Undefeated virtuoso “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 139, 34-0 (23 KOs), forced defending WBC super lightweight champion Arturo Gatti’s trainer Buddy McGirt to stop...
With unbeaten Jermain Taylor – a rising star with credentials – taking on Bernard Hopkins – the long-reigning middleweight champion who is considered by most to...
In boxing, it seems that an attempt to measure toughness is a redundancy. Aren't all boxers tough? Of course they are. But Arturo Gatti's toughness resides...
Al Certisimo was a professional lightweight boxer from Hoboken, New Jersey, who compiled a 9-1 (4 KOs) professional record between 1953 and 1954. All of his...
Weather reports indicate some dramatic meteorological action Saturday night in Atlantic City. The prediction is for “Thunder and Lightning,” which is shorthand for Floyd Mayweather Jr. challenges...
The man works in the background, far from the glare of center ring. But he is linked irrevocably to that ring. And his career has spanned...
NEW YORK (June 23, 2005) – With a world title unification showdown against World Boxing Organization (WBO) 168-pound titleholder Joe Calzaghe all but set for later...
While growing up in the Sugar Hill section of Harlem, New York, in the forties and fifties, Sigmund Wortherly had no shortage of positive role models....
He’s known as “Vicious,” but perhaps Vivian Harris would be better served to sport Glen Johnson’s moniker “The Road Warrior.” Ever since his title-winning knockout of...
The only thing Arturo Gatti is missing is a white hat, a trusty sidekick and a faithful horse that comes when he whistles. In another time...
