Ten months ago at Manchester’s MEN Arena, Amir Khan was lying stretched on the canvas, having been starched in 54 seconds by an obscure lightweight. On...
REDONDO BEACH, CA.-Lance Whitaker out-pointed Danny Batchelder but it wasn’t easy for the tall heavyweight who once was a leading contender. The Klitschko-size heavyweight fell behind...
The kid was going to be a flameout, a fast-rise and faster-fall story, from 17-year-old Olympic medalist to chin-deficient disappointment, or so some thought when he...
Boxing venues aren’t built. They’re found…usually because a town has an exciting homegrown prospect on its hands and a venue must be found to capitalize. The...
We’ve all become accustomed to getting a little queasy when we hear the ring announcer say “split decision” after we watch a fight in which it...
“SUGAR” SHANE MOSLEY CHALLENGES PACQUIAO TO MEET AT 140 POUNDS MOSLEY AFTER IBO JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT BELT Los Angeles, CA July, 17 2009—WBA Welterweight Super Champion “Sugar”...
REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL VISITS FREDDIE ROACH, ONE OF BOXING’S MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINERS, WHEN THE EMMY®-WINNING SHOW RETURNS JULY 21, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO Winner of...
CABALLERO TO LOPEZ “JUST ME AND YOU NOW” HOLLYWOOD, FL, July 16 – In the boxing business, what’s here today may be gone tomorrow, and long...
Some years back, when Roy Jones Jr. was still Roy Jones Jr. – which is to say so supremely talented that he scarcely had been touched...
I’ve never gotten the whole autograph thing and still have no interest in them. I'd much rather have my picture taken with a fighter than get...
Two fighters with history together are fighting one day apart. On Friday, July 17, at Planet Hollywood Casino and Resort in Las Vegas, Colombia’s Breidis Prescott...
Teddy Atlas didn’t want to say yes. After all he’s seen in boxing, why would he? He has reached a point in life where he is...
Arturo Gatti lived the way he fought – on the edge. It is a dangerous locale for fighting or for living. Boxing fans loved him for...
A LAND OF COMMON SENSE – Showtime and multiple promotional entities unveiled their already much appreciated outline of what could be another bolstering boost for the...
Boxing judges must be allowed to score even rounds. The outcome of close fights because of the scoring and the decision reached by the three judges...
Once upon a time Floyd Mayweather Jr. ruled the professional world of prizefighting at the top of the rung. But he retired. The Las Vegas-based fighter,...
HBO SPORTS TO COMMEMORATE THE CAREER OF ARTURO GATTI WITH SPECIAL REPLAY OF ONE OF BOXING’S ALL-TIME GREAT TRILOGIES ARTURO GATTI VS. MICKY WARD I, II...
As acts of civil disobedience go, the sit-down strike by brothers Nonito and Glenn Donaire at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Boxing Trials in Tampa isn’t quite...
Vic Darchinyan’s mouth was as big as ever Saturday night but his punching power was not. Where he goes from there it would seem is clear....
SUPER SIX WORLD BOXING CLASSIC – The Super Middleweights – NEW YORK CITY PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES What the executives, fighters and promoters had to say on...
