It was Shiming Zou's toughest fight in years, to say the least. He established a dominating 21-1 lead in Doha until the referee waved off the...
LAS VEGAS-At times Layla McCarter can look invincible and out of this world, and against Spain’s Lolly Munoz she seemed the better boxer, but not her...
Mike Moynihan thought he had it all worked out for Mamuka Jikurashvili, Levan Jomardashvili and his brother Shalva. Then the tanks started to roll and the...
LOS ANGELES-At least once a week I try to drive into the Los Angeles area to see what’s going in the various gyms. On Thursday there...
Most of the people who spend a goodly portion of their time in Los Angeles would pay any price to win an Oscar. Manny Pacquiao is...
With all of the great boxers and fights being made in the welterweight and middleweight divisions in recent years, it’s easy to overlook the junior middleweight...
Everything that has again gone wrong with USA Boxing this year was fully displayed in the upset and upsetting loss Rau-Shee Warren endured Tuesday in Beijing....
Early on Layla McCarter took the warrior’s road. You know, that long dusty path they talk about in Japanese samurai movies where a person decides to...
“Two days and a wakeup,’’ as Crocodile Finch used to holler at Mike Tyson when fight night approached, the countdown continuing until the moment the first...
Perhaps a star was not born at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom on Friday evening, but at the very least, a solid light heavyweight contender was unveiled in...
There will be 284 amateur boxers in Beijing over the next month trying to live a lifelong dream. Eight will be trying to alter a nightmare...
The U.S. Olympic boxing team has been taking its licks for the past two decades with only three gold medals since 1992. Sometimes it's politics, coaches...
LOS ANGELES-Smug as usual, the brassy face of Nicaragua’s Ricardo Mayorga sat there with a long cigarette puffing away with Sugar Shane Mosley sitting a few...
“I sparred with Oscar a few years ago,” new WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito recalled. “And I have to say that I definitely put my hands...
Showtime has put together a strong card for October 11, which features WBC champion Samuel Peter taking on the elder Klitschko brother, Vitali Klitschko. Of course,...
Keep your eye out, New York area fight fans. When fights take place in the Aviator athletic complex in Brooklyn, invariably, they are rock solid. In...
TSS checked in with the poet laureate of pugilistic analysis, Larry Merchant. We talked PacMan, Cotto’s loss and future, Oscar’s farewell fight and Pavlik’s chances at...
Woodsy—So I told you last time that a matchmaker is a con, right? How did I start matchmaking? I was writing for World Boxing and Boxing...
During his career, Tony “The Tiger” Lopez would win the IBF Super Featherweight title twice and the WBA Lightweight title. His victory over Rocky Lockridge in...
Sitting at ringside like a newly anointed king was Mexico’s Antonio Margarito as two other welterweights battled for the title he relinquished. His win 10 days...
