Hunger can make a person do things he otherwise might shrink from doing and it’s a major driving force behind California’s Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora....
What a difference a year makes. In that time, Kelly Pavlik has gone from a relatively obscure, much-avoided prospect to the toast of the boxing world. ...
Carlos Quintana isn’t managed by Rodney Dangerfield but maybe he should be. What else would explain why the reigning WBO welterweight champion is so disrespected he’s...
Although Melissa “Missy” Fiorentino of Cranston, Rhode island, owns the IWBF and NABF featherweight titles, she was extremely disappointed when her June 20 fight with WBC...
HOLLYWOOD-Only a few people were present as Manny Pacquiao arrived at the Wild Card Boxing gym on Tuesday, including a few of the fighters the Filipino...
I’ve always tried to keep an open mind on The Contender. Part of this, I confess, is nothing more than being mindful of where I get...
Retirement? In your dreams, pal. Maybe in five or 10 years. Stepping away is for those other guys, those thirty-somethings with the long list of wars...
Nothing can be taken for granted in the precarious world of combat sports, and that applies to hall of fame fighters and the world’s largest MMA...
Talk is cheap and it is a good thing it is, or Jack Loew and Enzo Calzaghe would be working for free Saturday night in Atlantic...
The past year has been a difficult one for light heavyweight contender Yusaf Mack of West Philadelphia. Besides incurring his second career loss in October, by...
As the president of the Veteran Boxers Association, Ring 8, in New York, former heavyweight Henry (Henny) Wallitsch of Astoria, Queens, gets to do what he...
Streetfighter Kimbo Slice survived to fight another day and mixed martial arts made its debut on free television like a teen-ager making a first appearance at...
Some fight fans will take what they can get, and are pleased that they will be able to turn on the TV on Saturday night, tune...
It was a night of boxing and rocking as former amateur standout Aaron Garcia scored a unanimous decision win over tough guy Arturo Valenzuela at The...
Paulie Malignaggi shaved his head Tuesday. Better late than never. Three days after the IBF junior welterweight champion half-blinded himself with hair extensions Bob Marley would...
The top four fighters of the Pound for Pound list did not change. It almost did change, but Manny Pacquiao won a close split-decision over Mexico’s...
The reaction from the fightgame punditry after WBO weltwerweight champion Paul Williams was upset by Carlos Quintana on February 9 was unanimous. The weight was the...
In May 1978 heavyweights Guy “The Rock” Casale of Newark, New Jersey, and Bobby Halpern of the Bronx engaged in an epic battle at Madison Square...
Summertime is upon us, friends. This is the time of year, with time to kill and money to burn, when Hollywood pulls out all the stops...
Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley had just finished his quest for the U.S. Olympic boxing team. He didn’t make the cut. He was walking through a parking...
