A fighter’s won-loss record isn't the be-all end-all, nor is it a real indication of how good or great he is. The truth teller and lie-detector...
If losing a fight that expelled you out of contender status was not bad enough, then being branded a cheater–allegedly at this point–has to be the...
Is it soup yet for Vicente “Chente” Escobedo? The heralded former Olympian enters the ring again with renewed confidence spilling all over his square jaw and...
To hear members of their curious and frequently underappreciated profession tell it, cutmen are like those “meatball surgeons” on M*A*S*H. Instead of hanging around an Army...
“It was difficult at first,” remembers 21 year-old Mercito Gesta when he first arrived in San Diego from Cebu City, Philippines. “I didn’t want to leave...
It has been nearly a month since John Duddy’s boxing life changed decidedly for the worst, enough time to step back and try to put into...
They are burning the midnight oil in the White House, the Obamas, Geithners, and Bernankes. They are buying tubs upon tubs of ink, and firing up...
This coming July 4th in Hamburg Germany, 27 year-old “Fast” Eddie Chambers 34-1 (18 KOs) will fight 26 year old Alexander Dimitrenko 29-0 (19 KOs) in...
Derek, who was as happy as any of us that Stan had won, put his hands in his pockets. “Get a picture of Stan winning,” he...
TALES FROM THE BASHING BLACK FOREST – Things have been looking up lately in the heavyweight ranks. Public perception of the big boys still has a...
Over the weekend Andre Ward aced the worst kind of test. He looked great against someone he should have looked great against if he is ever...
NEW YORK – Floyd Patterson won an Olympic gold medal at Helsinki in 1952. Four years later he knocked out Archie Moore to succeed Rocky Marciano...
Andre Ward probably should’ve come into the ring at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA dressed in a cap and gown, and he should’ve tossed a...
HOLLYWOOD, CA.-On a warm Friday in Hollywood, we spent the late afternoon at the Wild Card Gym to see a number of fighters, including England’s Amir...
When you win an Olympic gold medal like Andre Ward, expectations the size of California are attached. So far, after five years, the Oakland fighter’s potential...
STRADLEY, BORGES, HAUSER LEAD BARNEYS Don Stradley, Ron Borges and Thomas Hauser are the top winners in the eighth annual Boxing Writers Association of America...
Of all vocations, it gets me beyond riled when I hear about a prominent boxer, someone who has offered fight fans an excess of blood, sweat...
WARD SAYS HE WON’T BE INTIMIDATED BY MIRANDA MIRANDA: ‘GOD WILL GIVE ME THIS VICTORY’ FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES Special Saturday Primetime Edition of ShoBox: The...
JOHN MOLINA GOES FROM HYPER KID TO PROFESSIONAL BOXERSix Questions with Molina, Jr., just days before his third straight televised fight against Frankie Archuleta on a...
It was after the third round that he knew something was wrong. WBC emeritus super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez was in the midst of a third...
