It’s official: Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins is back Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins, 41, to the surprise of no one, has decided to cut short his retirement...

There is an old boxing cliché that says, “Savagery sells tickets, artistry sells hot dogs.” Whoever said that never saw Willie Pep fight. Willie Pep, the...

He is seventysomething, but looks younger. An athletic regimen that includes ample time on the ski slopes probably has a lot to do with it, but...

I tell you that the day is coming when the champions of the roped arena will be intellectual as well as physical giants. They will have...

There are not many heavyweights around today who can be described as having an exciting boxing style, and in all honesty Corrie Sanders is the only...

WBO featherweight champion fit as a fiddle after stint in jail Troubled WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison, 29, who is set to defend his title against...

I’m a tough nut to crack. I don’t like “Rocky,” love “Raging Bull,” must be a dark side of the moon kind of guy. I remember...

Former world featherweight champion dies in Connecticut Former featherweight champion of the world Willie Pep died Thursday at West Hill Convalescent Home in Rocky Hill, Connecticut,...

In the 1950s a Mexican featherweight boxer named Kid Campeche won only seven of his 31 pro fights, but nevertheless achieved a certain immortality for what...

Junior welterweight prospect Kendall “Rated R” Holt of Paterson, New Jersey, adopted his unusual nickname when he heard Hasim Rahman describing his knockout of Lennox Lewis...