As Manny Pacquiao entered the second story boxing gym one of the caretakers began shouting instructions for those people to leave unless they had permission. Quickly...
You all heard Jermain Taylor in the last few weeks, saying that he wasn’t in tip-top condition when he fought Kelly Pavlik the first time in...
Some guys need a lot of convincing. Jermain Taylor must be one of those guys. Why else, his conqueror wonders, would he jump back into the...
Among boxing’s little men, Manny Pacquiao has proven himself an irresistible force. South of the welterweight division, Pacquiao is the biggest name and biggest draw in...
Although there is no title up for grabs in the Saturday rematch between Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik and Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor, there is still a...
Jose Navarro grew up in the boxing gyms following his older brothers and father as they made the daily treks to practice. Even when Navarro was...
Lightweight contender Oisin Fagan, a Dublin native who fights out of Oklahoma City, cannot believe his good fortune. When he learned that he would be fighting...
As I waited for the Wladimir Klitschko/Sultan Ibragimov conference call on Tuesday to begin, I was on hold. There was music playing as I waited, and...
There is an on-going trend in the fighting world today. The MMA and boxing are in the midst of a ratings war. March 1st will mark...
For undefeated junior middleweight James Moore, a native of County Wicklow, Ireland, who fights out of Queens, New York, March 15 cannot come soon enough. On...
Jermain Taylor is saying all the right things but then he always said the right things. The question is did he do the right thing when...
Count me among those that weren't pleased to see Larry Merchant get handed a diminished role at HBO last year. I understand that programmers like to...
TEMECULA-The most feared welterweight in the world met the boogieman and his name is Carlos “El Indio” Quintana. Quintana shocked the crowd and probably the entire...
TEMECULA-WBO welterweight titleholder Paul Williams realizes that he’s a feared fighter because of his obvious superiority in height, reach and southpaw boxing skills. So why does...
If I were a betting man, and I’m not, because I am neither overly lucky nor blessed with the sort of inside information that is needed...
Most of the time, I put press releases in the blog section. But this one came in, and I figured I'd give it a more prominent...
TEMECULA-Three world title bouts featuring some of the best female boxers in the world did not disappoint the fans. The fight of the night featured the...
“This camp, it’s all work. It wasn’t like that last camp.” —–Former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, Feb. 7 Wednesday, I was hearing all the...
A reporter asked promoter Bob Arum what advice he gave Kelly Pavlik after the pride of Youngstown beat Jermain Taylor and took his middleweight belt from...
Junior welterweight Kendall “Rated R” Holt of Paterson, New Jersey, believes that he was screwed as badly as or worse than any fighter in recent memory...
