Although two-time world champion Melissa “Missy” Fiorentino is one of the world’s most accomplished female fighters, she is much too professional to take any of her...
When Harold Sconiers of Tampa, Florida, looks in the mirror these days he doesn’t see the journeyman heavyweight with a 15-17-2 (10 KOs) record that most...
There’s nothing like the terror felt when you have a big black bear snarling and snorting and hunting you down, eager to stuff your tender head...
LAS VEGAS-A reinvented Georges St. Pierre proved he’s ready for the true Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title with a dominating win over Matt Hughes and Chuck...
In January 2006, cruiserweight Steve Cunningham of Philadelphia blasted out Lloyd Bryan in five rounds on the undercard of the Zab Judah-Carlos Baldomir title bout at...
The Knicks are in as sorry shape as any club in the NBA right now. There are teams with more losses than the Knickerbockers, but no...
The trainer of the year award, when given by the Boxing Writers Association, has always been bestowed to a “name” guy. The Futch-Condon Award, which came...
Amateur boxing is the greatest form of tutorial for young fighters. In recent history, men like Mike Tyson, Oscar de la Hoya, Shane Mosley, and Floyd...
On Christmas morning I was preparing to head to the airport to catch a flight home to New York when I received my annual holiday call...
Female professional boxing took a dip this year with fewer bouts between champions and contenders than in the past several years. A number of fighters captured...
It is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in San Francisco. The Straight Forward Boxing Club held their 2nd Annual Holiday Toy Drive on Friday,...
'Twas the days before New Year's and the year in boxing's nearly done, 2007's been solid, it's been a great run. We heard the sport was...
Urbano Antillon blasted out Mexico’s Adrian Valdez with immediate impact and should be fighting for a junior lightweight world title in 2008. Before a vocal crowd...
Angelo Dundee has carried the torch of professional boxing like a herald from Roman mythology. Boxing is his game and he’s earned the tag as one...
Joshua Clottey’s win over New York’s Shamone Alvarez paves the way for a title shot against big-hitting IBF welterweight king Kermit “El Asesino” Cintron early next...
Just what the world of MMA needs, a sanctioning body. It's what all us MMA fans have been clamoring for right? Don't go mocking out of...
Mike Tyson has been studied more than the Zapruder film. You probably think you know all there is about the man formerly known as the baddest...
The decision to pick the Fighter of the Year for 2007 was not easy with so many fighters enjoying good years, but Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik...
With mixed martial arts and ultimate fighting nipping at the heels of boxing, promoters were forced to present some compelling matchups in 2007. Although Floyd Mayweather’s...
This being the holiday season, when we are most mindful of treating our fellow man as we ourselves would like to be treated, I do hope...
