headline above Chip Scroggins article in the Dec. 12 edition of the Minneapolis Star Tribune
Coming into 2017, boxing had a big problem. That problem was the year 2016. It had been a terrible 12-month period that produced no truly historic...
Name the sport and Dick Enberg likely covered it. Perhaps best known nationally as an announcer of NFL games (he called eight Super Bowls), Enberg also...
It’s a void MSG intends to fill according to Executive Vice President Joel Fisher, who recently stated that boxing is still
Over the years, certain fighters had the unique ability to guarantee action as soon as the bell rang. Most of these warriors demonstrated a distinct disdain
There are two big fights in the discussion stage for 2018 that I believe will soon be announced. The first is the heavyweight title bout between...
For all the undeniably positive things that have happened in boxing in 2017, one of the best years for the sport in recent memory, there also...
The Spit Bucket is your weekly source of random thoughts, opinions and comments about the Manly Art, compiled by TSS boxing writer Diego Morilla. Make your...
In the age of social media there’s nothing more common on boxing threads than “What If” polls and discussions pitting great fighters from different eras. One...
One of the best kept secrets in prizefighting for many years was Mikey Garcia especially after he went on a self-instituted sabbatical. But if you lived...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — The end of the year is upon us and it is time to look forward to what could happen in 2018. Every...
The Gypsy Prince is Coming to Town — There is always room for another tough middleweight who can box and punch, and this weekend gave us...
The International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY, sorts inductees into five categories. Fighters are classified as “Modern,” “Old Timer,” or “Pioneer.” There are two divisions...
The WBO middleweight title fight tonight at the Bell Center in Laval, Quebec, Canada, was a rare specimen, a true “pick-‘em” contest on the books of...
James Lawton calls boxing “the world’s oldest and most embattled sport.” A Ringside Affair (Bloomsbury Publishing) recounts his sojourn
In ice hockey when a player scores three goals in a game, it's called a hat trick. For Ray Beltran, he's tallied his version of a...
Ekaterinburg, Russia, near the border of Europe and Asia, was the site of an important heavyweight match today (Friday, Dec. 15) pitting former WBC world heavyweight...
Prematurely but saw him capture the vacant NABA super featherweight title by technical decision over Dardan Zenunaj on Thursday.
