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...
We keyboard tappers have no problem getting indignant, and pointing out the wretched ways and means of the suits that broker power in the fight game....
The trickle has become a flood. A few years ago the sport of boxing was worrying about fan attendance, rival sports and television spots, now professional...
Kelly Pavlik and Miguel Cotto both won easily Saturday night but what did it prove? Beyond the importance of match making, not much. Both were coming...
“It is easy to become a professional fighter. But it is hard to be a champion.” I'm reminded of those sagacious words of wisdom spoken by...
“The eyes of Roberto Duran. There’s a sinister look there…. even now.” ~ Al Bernstein, 1989 On the evening of February 24, 1989 a thirty-seven year...
LOS ANGELES-Leave it to Jorge “The Hyena” Barrios to scavenge the first shot of the lightweight tournament, though he’s not the top bill. Barrios nearly enticed...
NEW YORK (Feb. 23, 2009) — SHOWTIME caught up with legendary trainer Hall of Famer Emanuel Steward on Monday for his thoughts on this Friday’s International...
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...
Despite being an iconic figure in his native Indonesia, featherweight world titlist Chris John has experienced relative anonymity in Houston during the build-up to Saturday’s defence...
There’s nothing quite like fighting in your hometown, in front of a mad throng of well wishers who cheer themselves hoarse at the site of you....
Miguel Cotto’s people were not sure exactly what Antonio Margarito had done to him last July, so for his first fight back after suffering his first...
