On the streets of the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York, in the 1950s and ‘60s, identical twins Petros (Pete) and Nikos (Nick) Spanakos were...
Following in the footsteps of an all-time great is both complex and difficult. Typically, when a son follows in the footsteps of a great fighter, the...
Whether you loved or hated it, Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby is the most celebrated boxing film of the last 25 years (since Raging Bull). Winner of...
In case you didn’t catch it, this past Thursday the family of Bradley Rone, a heavyweight who collapsed and died in Cedar City, Utah in July...
The boxing world was again rocked last weekend at the news of the death of Mexican boxer Martin Sanchez as a result of serious head injuries...
Telling a man when to fight or not to fight can be tricky business. It gets even harder after he passes the required physical and neurological...
Across from the Atlas Gimnasio, the children were barefoot and laughing as they raced through the drifting refuse of Zarco Street. That is, all the children...
They’ve packed up the bunting, the American and Ukrainian flags, and they sent the high school marching band marching. Despite the clamoring of their fans, despite...
Ruben Galvan told his corner to never, under any condition, throw in the towel. On June 25, circumstances dictated that Galvan was ignored. Galvan, a grizzled...
BOXING CHANNEL RADIO On a cold January night in 1976, Bobby Watts walked into the Spectrum in his hometown of Philadelphia and pinned the first career...
