The Kovalev-Ward Megafight – According to a story first reported by ESPN’s Dan Rafael, the highly-anticipated showdown between WBA/WBO/IBF World light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (29-0-1,...
Muhammad Ali Life Lessons – During the 2008 presidential campaign, as a white guy, I had no problem with a black person saying he was voting...
Historic Female Boxing Extravaganza – Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, who succeeded his late father Francisco Gilberto Mendoza as the president of the World Boxing Association, is committed...
Hebrew Hammer – Professional boxing returns to the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, Long Island, on Friday, June 17, with a six-bout card presented by Joe DeGuardia’s...
Welterweight Crown – The king is dead! Long live the king! If boxing were like royal succession, the coronation of the successor to long-reigning welterweight monarch...
Jorge Linares – WBC world lightweight champion “Golden Boy” Jorge Linares (40-3) of Venezuela has signed to fight WBA titleholder Anthony Crolla (31-4-3) at the Manchester...
Admitting Ali Lost Helped Me – With the passing of former undisputed heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali last week, the world is mourning and the boxing community...
Famed East LA Cut Man Joe Chavez Passes – Joe Chavez, a boxing corner man for many of the best prizefighters in the world, passed away...
Friendly Enemies – Most fights in Brooklyn take place in back alleys in front of small crowds. The fights are usually short and mean and involve...
Invisible Italian American boxers – To the untrained eye, it seemed that prior to the 1920s there were few noteworthy American boxers of Italian origin—and a...
Jessie Vargas Sheffield-bound – WBO world welterweight champion Jessie Vargas is set to travel to the United Kingdom to face IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook in...
The WBC flyweight champion and #1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (45-0) is apparently set to move from the 112 pound flyweight category...
IBHOF 2016 Redux – Mother Nature wasn’t kind to the folks in Canastota this past weekend, but the rain and the unseasonably cold weather couldn’t dampen...
Hauser Report – Muhammad Ali fought fifty different opponents in his sixty-one professional fights. Twenty-nine of them predeceased him. As the world celebrates Ali’s life, let’s...
Joel Diaz Jr.-Rico Ramos Triumph – EL MONTE, CALIF.-A couple of Southern California contenders returned to home turf as Joel Diaz Jr. won by knockout and...
John Molina Upsets Ruslan Provodnikov – VERONA, NY — John Molina turned in one of the best performances of his career on Saturday night scoring a...
IBHOF Inductee Lupe Pintor – Legend has it that the coldest, most frightening stare in all of boxing belonged to Roberto Duran, the cold-eyed terror of...
From Downtown Las Vegas – Demond Brock pounded out a 10-round decision over Chuy Gutierrez in the featured bout at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center...
Inductee Hilario Zapata – Panama’s Hilario Zapata is remembered as one of the fighters with the most championship rounds ever fought, and his accomplishments in the...
IBHOF Induction Ceremonies Bittersweet – The International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York has kicked off their 2016 Induction Ceremony this weekend. The festivities...
