Does amateur boxing teach young people anything besides how to land a jarring punch? Is boxing even a sport, like basketball? And why do boxers embrace...
LAS VEGAS – When I informed Miguel Cotto that many of TheSweetScience.com’s well spoken readers and responding posters felt he was a strong choice for 2007’s...
On Friday, I called for upsets as part of my resolution package for 2008, and I wondered if Showtime would provide one on Saturday night in...
Mexico’s Michel Rosales seems to be back on track after a slow first round against Colombia’s Dairo Esalas in a junior welterweight bout, he lowered the...
The best thing boxing does, better than provide us couch surfers chills and thrills, is provide a fitting outlet for youths who might otherwise be unable...
One of my resolutions for 2008, beyond the obvious drop of 10 (OK, 15 pounds) and watch less reality TV, and read more classic literature, is...
Many boxing world champions have talked about testing the MMA waters but it took female boxing world champion Elena “Baby Doll” Reid to actually do it....
The Associated Press has confirmed that Oscar De la Hoya is a few weeks away from choosing his next, and possibly, final opponent. The fight date...
People are talking about Brooklyn’s Paul Malignaggi, but the talking is limited to the east coast. Up and down the eastern shores the speed-talking, fast-fighting IBF...
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,...
