After 24 entrances into the boxing ring does Melinda “La Maravilla” Cooper still get nervous? “Yes, I do get nervous before fights,” admits Cooper. Cooper (22-2,...
Bernard Hopkins was in fine form at Gleason’s Gym on Tuesday, during a media workout. He showed flashes of humor, as when he joked that he...
There was an elephant in the room at Gleason’s Gym on Tuesday, and I asked Bernard Hopkins, semi-obliquely, about it, about the race comments he made...
The jostling, the mind games, the psy ops before the big fight…it’s fascinating to watch. Does it mean anything? We can ponder and discuss, but we...
The rumor mill, it’s always runnin.’ Ahead of a big fight, you often hear about someone getting the worst of it in sparring. Recall before Chad...
Hogwash, Lou DiBella told me, complete and utter hogwash. The reason Bernard Hopkins the athlete doesn’t get more love and attention from the mainstream sports press...
Manny Pacquiao Blog Part 2: Monday, November 3 Question: Pacquiao and China, is that helping boxing popularity? Why fighting in China? China vs. Las Vegas. Asia...
Chris Algieri Blog part 2: Monday, Nov. 3 What type of challenges come with preparing for a fight on another continent with a much different start...
As of this writing, Floyd Mayweather is thought of as being the best pound-for-pound fighter in boxing (although I believe Guillermo Rigondeaux, Roman Gonzalez, and Andre...
Odd copy for an old fighter, but his international style assures him of the Olympian higher ground in the battle for futurity. Of course, solid footing...
RICKY HATTON AND KOSTYA TSZYU REUNITED RICKY HATTON was reunited with old foe Kostya Tszyu for the first time since their epic 2005 battle at the...
Last week, the Inland Empire area gained another world champion when Coachella’s Randy “El Matador” Caballero grabbed the vacant IBF bantamweight world title over Great Britain’s...
Andrzej Fonfara of Poland got the W over the Congo’s DouDou Ngumbu on Saturday night in Chicago, and on Showtime, in a decent light heavy scrap....
Photo Credit: Esther Lin/SHOWTIME Tomoki Kameda took on Alejandro Hernandez in the second of three bouts on a Showtime broadcast, which unfolded on Saturday night in...
Photo Credit: Esther Lin/SHOWTIME In the TV opener on Showtime, we saw Javier Fortuna take on Abner Cotto, on Saturday night, in a junior lightweight scrap,...
Hey you guys, Abel Sanchez has done a solid job with Gennady Golovkin, right? We agree on that; so, I think it prudent that we honor...
Nov. 1, 2014, Las Vegas, Nevada —New York’s undefeated (20-0) WBO Jr. Welterweight champion Chris Algieri (R) meets legendary heavyweight champion and New York’s boxing king,...
“ROYAL BATTLE,” A HARD-HITTING TRIPLEHEADER HEADLINED BY AMIR KHAN VS. DEVON ALEXANDER, SET FOR SATURDAY, DEC. 13 LIVE ON SHOWTIME® AT MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS...
SADAM ALI AND LUIS CARLOS ABREGU TRAINING CAMP UPDATE FIGHTERS PREPARE FOR THEIR CO-FEATURED FIGHT ON THE BERNARD HOPKINS VS. SERGEY KOVALEV UNDERCARD SATURDAY, NOV. 8...
MICHAEL BUFFER TURNS 70 THIS SUNDAY Los Angeles – New York City (October 31, 2014) This Sunday, November 2nd, boxing’s legendary Hall of Fame ring announcer,...
