After suffering his second beatdown as a pro, to Gussie Nazarov in 1994, Joey Gamache and those close to him searched for reasons why. The easiest...
Longtime Philadelphia boxing promoter J Russell Peltz was doing his best to hype Saturday night’s pay-per-view matchup at the WaMu Theater between WBO super bantamweight champion...
Mexico’s Israel Vazquez or Puerto Rico’s Juan Manuel Lopez, take your pick. One a current pound for pound champion returning to the ring wars, and the...
While sitting ringside as an interested observer at the Vitali Klitschko versus Cris Arreola WBC heavyweight title bout last month, one James Toney was not impressed...
Having lost three out of your last four fights, two of them by stoppage, will make a man ponder his professional prizefighting future. Do I still...
In Part One, the styles of Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes were analyzed and broken down. In this final part the similar styles of Larry Holmes...
This is pretty big stuff if you’re from Lodz, Poland, but it probably won’t sell in Des Moines. Andrew Golota (41-7-1, 33 KOs), the Polish poster...
It may not lead immediately to where he hopes to end up but Cuban-born WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa well understands he will be at the...
China's global influence is not only on the political and economic sphere, but is showcased through its growing soft power as well; the emergence is spreading...
Without question “Smokin” Joe Frazier and the “Easton Assassin” Larry Holmes are two of the all-time top-10 great heavyweight champs in boxing history. Due to their...
Undefeated world champions JUAN MANUEL “JuanMa” LOPEZ and YURIORKIS GAMBOA will be serving hard shots of tropical punch when they defend their titles, in separate fights,...
One can’t fault Allan Green for the manner in which he handled Tarvis Simms in the ShoBox main event at the First Council Casino in Newkirk,...
While one heavyweight battered and moved against a smaller but determined heavyweight, James “Lights Out” Toney sat in the audience watching the one-sided affair with disgust....
It was on July 16, 2005 that the new order in the middleweight division was supposed to have begun. That was the night Jermain Taylor won...
ALLAN GREEN’S SHOBOX OPPONENT TARVIS SIMMS SHEDSFINAL POUNDS TO FINALLY MAKE WEIGHT Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, First Council Casino, Newkirk, Okla. “SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION’’ Friday,...
So after all that it's back to the old sledgehammer and tires. At one point in his career the WaMu Theatre might as well have been...
WEST LOS ANGELES-After 18 months of inactivity Israel “El Magnifico” Vazquez returns to the ring to re-establish his credentials as one of the top professional prizefighters...
With the month of October underway the countdown to Pacquiao-Cotto has begun. On November 14th boxing will see the biggest and most anticipated fight of 2009...
On many hardcore fight fans' lists, Andre Dirrell is the caboose in the Super Six tournament. Not enough seasoning, they say. Thin resume, they dismiss. Fast...
Manny Pacquiao, like everyone else, is once again fighting for second place in boxing. When Pacquiao squares off with welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14...
