For boxing fans today, the coupling of “Tyson” and “Tokyo” conjures up an immediate image – that of a battered Mike Tyson, crawling about on the...
The issue of race is such a loaded topic. Like, enriched uranium loaded. I’m typically not enthused to go there, because it sometimes feels like we...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (January 25, 2007)—A perfectly placed high-kick to the head of Sean Salmon ended his night and sent Rashad Evans’ stock soaring on the main...
World renowned boxing trainer Freddie Roach is negotiating with Golden Boy Promotions to prepare Oscar De La Hoya for his WBC junior middleweight title defense against...
Star Boxing packs the Paradise Theater in the Bronx Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing has found a home to showcase the fights. The Paradise Theater in the...
Heavyweight contender Samuel Peter has now defeated James Toney twice in heavyweight title eliminators. He has also paid the WBC’s sanctioning fees twice; both times thinking...
Communicating by writing is done on a two-way street. The writer, going in his direction, and carrying the offering of all he has put into the...
On Saturday, Feb. 17, from the Hammerstein Ballroom in the heart of New York City, HBO’s Boxing After Dark televises a bang-up DiBella Entertainment tripleheader featuring...
Much has been made of the malaise that has infected the heavyweight division since the departure of consensus champion Lennox Lewis in June of 2003, but...
Mexico’s Jorge “El Travieso” Arce ventures to Southern California to face Argentina’s Julio Roque Ler at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday. Arce (45-3-1, 35...
PHOENIX—Last weekend featured a foursome of anticipated premium cable broadcast affairs that received plenty of positive press prior to respective first bells. Many things look better...
Funny, the boxing world figured it would be Nicolay Valuev who fall down and go boom because of some weird bodily collapse. Maybe a bone in...
After six years of honing East L.A.’s Oscar De La Hoya into a speedier and more defensive-minded prizefighter, it looks like Floyd Mayweather Sr. will not...
Mike Tyson pleads not guilty at Monday’s coke/DUI hearing In another instance where truth takes a backseat to expediency, one-time heavyweight champion of the world Mike...
Well, that sort of stunk, didn’t it? I was expecting a helluva lot more from the Hitman on Saturday night, and really, weren’t we all? He...
LAS VEGAS—Great Britain’s Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton returned to the junior welterweight division with a few of his friends and recaptured the IBF world title from...
They toss around names like Gomez, Benitez and Trinidad when they size up 23-year-old Puerto Rican junior featherweight prospect Juan Manuel Lopez, who took on Mexican...
It is a peculiarity of the British psyche that plucky losers are often lavished with a deeper love and affection than those who triumph on the...
When a fighter is just coming into his own and is just laying the foundation of whatever legacy he may leave, it is easy to compare...
Naturally, star attractions garner the most attention. Like any other business, writing is about supplying demand but in a time of waning public interest when most...
