Former two-time heavyweight world titleholder Chris Byrd returns to the ring once more, but in the form of a 175-pound light heavyweight. It’s a daunting task...
Some of the biggest names in the sport seem to have a permanent fixture in the consciousness of boxing fans. Despite each suffering more than one...
For decades the Catskill Mountains region of New York State has been euphemistically referred to as the Borscht Belt because it was a weekend and holiday...
Frankie Figueroa's time to make a move in the game is growing short. The Bronx resident turns 30 on June 13, and it would have been...
Boxing is the sport of false hope and broken dreams. It is sport’s most demanding landscape, a place where the athlete not only fights alone but...
LOS ANGELES-Inside the Bonaventure Hotel where dozens of Hollywood movies have been filmed since the building first went up, another star, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, arrives with...
Joe Hernandez has the eye. These days he also believes he has his eye on his next great fighter, a kid with only three professional bouts...
It’s extremely hard to stand out in the talent rich pool that is Southern California. Michael “Lil’ Warrior” Franco (10-0, 7 KO’s) has been doing exactly...
There is no shortage of journeyman fighters who assert that their nominal records are the result of bad officiating. But after careful examination of the ledger...
For two fighters from two different eras, Sugar Ray Leonard and Oscar De La Hoya sure have drawn a lot of comparisons with each other. And...
