When Oscar De La Hoya was nearing the end of his storied ring career, he offered a stark assessment of the risks inherent in the trade...
Tyrone Spong we hardly knew ye. Spong, the former European kickboxing champion whose pro boxing career had been playing out in the shadows, was scheduled to...
On November 23 in Birmingham, England, 55-year-old Nigel Benn (42-5-1, 35 KOs), will face 40-year-old Sakio Bika (34-7-3, 22 KOs), the former WBC super-middleweight champion from...
As widely reported, Australian boxing legend Jeff Fenech is in Bangkok awaiting surgery to repair a defective heart valve. Fenech was in the Thai capitol training...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — After 11 months out of the ring, former unified cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, 12 KOâs) makes his long-anticipated heavyweight debut on...
The Fifty Greatest Flyweights of All Time: Part Three 30-21 In Part Three we meet fighters who approach true greatness, but who, for whatever reasons, failed...
The billboards adopted Gennady Golovkin’s “Big Drama Show” catchphrase and the fight lived up to its billing. When the smoke cleared, GGG prevailed on a unanimous...
Linda Peltz, J Russell Peltzâs wife of 42 years, said her husband has âbeen dropping hints for 15 yearsâ about permanently relocating to Florida and doing...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — Long time former middleweight kingpin Gennady Golovkin (39-1-1, 35 KOâs) will look to recapture a middleweight title belt when he faces Sergiy...
Almost a decade has passed since the mighty Gennady âGGGâ Golovkin arrived in Southern California to give the sunny region a try. Most people who arrive...
Claressa Shields, considered the most dominant female fighter in the world, was scheduled to fight Croatia’s Ivana Habazin tomorrow, Oct. 5, for the vacant WBC/WBO 154-pound...
Madison Square Garden sits less than two miles from the headquarters of the United Nations. The proximity is apropos. Saturdayâs eight-bout fight card at Madison Square...
The times they are aâchanging. Some would say that, in terms of professional boxing at the international level, they already have changed, and for the better....
The question for our final quarterly survey of 2019 was this: âIf you were to make a boxing movie, what would the subject be? How might...
Tales from L.A. One of the best welterweight title clashes in recent years took place as Errol Spence Jr. connected with a single sidewinder left cross...
On Monday of this week, voting members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, which includes an international panel of boxing historians, received the ballot for...
The Fourth Quarterly TSS Survey: Part One (A-K) — The question for our final survey of 2019 was not an easy one. âIf you were to...
The Heavyweight Scene The heavily hyped welterweight showdown between Errol Spence Jr and Shawn Porter at the L.A. Staples Center was as good as advertised. It...
LOS ANGELES-Sometimes long shots pay off but not this time, as heavily favored IBF welterweight titlist Errol Spence Jr. eked out a victory over Shawn Porter...
The Fifty Greatest Flyweights of All Time: Part Two 40-31 In Part One we talked about Brian Viloria and his momentous confrontation with Juan Francisco Estrada. ...
