George Khalid Jones, 22-2-1 (13 KOs), 173 3/4, Paterson, NJ, captured the USBA light-heavyweight championship winning a controversial nine round technical decision over Freddy Moore, 30-3...
Every so often, an undefeated heavyweight comes along and catches the eye of many in the media. For 2005, the flavor of the month seems to...
On most pound-for-pound lists, Bernard Hopkins and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are ranked as the top two fighters in the world today. Hopkins and Mayweather have ascended...
DiBella Entertainment's Ike “Bazooka” Quartey, fresh off his convincing victory over Verno Phillips in Memphis on June 11 on HBO, says he is ready to take...
A fellow once asked Red Smith, the last poet laureate of sports columnists, why had he never written a book. Smith studied his scotch and soda,...
Once the boxing bug bites, there’s not much anyone can do. Its symptoms may come and go, there will be good days followed by bad, but...
In dominating Arturo “Thunder” Gatti so thoroughly this past weekend in Atlantic City, Floyd Mayweather Jr. looked so good he may have eliminated nearly every potential...
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING WORKOUT QUOTES SHOWTIME will set off fireworks the July Fourth weekend with a spectacular heavyweight showdown. Featuring the hottest fighter in the division,...
Former welterweight champion John H. Stracey sat down with TheSweetScience.com at the annual Hall of Fame induction weekend in Canastota, New York. Career: 1969-1978 Record: 45-5-1,...
The Battle of The Long Count is the most legendary controversial fight in boxing history. Supporters of Jack Dempsey maintained, and still do, that when Dempsey...
