In a sport filled with characters, people who found themselves in, and constructed situations that the most fertile novelist couldn’t come up with, Vinnie Vecchione stood...
With the recent passing of former featherweight, junior lightweight and lightweight champ Alexis Arguello, it's the right time to examine and detail exactly what certifies him...
With the heavyweight division taking a public beating more fiercely than any fighter in it is capable of administering to another, what's the best scenario that...
FORMULA ONE RACING ALONG THE RHEIN – The month of “Juni” saw major boxing performances in Germany that continued to produce global sport repercussions. Boxing business...
When they got together last month at Butch Flansburg’s house in Tampa, all they were hoping to do was draw enough people to their first-ever event...
Whoever took the life of Alexis Arguello in the wee hours Wednesday morning knew him well. They knew they had to take his heart to stop...
The present state of heavyweight boxing in America makes the Era of the Lost Heavyweights back in the time of Tim Witherspoon, Greg Page, Michael Dokes,...
He has been creeping higher and higher on pundits’ pound for pound rankings, but Vic Darchinyan’s place on the P4P trashtalking list is secure. Evil Vic...
STATEMENT FROM BOB ARUM ON THE PASSING OF ALEXIS ARGUELLO LAS VEGAS, NEV. (July 1, 2009) – BOB ARUM, CEO of Top Rank, issued the following...
SHERMAN OAKS, CA.-Ironically, a press conference for Riverside’s Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola was held 88 miles away from Riverside in the wonderful town of Sherman Oaks...
“Nothing so challenges the American spirit as tackling the biggest job on earth.” ~ Lyndon B. Johnson, 1941 The Fourth of July marks the 233rd anniversary...
This past weekend there was a sad story in the New Jersey Star-Ledger on former WBC and IBF junior lightweight champ Rocky Lockridge 44-9 (36 KOs)....
Abner Mares has been fighting all his life. It comes naturally when you’re one of eleven brothers. Food, affection and a room to sleep in are...
Interstate 90 in upstate New York is a tour of sports history with three halls of fame and two rich sports towns in Syracuse and Buffalo....
With the balloting and the debating having begun on who is the greatest fighter in each of the traditional eight weight classes it seemed logical to...
Layla McCarter has risen from the depths of losers row to consideration as one of boxing’s best female prizefighters in the world. Yes, she truly is...
Why isn't there more buzz surrounding former welterweight champion Paul Williams? Williams very well may be a once in a generation talent. Couple that with his...
June 28, 2009. The Cappiello Brothers Boxing and Fitness Gym, located in downtown Brockton is where promoters Rich and Mike Cappiello make their headquarters. Together they...
Let’s get the worst part over with first. He quit. No matter how Victor Ortiz tries to recreate it as time passes or how his apologists...
The accepted timeline of the Roman Empire stretches from 753 B.C., when the city was founded by Romulus, to 1461, when the Ottomans conquered Trebizond, the...
