Liz Quevedo, one of the standout amateur boxers in the country, recently announced her entry to the world of professional prizefighting. Can she be the answer...
While representing the United States in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Sugar Ray Seales, a native of the Virgin Islands who had immigrated to Tacoma,...
A sensationally timed short right uppercut by Thomas Mashaba stopped Oscar Leon in his tracks in the third round on Friday night in Kimberly, South Africa....
Klitschko/Maskaev, Sulaiman/King and the footprint of history As an upshot to Kevin Iole’s LVRJ piece on the Klitschko-Maskaev negotiations and the progress or lack thereof, I...
Titles: WBC Flyweight Title (1991-1992), IBF Jr. Flyweight Title (1989-1990) Alias: Muanchai OrathaigymNickname: J-OkayHometown and Birthplace: Chainart, ThailandDivisions: Jr. Flyweight, FlyweightDate of Birth: November 11, 1968Trainer:...
Klitschko/Maskaev unification bout in Señor Sulaiman’s hands For those lost souls who thought a heavyweight unification bout was not only a welcome prospect but an inevitable...
Klitschko/Maskaev unification bout in Señor Sulaiman’s hands For those lost souls who thought a heavyweight unification bout was not only a welcome prospect but an inevitable...
The Executioner beats the Joe Calzaghe drum loudly After unbeaten super middleweight sensation Joe Calzaghe dispatches Peter Manfredo Jr. on April 7 at the Millennium Stadium...
Unbeaten middleweight prospect James McGirt Jr. is determined to escape his father’s shadow. When all is said and done, the 24-year-old southpaw, who is trained by...
Damn, that was quick. Max Kellerman officially anointed himself president of the Edison Miranda Fan Club after the Colombian did away with Willie Gibbs in the...
The year 2006 wasn't a bad one for boxing. We had the Israel Vasquez-Jhonny Gonzalez slugfest. The Lamon Brewster-Sergei Liakhovich brawl. And the emergence of Manny...
HBO’s Boxing After Dark ended its tenth season and the year at the Miccosuke Resort & Casino in Miami Saturday night, not with a whimper but...
There were two career options for Jason Litzau as he progressed from pre-teen to teenager in Minnesota. He could be a thief, a budding con, a...
IRVINE, Calif.—Former world titleholder Mike Anchondo returned to his home state, virtually shut out his opponent Armando Cordova (23-30), but couldn’t put the capper on the...
NEW YORK—The most preposterous thing at the Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom Thursday night wasn’t even that Balboa-esque hat promoter Lou DiBella was walking around in. DiBella,...
It seems Mighty Mike Anchondo has been in the “hurting business,” as he says, for decades. But the Southern Californian hasn’t hit age 25 despite once...
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar—In front of a pulsating hangar packed with over 3,000 marines, Diego “The Nightmare” Sanchez created a roar of energy with a...
HBO, in its December incarnation of the once-flourishing “Boxing After Dark,” appears to have gotten things right for once. On Saturday, undefeated Jason Litzau, a marketable...
Two things became obvious in the second round. The first was that Tommy Rainone was going to win this fight. The second was, that he’d do...
Boxing films are like any other movie genre. There is a little bit of everything. We have inspirational sports movies (“Rocky”), satires (“The Great White Hype”),...
