There were two career options for Jason Litzau as he progressed from pre-teen to teenager in Minnesota. He could be a thief, a budding con, a...
IRVINE, Calif.—Former world titleholder Mike Anchondo returned to his home state, virtually shut out his opponent Armando Cordova (23-30), but couldn’t put the capper on the...
NEW YORK—The most preposterous thing at the Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom Thursday night wasn’t even that Balboa-esque hat promoter Lou DiBella was walking around in. DiBella,...
It seems Mighty Mike Anchondo has been in the “hurting business,” as he says, for decades. But the Southern Californian hasn’t hit age 25 despite once...
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar—In front of a pulsating hangar packed with over 3,000 marines, Diego “The Nightmare” Sanchez created a roar of energy with a...
HBO, in its December incarnation of the once-flourishing “Boxing After Dark,” appears to have gotten things right for once. On Saturday, undefeated Jason Litzau, a marketable...
Two things became obvious in the second round. The first was that Tommy Rainone was going to win this fight. The second was, that he’d do...
Boxing films are like any other movie genre. There is a little bit of everything. We have inspirational sports movies (“Rocky”), satires (“The Great White Hype”),...
The fistic festivities at the Festhallelate on that long ago Christmas Dayended after the punch was servedby Sugar Ray. On the night of Dec. 25, 1950,...
This is the year we finally truly understood that the United States isn’t the be-all, end-all in boxing, especially in the heavyweight division. Sure, we conceded...
