LAS VEGAS – Last year’s Contender champion Sergio Mora wondered if he could take a punch and found out in the second round when he was...
LAS VEGAS, May 5 – He was talking about retiring again, that this could be his final fight, and I felt stabs of regret. We’ve had...
Oscar De La Hoya ain’t like most fighters. Maybe it’s his nature, or maybe nature’s blessings, but De La Hoya looks to retire from competition with...
After a long hiatus, Oscar De La Hoya returns to active duty Saturday night against Ricardo Mayorga at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for El...
Of all the boxing weapons Oscar De La Hoya possesses, none provide the six-division world champion’s arsenal more importantly than his pair of legs. Those slim...
In recent years I have covered several fights in the Mark G. Etess Arena in the Taj Majal Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. There...
LAS VEGAS, May 4 – The one-armed bandits were busy when Ricardo Mayorga’s two limousines pulled up to the MGM Grand for the ritual final press...
May 1, 2006, 11th Infantry Regiment, Bangkok, Thailand – Long-reigning WBC flyweight champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam battered Daigo Nakahiro in the sweltering Bangkok heat to win a...
Get ready for the busiest week in pro boxing. Steve “The Mongoose” Quinonez is back, and with his little friend Jose Luis Cruz at Big League...
Had Bernard Fernandez ever given any thought to his future while growing up in the Orleans parish of New Orleans, he probably would have envisioned himself...
