Rising Contenders on Display – Only a few remember the early beginnings of the colorful theater and even fewer remember that the great Duke Ellington Orchestra played...
Happy 51st Birthday Lennox Lewis. Lennox Lewis is a well known figure and not just in boxing circles. He has been successful in many areas of...
Condescending Canelo – Move over Floyd Mayweather. There’s a fighter on the block who is more condescending than you ever were, with the difference being he’s less...
Octogenarian Fight Promoter Don King – A press release crossed our desk the other day bearing the title “Don King’s Peace & Love Roundup.” The release...
Rocky Marciano was born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, on September 1, 1923, in Brockton Massachusetts. During his career, Marciano held the heavyweight boxing title for four years...
Dear Champ, We need to talk. As Angelo Dundee would say, “you’re blowing it, son.” Even though the bout was boring as hell, your historically important...
Sept Features 115 Pounders – Boxing’s super flyweight division (115 pounds) is entering a two week period at the start of September that sees all the...
Canelo Alvarez Meets the Media – As Saul “Canelo” Alvarez performs in front of the media on Wednesday, many perceive his showdown with England’s Liam “Beefy”...
Happy 56th birthday Greg Haugen – Today, August 31st, marks Greg Haugen’s 56th birthday. Haugen is known for loving a good fight and that’s just what...
Many count Castillo vs. Corrales (2005) as their favorite while older fans like Graziano vs. Zale (1947), Durelle vs. Moore (1958, Pep vs. Saddler (1949) and...
Born This Day Ray Arcel and Angelo Dundee – “The important part of boxing is not that youngsters realize their dreams, but that they can dream....
It’s Tuesday and that means another episode of our weekly installment “Rising Stars in Boxing.” This week our analysts Kid Hersh and Matt Andrzejewski zero...
By Jeffrey Freeman — It’s hard for the typical fight fan to understand exactly what the current criteria are for induction into the International Boxing...
Happy 33rd Birthday Tim Bradley – Today, August 29th, marks Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley’s 33rd birthday. Tim is well known in boxing circles and even a...
The Greatest Fighter Alive – Forty-four years after swiping Ken Buchanan’s world lightweight championship and thirty-six years after shoving Sugar Ray Leonard off a gringo pedestal...
Demise of Boxing in New York – September 1st is around the corner and I feel like I’m about to attend a wake. That’s the day...
57 Years Ago Today Carmen Basilio vs Gene Fullmer – Today marks the 57th anniversary of the first meeting between Carmen Basilio and Gene Fullmer. The...
Peralta Hands Guerrero Upset Loss in Anaheim – Former two weight class world champion Robert Guerrero suffered a big setback last night in the main event...
Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward Odds – Saturday, November 19th sees HBP pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for the highly anticipated light heavyweight showdown...
Danny Roman Keeps NABA Super Bantam Title – Since winning the NABA super bantamweight title Danny Roman seems to be on a quest to prove better...