Joshua Clottey’s struggles in the ring mirror his struggles with finding a suitable nickname. Americans, nonplussed by the nuances of accent despite our multicultural reputation, heard...
Veteran fight publicist Fred Sternberg arrives late to the Cotto-Clottey weigh-in on June 12. He strolls in like he owns the joint, confident and grinning. “Freddie's...
For many boxing fans, female fighters are still an anomaly. Men are supposed to be the hunter-gatherers of the human species, and as such certain occupations...
Fighting in another country is no easy task and when you add altitude and smog it becomes an even bigger venture as Melinda Cooper discovered. Cooper...
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. learned an important lesson last week while training for his comeback fight in Las Vegas. He learned he’s not a kid any more....
As a result of the Cotto-Clottey WBO welterweight title bout this past weekend, the boxing world is buzzing. Which is to be expected from a fight...
MAYWEATHER VS MARQUEZ POSTPONED Mayweather Injured In Training LAS VEGAS (June 14, 2009) – The highly anticipated July 18 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel...
“I’ll trade you a Mike Tyson and Rocky Marciano for a Muhammad Ali.” I collected sports card growing up and never heard these words. In its...
On June 21st 2003, Lennox Lewis fought for the final time of his career. His opponent was Vitali Klitschko, the current reigning WBC heavyweight champion. When...
For the better part of the last decade the heavyweight division has been pretty much held in check by Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko of the Ukraine....
It wasn't vintage Miguel Cotto, and he probably needs to re-examine his tendency to run so much in the last third of his fights, but the...
The Little Guy needed to come up big at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday night. Ivan Calderon is 34, and has labored...
The almost legendary Melinda Cooper returns to the ring tonight in the Aztec City of Tenochtitlan, better known as Mexico City. It’s been more than a...
ONTARIO, CALIF.-Slippery fighter Mauricio “El Maestro” Herrera discovered early that power was not the answer to beating Mexico’s stone-chinned Luis Alfredo Lugo so he reverted to...
NEW YORK – The best kept secret in boxing will remain that way Saturday night. At least he will if you’re watching HBO’s broadcast of the...
Just about crunch time. Talk has been talked, now is time to walk the walk, to see if confidence has been justified, or more of a...
LOS ANGELES-In the first club fight held in downtown Los Angeles in several years, it was Oxnard’s David Rodela who managed to hold off the late-charging...
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...
