Twenty-two years ago, two talented Southern California fighters baptized the Staples Center sports arena for prizefighting with a performance hard to top. Can Ryan Garcia equal...
This week marked the 25th anniversary of one of the most infamous fights in boxing history. On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson was disqualified at the...
It is probable that one must go all the way back to the mighty Dick Tiger to find a fighter who courted the British public with...
It’s been a month of accolades for longtime boxing scribe Bernard Fernandez, a regular contributor to these pages. On Sunday, June 12, he was formally inducted...
Boxing and the Splendor of Cuban Sports: An Interview with Author Tim Wendel Cuba is an island nation of roughly 11.4 million inhabitants and while sugar...
Weekend Boxing Wrap-Up: Budler, Spencer, Rodriguez, Azim and More South African light flyweight Hekkie Budler, who has had a very interesting career, set himself up for...
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez overpowered the dangerous Thai champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai by stoppage and retained the WBC super flyweight title in spectacular fashion on Saturday. “Feels...
Texas was not a place synonymous with boxing years ago. High school football, yes. College football, yes. But the word prizefighting was not part of the...
As the world continues to return to some semblance of normality post-pandemic, this year’s International Boxing Hall of Fame Weekend was special. A trilogy of induction...
Boxing Odds and Ends: The Return of Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller and More The World Boxing Association has been holding an annual confab wrapped around the...
On Sunday, June 19, a press release from Matchroom Boxing made it official: the rematch between WBA/IBF/WBO world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and former title-holder Anthony...
Boxing is never easy. But Artur Beterbiev (now 18-0 with 18 knockouts) made it look that way when he stopped Joe Smith (28-3, 22 KOs, 2...
Cris Rios Wins at Commerce Casino Plus Other Results COMMERCE, Ca.-As Elton John once said, “Saturday night’s alright for fighting” and the Los Angeles area accommodated...
Heavy-handed Artur Beterbiev, a two-time Olympian, has won all 18 of his pro fights by knockout. Number 18 came tonight at the Hulu Theater of Madison...
In November of last year, George Kambosos Jr overcame a 10th-round knockdown to upend unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez in one of the biggest upsets of...
Madison Square Garden hosts yet another boxing showdown as Russia’s Artur Beterbiev (17-0, 17 KOs) meets America’s Joe Smith (28-3, 22 KOs) in a light heavyweight...
The day after the International Boxing Hall of Fame wrapped up its annual festivities, one of its honored members, Carlos Ortiz, passed away at age 85....
On June 7, 1950, Lee Savold defeated Bruce Woodcock before 50,000 at London’s White City Stadium. Savold had all the best of it before Woodcock’s corner...
Boxing Odds and Ends: Don King’s White Elephant and More Legendary promoter Don King is on the hook for more than $3 million dollars relating to...
ANAHEIM-Mexico’s Jaime Munguia ventured up to the super middleweight division and managed to knock out England’s Jimmy “Kilrain” Kelly a clever fighter with more experience in...
