Top Rank is in Tulsa tomorrow night (Saturday, Aug. 27) with a 9-fight card topped by a 10-round, 140-pound showdown between former title-holders Jose Pedraza and...
Avila Perspective, Chap 200: King of the Club Shows, Stallone and More COSTA MESA, CA.-A packed crowd saw Southern California’s newest hot prospect Ernesto “Tito” Mercado...
We are approaching the 130th anniversary of the Sullivan-Corbett fight, a watershed event in the annals of pugilism. Their match at New Orleans on Wednesday, Sept...
The Hauser Report: Literary, Medical, and Other Boxing Notes Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn by Ed Gruver (Lyons Press) is what its title says it is...
As the New England correspondent for The Sweet Science boxing website, it again falls upon me to produce an annual accounting of the top-rated professional boxers...
Boxing, baseball, college football and horse racing once ruled the American sports landscape. Of course, that was in the 1940s and 1950s when men wore suits...
Usyk Turned Away Joshua Again When His Inner Taras Bulba Emerged in Round 10 Few people are apt to remember the 1962 film Taras Bulba, starring...
Last year around this time, then undefeated Hartford, Connecticut cruiserweight Richard “Popeye the Sailor Man” Rivera was still boxing in 8-rounders, fighting in Worcester, Massachusetts on...
The eyes of the boxing world were focused on the coastal city of Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today where Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony...
Even on his worst day Emanuel Navarrete proved no lead is too big to overcome in losing almost every round and stopping challenger Eduardo Baez with...
Usyk-Joshua II, Navarrete-Baez, Figueroa-Lipinets and More It’s beginning to be a habit. Once again Anthony Joshua attempts to right a wrong when he faces Oleksandr Usyk...
When a big fight comes down the pike and if the odds are not too lopsided, we turn to our fine community of wordsmiths to get...
The Final Payday There comes a point in a boxer’s career when he needs to think about “what’s next?” Nonito Donaire, recently beaten badly by Naoya...
COVID-19, the global pandemic that never seems to go away entirely, doggedly living on as various strains have emerged, has emphasized the need to prioritize mental...
Robert Garcia is the Wild Card in the Usyk-Joshua Rematch Anthony Joshua was assailed for fighting a stupid fight after losing his alphabet trove of heavyweight...
Boxing Odds and Ends: Commonwealth Games Champ Delicious Orie and More The Commonwealth Games wrapped up this past Monday, Aug. 8, in Birmingham, England. The boxing...
LAS VEGAS-Now a full-fledged super lightweight, the flashy Teofimo Lopez gave the rest of the weight division a warning shot on what to expect as he...
When you take a look at Teofimo Lopez in the prize ring its easy to determine that he possesses athleticism that few can rival. The speed,...
Willie Pep was good at boxing. He wasn’t so good at math. Ah, but hold the phone; we are getting ahead of ourselves. This isn’t a...
In a match pushed back from March 19, Vergil Ortiz Jr moved one step closer to a mega-fight with Terence “Bud” Crawford or Errol Spence Jr...
