National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, UK: Purists often talk in awe of boxing technique. Zipping jabs, fluid combinations, dazzling footwork and dancing grace are hailed as the...
If there is a technically more proficient boxer in the world than Juan Manuel Marquez no one has ever seen him. This is a point Marquez...
He is not the sort who when he is not assigned to an event, chooses to steer clear of all things fistic. Larry Merchant didn’t work...
RICKY HATTON AND MANNY PACQUIAO QUOTES FROM THE U.K. During a blistering two-day U.K. media tour, superstars Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Ricky “Hitman” Hatton set the...
Some fighters get all the love. Most of them deserve it. Some fighters, though, don’t get the zealous affection they should. Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton...
Ghosts are typically hard to pin down. Present, and departed in the blink of an eye. Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero lived up to his nickname a...
Nobody likes to fight southpaws. First, they do everything in reverse. Their jabs come from another side, their power is from opposite angle and their thinking...
In the second week of July 2008, nearly two months after watching Mike Simms survive his six-round ordeal with Derrick Harmon, I received word that there...
Barrera on historic mission Khan next on Mexican’s hit list “Don’t forget what I did to Prince Naseem Hamed” Mar. 14 PPV show also features Maccarinelli-Afolabi...
MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO and RICKY “Hitman” HATTON OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE… “THE BATTLE OF EAST AND WEST” WORLD JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP SET FOR SATURDAY, MAY 2 AT MGM...
For round after round, it looked like the professor was finally being surpassed by an eager student, as Juan Manuel Marquez looked his age and Juan...
For the record, the names of the three judges who dropped the ball, in a big way, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on Saturday...
ONTARIO, CALIF-Tijuana’s Juan Carlos Burgos and Riverside’s Mauricio Herrera showed why Thompson Boxing Promotions are rapidly becoming the small player that can with knockout wins on...
See that photo up there? That is Tomasz Adamek in action against Steve Cunningham on Dec. 11, 2008. That scrap took place a mere 79 days...
It’s a tad late for a holiday wish list, but what the heck. On my 2009 Boxing Wish List is a big, meaningful, juicy, lucrative bout...
New York (FEBRUARY 27th, 2009) – Former light heavyweight champion Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson will get his chance to settle the score with Daniel Judah...
Blue Lewis was an old-fashioned kind of guy and Emanuel Steward is surely glad of it. Had Lewis been a bit more liberal minded, Steward might...
If Vitali Klitschko wants to unify half the heavyweight title as much as he says does, he should volunteer to pay a price for it. He...
When I began writing about boxing in 2006, I started an account on MySpace.com to network my articles to the rest of the boxing community. Just...
It’s hard not to feel a little sorry for The Contender reality show. It started on NBC in 2005, and went to ESPN for its second...
