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...
It had been eight years since I last interviewed “Dynamite” Danny Perez. The San Diegan had just won the NABF welterweight title from Sam Garr and...
When Poland’s Tomasz Adamek wrested the IBF cruiserweight championship from U.S. Navy veteran Steve “USS” Cunningham on a rousing split decision on Dec. 11, in one...
“At the end of the day, I like substance. But style matters. It’s not just whether you win, but how you go about doing it.”—Larry Merchant...
If John Ruiz moved as quickly in the ring as he moves into a legal battle he’d be Muhammad Ali. If Ruslan Chagaev could avoid punches...
Last week WBA welterweight champ Shane Mosley 46-5 (39 KOs) issued a press statement saying that he wanted to meet IBO junior welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao...
GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY, NORTH RHINE OR NO WHINE ZONE – Back almost five years to the day before Wladimir Klitschko was scheduled to face David Haye, June...
David Haye was injured in training and his June 20 showdown with Wladimir Klitschko is off, Reuters reports. “We are in the unfortunate position of having...
