Sometimes I think it's important to establish what should NOT be part of a boxing reform package. One of the things I hear from people that...
For the past seven years or so, representatives of the federal government, most notably Senator John McCain of Arizona, have sold people on the fact that...
Mickey Ward Does Not Live In A Mansion – Junior-welterweight Mickey Ward doesn’t own any big-time world title belts. He doesn’t live in a 40-room mansion,...
Here’s a little secret. The third guy holding one of the three major junior-middleweight titles goes by the nickname of “Winky.” He’s 30, a southpaw, is...
The two best heavyweights in the world need passports to see the Statue of Liberty. They both talk with an accent, use strange currency, can’t vote...
The Prophet was a no-show, so we didn’t get a chance to ask him about his clever nickname. If Daniel “The Prophet” Attah had shown up...
In the down-home, country-fried words of promoter Cedric Kushner, “Merciless” Ray Mercer is “one tough cookie.’’ Kushner meant that in the sense that Mercer has a...
It’s been seven months since the legend of “Sugar” Shane Mosley went up in a puff of controversy. Right hands and left hooks always tell the...
Tua vs Moorer teleconference – There wasn’t any carnage left behind after the Michael Moorer – David Tua teleconference earlier this month, no carcass left in...
Maybe you’ve heard of John Ruiz. He’s the WBA heavyweight champion of the world, though you probably don’t know where he’s from (Boston) or how to ...
