Being a third man in the ring is a difficult and oftentimes thankless job, but like airline pilots and doctors, referees must strive to avoid off...
3 Punch Combo: Notes on Saturday’s Top Rank Card and Friday’s ‘Sho-Box’ Overture THREE PUNCH COMBO — Light heavyweight is currently one of the deepest divisions...
Jaime Munguia had a nice run as the WBO 154-pound champion, successfully defending his world title belt five times in a span of 14 months. Tonight,...
Ringside report by TSS Special Correspondent Dave Weinberg….ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Four years after beating the legend, Joe Smith, Jr. punished the protege’ Saturday night. The...
Words In, Words Out: This Fight Scribe’s Reading Guide Happy New Year 2020 to the TSS community! It’s hard to believe we’ve arrived at this point...
Ringside Report by Special Correspondent Dave Weinberg…ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Claressa Shields wore a crown into the ring Friday night. She then fought like boxing royalty....
Weekend Boxing Preview The advent of legalized gambling in Atlantic City re-energized the famous seaside resort town which had fallen on hard times. During the boom...
Scarcely a day goes by without a news story concerning Top Rank and today was no exception. Bob Arum’s promotional company was in the news not...
Little did I know, not everyone was taught how to jab at three years old or put in boxing rings to spar other kids. Welcome to...
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, a French diplomat in the 1800s, is widely credited as the originator of the saying that “revenge is a dish best served...
At the dawn of the year 1970, Rocky Marciano had been dead for five months and 1012 days had elapsed since Muhammad Ali had last stepped...
Three Punch Combo: A Wish List of Easily Makeable Fights for 2020 As the calendar turns to 2020 there has been a lot of focus among...
Boxing in 2019: Great Moments but Also Dark Days Fifteen years from now fans might look back at 2019 as they do a fine wine. It...
On December 30, Longjoy Sports (a Chinese promotional company) won a purse bid for Artur Beterbiev’s mandatory IBF title defense against Meng Fanlong with a purse...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 79: Boxing 101 (Part One) In a dusty room in a loft-style apartment in Montebello began my adventure into the world of prizefighting...
If one were to write a history of the cruiserweight division, Carlos “Sugar” DeLeon’s name would undoubtedly be splashed all over it. No one told DeLeon,...
The first quarterly survey of 2020 is in the hopper. We asked our respondents this question: “If you were writing about the year 2019 in boxing,...
The second half of 2019 was mottled by a particularly sorrowful July during which two fighters died from ring injuries suffered in fights staged one day...
Looking for the Fight of the Decade? Start Your Search at 105 Pounds Boxing is like any other product in that you must follow the money...
There wasn’t a ton of action available to consume over the last weekend of 2019, so all eyes were turned toward Showtime to witness undefeated two-time...
