One of the most famous observations written about this sport and the connection between its practitioners and their forefathers first appeared in 1956 in the introduction...
A writer’s greatest fear is to die on the cusp of finishing his novel. Either the unedited manuscript never sees the light of day or family...
They were nine days that shook the boxing world. Sugar Ray Robinson lost the middleweight championship to a boxer little known outside Britain and Jersey Joe...
“Merciless” Ray Mercer is back, which is like saying big hair is back or polyester is back or platform shoes are back. They all had their...
Hopkins calls fight with Calzaghe a backward step Joe Calzaghe is riding high these days, and for good reason. The undefeated super middleweight sensation from Wales,...
If you think that amateur boxing never sold tickets, read this article. On March 17, 1972, Madison Square Garden hosted the Golden Gloves and 20,000 people...
Almost exactly two years ago we were moved to write a column in these pages in which we vented our displeasure with the election procedures of...
Daniel Ponce De Leon had to chase a bit. But he chased well. And he chased relentlessly. De Leon caught up with Al Seeger Saturday night...
Mike Tyson: How to not win friends and not influence people Mike Tyson made no friends over the weekend. The AP writes that Tyson, wearing his...
I did it on Friday night so you didn’t have to. I expect, if not gifts, then at least heartfelt e-thanks, for tuning into, and paying...
Boxing dope payoff possible, impossible or lunatic? My lady had a birthday Wednesday night and two dozen of her friends gathered at her daughter’s digs at...
There’s no doubt that WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon (29-1, 27 KO’s) felt disrespected by HBO when his originally scheduled TV fight against...
Suggestions that 41-year-old Bernard Hopkins will end his short-lived retirement in a clash with WBC Heavyweight belt holder Oleg Maskaev or WBO/IBF Super-Middleweight titleist Joe Calzaghe...
Saturday on HBO Daniel Ponce De Leon shares the spotlight as he headlines the evening in El Paso, Texas when he takes on dangerous Al Seeger....
Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter has bigger fish to fry Dino Duva, the promoter for Samuel “Nigerian Nightmare” Peter, has said that contrary to published reports,...
There were moments Wednesday when Shannon Briggs sounded almost giddy, like a kid on his eighth birthday who just found a pony tied to a tree...
Several popular New York-area fighters will be showcased on Thursday, October 19, at the Plattdeutsche Park restaurant in Franklin Square, Long Island, New York. The seven...
PHOENIX– If Sergei Liakhovich and Shannon Briggs show up to throw punches like they barked about heading into their November 4th contest at Chase Field, downtown...
Mike Tyson is back in action on Friday night and as usual, there is an air of lunacy surrounding the event. Word from presspersons trying to...
Calvin Brock, aka the Boxing Banker, is keeping it real Grand announcements, a savage PR blitz and international telephone conference calls aside, contender Calvin Brock, slated...
