Sometimes things work out in boxing no matter how hard the World Boxing Association tries to screw the sport up. The WBA and its counterparts at...
MAYWEATHER AND MARQUEZ INVITE RESPECTIVE PRESIDENTS TO THEIR JULY 18 NUMBER ONE/NUMERO UNO BOUT AT THE MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS LAS VEGAS (June 11, 2009)...
David Tua — remember him? Maybe you recall he was one of the top heavyweight contenders during the years 1996 through 2002. Perhaps you remember his...
Fight fans will be getting some clarity in the lightweight division, as former champions Juan Diaz and Paulie Malignaggi, each still smarting from marquee fight defeats,...
An ambitious plan to return boxing to its glory years is about to happen on Thursday, June 11 at Club Nokia located in the heart of...
Saturday night Joshua Clottey doesn’t believe it’s his body of work that will determine who leaves Madison Square Garden as welterweight champion of the world. He...
There will be no histrionics, staged or otherwise, to beef up the gate, not between these two humble, unassuming warriors. Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey, two...
There is a scene in the Adam Sandler comedy, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, in which Sandler, as a legendary Israeli counterterrorism specialist, surreptitiously goes...
Lennox Lewis has never been to Canastota, N.Y., the picturesque central New York hamlet that is the home of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. But...
In the shadow of Los Angeles, the small but growing city of Glendale hosts a boxing card after a 60-year ban of the sport. A historic...
SOMEWHERE IN TUSCANY — Word travels slowly, even on the internet, to this part of Italy, hence my delay in responding to Nigel Collins’ attack on...
“Artillery is the god of war.” ~ Stalin The grave of Sonny Liston is located just south of the children’s section at Paradise Memorial Gardens in...
This June 13, former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis 41-2-1 (32 KOs) will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. As most know, a fighter...
Last night George “Monk” Foreman III (1-0) made his pro boxing debut, scoring a first round knockout over Clyde Weaver (0-2). As is the case with...
“Monk’’ Foreman certainly recognized the guy standing in the ring across from him that first day of sparring in Houston so many months ago but he...
Ruslan Chagaev is the new opponent of IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on June 20 in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. WBA Champion...
Without firing a single punch Sugar Shane Mosley fought his way back to the Manny Pacquiao sweepstakes with a challenge heard around the world. In a...
He got a text message during the holidays from the kid and Buddy McGirt liked that. He was…and he is, fond of Paulie Malignaggi, even though...
According to recent press reports there have been over 13,000 tickets sold for the June 13 welterweight title bout between WBO title holder Miguel Cotto and...
Miguel Cotto is a refreshing face for boxing for many reasons, not the least among them being that, unlike so many fighters today, he seems content...
