It is a time-honored boxing tradition. It is as routine and standard as two fighters touching gloves before the bell rings. But this occurs long before...
Shocked! That is what I was when Robert Duran, aka “Hands of Stone,” the maestro of machismo, said “no mas” and quit against the Sugar Ray...
CHICAGO (September 14, 2005) – Dominic Pesoli's 8 Count Productions and Bob Arum's Top Rank Inc., along with Miller Lite and TCF Bank, present VIVA MEXICO,...
Boxing promoter Bob Duffy has had a very stressful week. He and Frankie G., who owns the Academy of Boxing in Huntington, Long Island, New York,...
Maybe Robbie Peden should just stay home. After all, according to most bookies, his chances of winning this fight are somewhere between hopeless and gone with...
Robert Hawkins and “Fast” Eddie Chambers touched gloves and immediately fell into a clinch at the start of the 12th round, an unfortunate way for a...
It seems contentious decisions dog the South African boxing scene when it comes to fights going to the scorecards. In another chapter of “what fight were...
NEW YORK (September 13, 2005) – Don King, boxing promoter par excellence, whose rags-to-riches tale embodies the spirit, if not the letter of the law, of...
Carl Froch thought that the hobbits had landed in Cardiff on Saturday night when he tuned in to watch Joe Calzaghe and Amir Khan. “Their opponents...
Byrd began boxing at age 5. Williamson began boxing at age 25. Byrd had his first amateur bout when he was 10 and won 275 fights...