If there’s any job out there in which a man especially deserves a “fair” wage for a fair effort, it’s boxing. It would be ideal if...
If you are interested in seeing New York's latest white hope, and seeing for yourself whether he is great, you will have to watch it on...
Mexico’s powerful Daniel Ponce de Leon defends his WBO junior featherweight against veteran Gerry Penalosa of the Philippines on Saturday. Both are southpaws. “It’s an interesting...
Junior flyweight world champion Wendy Rodriguez travels to St. Charles, Missouri to face hometown favorite Hollie Dunaway (18-4) in a non-title eight round bout on Thursday...
Don’t expect flower wars when Mexico City’s two world champions Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez meet on Saturday. Barrera (63-4, 42 KOs) the WBC...
OXNARD-Crystal Morales stepped up in class and won a split-decision against veteran Gloria Ramirez at the Performing Arts Center on Friday. Morales used a steady body...
Looking on the bright side, at least you didn't have to pony up pay-per-view money to see it. Wladimir Klitschko eradicated overmatched Ray Austin, the mandatory...
I cut my teeth on the Massachusetts boxing scene from 1994-1999, and the quality of matchmaking there wasn't always exemplary. But I don't recall a match...
An undefeated record in women’s boxing usually means weak competition for that fighter that’s why Crystal Morales bout against Gloria Ramirez should be an interesting match....
Say it isn’t so, “Evan Fields.” Tell us that you didn’t use steroids, or human growth hormone, or any other illegal, or ought-to-be-illegal substance, to bulk...
BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF.-On the Big Bear mountaintop Marco Antonio Barrera walks out of a two-story cabin into the sunlight that gleams on the snow-covered tourist...
Probably the best of the lightweight prizefighters, Julio “The Kidd” Diaz holds the IBF lightweight world title and a few days ago got a glimpse of...
CARSON, CALIF.-In the battle between world champions from Mexico City, Rafael Marquez captured the WBC super bantamweight world title by technical knockout when defending champion Israel...
Everybody is talking at me, but this guy Vic Darchinyan reminds me of someone else. But who? While the world awaits one cataclysmic event perhaps another...
With mandatory steroid testing poised to begin in March, a California state official revealed that 52 professional boxers and mixed martial arts fighters including Cesar Gracie, ...
If I were a politician, I think I’d be unelectable. For starters, there’s all that hemp I consumed way back when—–and it wasn’t to make sweaters,...
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.-Boxing most famous fighter Oscar De La Hoya and the sports most talented Floyd Mayweather Jr. ended the eight-day promotional tour with a final stomp...
“All I ever heard is how some scandal is another nail in boxing’s coffin. You know, this coffin’s got nothing but sales.” The quote, made by...
ONTARIO — Lightweight prospects Josesito Lopez and Dominic Salcido found out during the week their opponents had changed but that didn’t stop them from dominating at...
SUNSET IN THE DESERT — In boxing, as in art, love, or other sweet sciences, sometimes the fine line between glory and Tyson’s Bolivia is just...
