BELFAST, Northern Ireland – The Irish have been known to enjoy a good fight, so the packed crowd at the Odyssey Arena must have been happy...
SOUTH EL MONTE, CA.—John Molina handles his headgear delicately, almost like a surgeon preparing to go into the operation room. A sparring session is about to...
Who wants to bet me? I bet Paulie Malignaggi will make it out of the ring in Connecticut on Saturday night without getting his hair gel...
The consensus prevails that a blemish on a fight record greatly reduces a boxer’s stock. Conversely, MMA advocates maintain that a loss in their sport is...
LOS ANGELES-When the call came that Roy Jones Jr. and Anthony Hanshaw were meeting boxing writers and other media in Los Angeles to promote their upcoming...
Yet another MMA fighter has tested positive for steroids and this time it’s legendary Royce Gracie. The California State Athletic Commission released information Tuesday at 5:35...
It’s put up or shut up time for Ricky Hatton. Check that, Hatton’s a loveable lad, a salt of the earth type, a solid representative for...
Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto completed his task last weekend, now it’s Mexico’s Antonio Margarito’s turn. Cotto’s win over Zab Judah sets up a possible meeting with...
Professional prizefighters James Toney and Dan Batchelder were found to have traces of steroids, said the California State Athletic Commission on Tuesday. Toney and Batchelder tested...
This boxing year-in-review essay originally ran in the program for the 82nd Boxing Writer's Association of America's awards dinner, which took place last Friday, June 8,...
There may be no greater drama in sports than a big heavyweight showdown. Seamus McDonagh, who fought Evander Holyfield in 1990, is quite familiar with that...
This Saturday night boxing flexed some legit muscle. And with any luck, the best is yet to come. At a teeming Madison Square Garden on Saturday...
It doesn't happen all that often but it did Saturday night at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. The stock of the man who won the...
Chad Dawson, with a career-defining fight against Antonio Tarver beckoning him seductively, managed to keep his eyes and mind at the task at hand, Jesus Ruiz,...
He is the current pugilistic pride of Puerto Rico, and Miguel Cotto lived up to, and built on his reputation with an eleventh round TKO victory...
Be careful what you wish for, Humberto Soto, because you just might get it. You might well land that date you are seeking, a revenge special,...
Tall and sinewy like a basketball player whenever Chad “Bad” Dawson fires a punch it’s always surprising to hear the impact he creates. Sometimes it’s the...
Humberto “Zorrita” Soto was raised in a cardboard dwelling in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. He now sits amidst the luxury of the Affinia Hotel in Manhattan. Days...
The World Boxing Hall of Fame, whose headquarters are in Los Angeles, released a list of the new inductees for the class of 2007 including Larry...
We’ve taken him to task here at TSS, so let us take the opportunity to be the bastion of fairness and balance that we seek to...
