When Amir Khan tests himself Saturday night against three-division world champion Marco Antonio Barrera, it will not be a physical test. It will be an intelligence...
ATOP THE EUROPEAN HITTING HILL- Even if you're an undefeated champion, as the old saying goes, sometimes it's lonely to be the King. After stopping Raul...
A few of the best prizefighters in the world today have all mentioned one fighter who they’d like to challenge. That person has been retired for...
In the Bay Area sluggers dominated as James Kirkland and Victor Ortiz scored knockouts while Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero was forced to stop due to a...
Emanuel Steward had already mapped out the battle plan for young Andy Lee, studying the ins and outs of the former title contender named Antwun Echols,...
In a battle between welterweight contenders from the East Coast it was Delvin Rodriguez’s 11th round knockdown that proved the difference in beating Shamone Alvarez on...
The forthcoming book “Brute” follows two Sacramento boxers: Mike Simms, a cruiserweight who trained with the Olympic team in 2000, who when I found him had...
They bang, they bang. Former Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Keith “The Dean of Mean” Jardine prefer blowing out opponent’s jaws, noses, eye...
NEW YORK (March 6, 2009) – Irish Ropes Promotions announced today that its scheduled March 16th “Erin Go Brawl II” pro boxing show at WaMu Theater...
He would sit in the corner at Kronk, a boxing shrine on McGraw Street in the midst of a hard part of Detroit, and not say...
The resilience of the out-gunned Greek army against the immense Persian forces during the ancient Battle of Thermopylae is regarded as the prime example of how...
TSS readers regularly come up with tags for fights that obliterate the names given by promoters. I think our ace commenters might be able to do...
I have been hammering this theme of late, maybe because I’ve been caught up in a wave of change that our new President has ushered in....
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...
