If not for Edward Gersh’s gloriously battered nose, he would look more like a regal gentleman than an ex-prizefighter. Besides being the most youthful looking 87-year-old...
After winning a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Michael Spinks returned to the housing project from whence he...
The significance of the super middleweight division has been called into question throughout its two decade history, but it now lays claim to one of the...
TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION – Juan Manuel Marquez proved he's still one of the top pound for pound performers in the sport as he defended his WBC...
Sure, he sometimes slaps, instead of throwing meaningful punches with zing. Yes, Joe Calzaghe tosses looping strikes, from funny angles, and he may not always look...
A night like this illustrates why the fights on paper are sometimes not even remotely close to what actually happens in the ring. Saul Roman (28-4,...
I did not see THE FUTURE of the heavyweight division, but I did see a portion of the future of the heavyweight division displaying some solid...
The other half of the elimination tourney upstarts, Eddie Chambers (29-0, 16 KOs) will get a chance to follow Alex Povetkin’s lead, get out his hammer,...
Never could anyone have imagined that two European fighters would capture the attention of the Western Hemisphere like Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler and Wales Joe Calzaghe. Imagine:...
In the 1960s whenever a native Mexican like Juan Manuel Marquez fought a Mexican-American like Rocky Juarez, it was a civil war in the ring. But...
Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler are not two household names outside the boxing community, but their epic unification battle on November 3 will be the one...
Miguel Cotto doesn’t have a scintillating public persona. The Puerto Rican steamroller is more comfortable letting his ring work speak for him, rather than engaging in...
“The Collision at Cardiff”? “The Celt versus the Viking”? “The War in Wales”? No thanks. Taglines aren’t needed to promote this Saturday’s super-middleweight title showdown in...
Sugar Shane Mosley sounded mellow, like he’d just finished getting a full-body massage, and was sipping a chamomille tea, rather than like a man gearing up...
Although he is no stranger to officiating big fights, referee Mike Ortega says that he is “honored” to have been chosen to be the third man...
It looks like former WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito is hoping for a lucrative showdown against Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto. This is assuming of course,...
Despite massive fires seemingly in every corner of Southern California the extensive smoke and poor air quality hasn’t stopped fighters like Antonio Margarito, Victor Ortiz and...
Even after spending decades in the decadent boxing business, longtime promoter Butch Lewis is still doing what he does best: smiling that gargantuan million dollar smile...
Jermain Taylor has a mind full of questions churning in his head now. He’s been trying to make sense of his standing as a boxer, after...
No fight in recent memory has been a more logical candidate for an immediate rematch than the Jermain Taylor/Kelly Pavlik Sept. 29 thriller in Atlantic City...
