The Niavaroni-Sax Gym in Roseville, California stands beside a Marines recruiting office. On the building façade in large, white letters are the words KICKBOXING INC. I...
Reading through an issue of the New Yorker from 1962, I came across an article on Cassius Clay written by A.J. Liebling. He had watched Clay...
On a daily basis Melinda Cooper puts on her workout clothes, boxing shoes and endures the rigors of training for professional prizefighting. At, 23, the undefeated...
The end of the year is a time for nostalgia and remembrance and so it is in the boxing world as well. We pine for the...
Editor Michael Woods has requested that I write an article listing my personal end-of-the-year awards in boxing for posting on TSS. Normally, there would be no...
It wasn’t supposed to go down this way. The little guy who started out as a 106 pounder was supposed to be outweighed by about 15...
Fighter of the Year In 2008, Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao accomplished something that was last seen in October 1937 to October 1938 when the great Henry...
For boxing as a whole, 2008 was a great year that saw the sport grow exponentially thanks to dynamic matchmaking and accompanying fistic fireworks. But for...
It says something about a fighter when they take on the “Sugar” nickname. When you compare yourself to the Robinsons and Leonards and even the Mosleys,...
These are the worst of times for Steve Quinonez Jr. For the past six months the Indio prizefighter has been hard-pressed to earn money in the...
This is a collection of rules that every boxer must live by. The rules are to be followed at all times. They can only be changed...
JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ VS. JUAN DIAZ SET FOR FEBRUARY 28TH EDITION OF HBO'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING LOS ANGELES, December 22 – In 2008, Mexican icon Juan...
Here’s a little nugget, a little tidbit for you to ponder as you settle in for a long winter’s nap, or get the cookies ready for...
It’s been a while since the last Pound for Pound listing. These past two months saw a number of the top prizefighters in the world engage...
A true master of his craft, Angelo Dundee views his expertise from a unique angle. Like any expert, the 87-year-old Dundee has built a resume on...
ZURICH – Boxing may be dying in the United States, but anyone doing any squawking about the sport's immediate demise in the wake of Nikolai Valuev...
As former pound-for-pound kingpin and four-division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. leisurely spends the tens of millions of dollars he made in his 11-year fight career that...
Brazil’s Vitor Belfort wants to make it clear his fight with feared mixed martial arts star Matt Lindland will be a dogfight, but if he ever...
Dear Santa, It’s that time of year again, when I know you’re getting tons and tons of letters from people around the world asking for gifts...
Maybe I’m just being cynical, but I’ve always believed that posthumous honors, with few exceptions, are like an umpire’s makeup call. “Yeah, I think I did...
