Marvin Hagler and Bernard Hopkins were undoubtedly the two best middleweights of their respective generations. Hagler (62-3-2) dominated the 1980's with a ferocious southpaw style that...
The forthcoming book “Brute” follows two Sacramento boxers: Mike Simms, a cruiserweight who trained with the Olympic team in 2000, who when I found him had...
Can it really be 11 years since we first laid eyes on Max Kellerman’s Fonzi jacket? Indeed it has been more than a decade. Welcome back,...
The center of women’s boxing has shifted to Europe with the most lucrative bouts occurring in places like Germany, France and Bosnia. But despite the struggles...
When Teddy Atlas watches Yuriorkis Gamboa fight he knows exactly what he’s looking at. He’s looking at a future world champion. For how long? Who knows?...
Props must be given to Larry Merchant, that professor of pugilism. He after all hatched the concept of Pacquaio vs. De La Hoya, and suggested that...
While many things have been projected for Manny Pacquiao this year one thing is set – he won’t ever defend the WBC lightweight title he won...
MONTEBELLO, CA.-A decade has passed since Antonio Margarito first arrived in Southern California as an unknown lanky boxer out of the rough streets of Tijuana. Now...
Male boxing and female boxing are almost incomparable. As men’s pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, now world-famous for his thumping of Oscar De La Hoya in December,...
Boxing officially begins the New Year this week and while the sport continues to have its problems there remains much to be hopeful about. Frankly, the...
