Edner Cherry was graced with a stellar opportunity. Arguably a top ten talent, Cherry was given a shot at Timothy Bradley at the Beau Rivage Casino...
Joan Guzman, who chose not to fight Nate Campbell on Saturday evening, amazingly allowed himself to be queried by the pitbull without lipstick, Jim Gray, on...
Julio Cesar Garcia looked like he’d rather have been where I was, on the sofa, sipping a soda, rather than where he was, absorbing shots from...
LAS VEGAS – Inexplicably, to him at least, in a town built on odds, the numbers are against Joel Casamayor this week. He finds this baffling....
It was world class experience against pure grit as former minimumweight world champion Roberto “Mako” Leyva (27-5-1, 20 KO’s) of Ensenada, Mexico took on Benji Garcia...
When boxer extraordinaire Joel “El Cepillo” Casamayor enters the boxing ring against the wizard from Mexico City Juan Manuel Marquez, you’ll be seeing a rare event,...
A clash of generations takes place when Sergio Mora’s quirky avante garde fistic style confronts Vernon Forrest’s traditional classic mode. Generation X versus Generation Y. Once...
When Joan Guzman steps into the ring at Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi Saturday night to challenge lightweight champion Nate Campbell he has to worry about...
They call Timothy Bradley the “Desert Storm” because he lives in the always-hot Palm Springs area. They call Nate Campbell “Galaxxy Warrior” because he’s always willing...
Nearly three days after the fact, Glen Hamada remains “dumbfounded.” Now he knows how everyone else watching Saturday night felt when he scored Michael Katsidis a...
Shane Mosley was really gunning for a rematch with Miguel Cotto sometime this year. Cotto, cognizant of the fact that he faded down the stretch against...
This is the kind of fighter your dad was talking about when he mentioned guys like LaMotta, Basilio and Tiger. Nate Campbell doesn’t ask who he’s...
Say what you will about his style of fighting, no one will deny that John Ruiz has been a willing warrior over the years, and hasn’t...
Boxing is in a state of emergency, they say. A sport that has lost its edge, they whisper. Boxing is a dying sport, they believe. Well,...
About the time Michael Katsidis’ eye began to close so did Glen Hamada’s Saturday night. There are few other ways to explain how the veteran judge...
It turns out the UFC knew what they were doing when they tagged their latest show UFC 88: Breakthrough. Rashad Evans dropped a hellacious overhand right...
MONTEBELLO, CA.-Like a crime from the past John Molina and Eddie Brooks tried to recreate the scene but found the intangibles had changed as the California...
Friday Nights Fights is over for the 2008 season, as ESPN gives up the stage for football. The final headline bout of the year featured up...
Houston, we have lift off. Ok, that sounds corny, but there’s nothing corny about the fight card that pits two Houston Colt 45s, Juan Diaz and...
Look out, welterweights. Another weight class is about to give you a run for your money. The lightweight division has undergone a transformation in recent months,...
