Although he is now 39 years old, it is still hard not to view Elvis Grant Phillips as a wunderkind in boxing. While still in his...
For the past two-and-a-half years or so, boxing pundits have been raving about the talent-laden junior welterweight division. From top to bottom, the division has been...
ST.LOUIS, Missouri (June 2, 2005) – World-ranked junior welterweight David Diaz (27-1 15 KOs) got back to business Thursday night when he stopped veteran Tyrone Wiggins...
WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison (left) and challenger Michael Brodie square-off after Thursday's weigh-in in Manchester, England. Both boxers tipped the scales at the division-limit 126 pounds....
After a week off for good behavior, The Sweet Science writers return to form by predicting the big fights. The bout this weekend on Showtime between...
LAS VEGAS (June 2, 2005) – Heavyweight prospect Roman Greenberg (18-0, 13 KOs) is on a mission to establish himself as the first Jewish world champion...
MANCHESTER, England (June 2, 2005) – Kostya Tszyu and Ricky Hatton offered their final comments to the press at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel in Manchester before...
At one point, I considered covering my eyes at ringside. This was the World Boxing Council welterweight title eliminator? I didn’t want to believe Carlos “Tata”...
It did not matter what Julio Cesar Chavez did with Ivan Robinson on Saturday night. Nor did it matter what happened with Oscar De La Hoya,...
Growing up, when the few blocks around the Brooklyn Navy Yard was the entire universe and sports heroes rose above the sky scrappers — and our...
