While growing up in his native North Carolina, Beau Williford was a maniacal boxing fan. In 1968, at the age of 18, he wrote to the...
A number of big hitters have entered the arms race to train Oscar “The Golden Boy” De La Hoya including Jack Mosley and a double top-secret...
From rags to riches has always been coined as the American dream, but Vuyani “the Beast” Bungu made it a South African one during an impressive...
Listening to Ricky “Hitman” Hatton is like listening to Opie Taylor. Respectful and polite outside the ring, he sounds like a choirboy stuck in a longshoreman’s...
Shannon Briggs/Sultan Ibragimov at Madison Square Garden On March 10 at Madison Square Garden’s Theater in New York City, Shannon Briggs (48-4-1, 42 KOs), still basking...
It was never just about the money, though you couldn’t tell that to the punks downtown. They wouldn’t listen, never believed it. The punks downtown –...
Manny Steward gives Pacquiao two years on top Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward predicts that pound-for-pounder Manny Pacquiao will stay at the top of boxing’s...
It wasn't an embarrassment. It wasn't like Holmes/Ali, the sad drama in the Bahamas. James Toney didn't absorb a vicious beatdown that made you turn away...
“Of course he’s probably broke,” said Frank. “All those boxers are. I remember I was at a wrestling match one time when I was a kid...
A gust of wind whistles through the crowded gym as Floyd Mayweather orchestrates pinpoint punches from his pupil like a music maestro directing a full symphony....
Do you want to see Bernard Hopkins fight Roy Jones again? Only fools don’t respect Bernard Hopkins‘ and Roy Jones Jr.‘s accomplishments in the ring, but...
Do you want to see Bernard Hopkins fight Roy Jones again? Only fools don’t respect Bernard Hopkins‘ and Roy Jones‘ accomplishments in the ring, but while...
He flashes a smile as bright at the ring lights. His jab is a heat-seeking missile. His quips are just as fast. When he does his...
There are few comebacks in boxing as glorious as that of Rocky Balboa. In the sixth installment of the “Rocky” series, titled “Rocky Balboa,” Sylvester Stallone...
Nearly a quarter century later it remains a high point of boxing in the latter half of the twentieth century. Some knowledgeable experts have described it...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—Some of his business associates probably thought Don King was going soft in his old age when he bailed out erstwhile rival Dina Duva last...
LAS VEGAS—Lightweight world champion Layla McCarter grabbed a piece of boxing history Friday night with a second round technical knockout victory over Donna Biggers in the...
Maybe James Toney – boxing genius and tubby provocateur – is too tired to talk or to spit out gravelly, invective-laced word splurges that have filled...
Grizzled veteran James “Lights Out” Toney and power-punching Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter meet again on Saturday to see who fights for the heavyweight world title....
HBO’s Lamps arrested on Wednesday HBO’s Jim Lampley was arrested near his girlfriend’s home on Wednesday and charged with suspicion of domestic violence, violating a restraining...
