WBC/Jose Sulaiman dance on the head of a pin The World Boxing Council, which not long ago gave their imprimatur to the Sept. 2 Sam Peter/James...
Chavez says Bush is the worst, Ali is the greatest Fresh off the firestorm of indignation he created at the United Nations General Assembly last week,...
Former world champion Steve Forbes meets Grady Brewer in the Contender II finale at the Staples Center tonight. Forbes (32-3), one of the favorites to win...
He walked tall into the glowing green MGM casino from the grey, dawning strip. The early morning air smelled good. One of the few times it...
Fight game oldsters will tell you that purses for lower level boxers, far from increasing with the times, have decreased or stayed the same since the...
Shelby “Girl” Walker found dead by OD over the weekend The boxer Shelby “Girl” Walker (7-6-1, 6 KOs) was found dead yesterday in her apartment from an...
Savoring an espresso and dessert after another fine high-caloric meal, I was aimlessly surfing the web when I came across Joe Santoliquito’s ESPN.com paean to Tommy...
In Milan on October 8, Giovanni Parisi will be back in action facing European welterweight champion Frederic Klose. Many journalists believe that it will be an...
Hawk Makepula’s fourth round stoppage at the hands of the phenom Jorge Arce on Saturday night has again raised the concern that South African fighters are...
On October 20, undefeated featherweight prospect Jason “The American Boy” Litzau makes his Chicago debut in a ten-round co-main event. Known for his electrifying, all-action fighting...
While enjoying his fighter Samuel Peter’s recent victory over James Toney and preparing for his other client, WBO Heavyweight Champion Sergei Liakhovich’s fight against Shannon Briggs,...
Joel “El Cepillo” Casamayor has met with plenty of success during his 11-year career. With 33 victories and 21 devastating knockouts to his credit, Casamayor has...
Jorge Arce overpowers Hawk Makepula in Texas In defense of his WBC International super flyweight title, Jorge “Travieso” Arce (45-3-1, 35 KOs) stopped former WBO 108-pound...
For as long as she can remember, Jill Diamond has been project oriented. And whether she realizes it or not, she is also more of a...
Matt Hughes had beaten every relevant UFC Welterweight that he’d faced but one. Last night at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, Hughes laid claim to the...
Emanuel Steward’s got a right to sing the blues Emanuel Steward is suffering. He sat down on the couch, hunched over and covered his face with...
Three days and counting without a verdict At the murder trial of the man accused of murdering Julian Letterlough, Senior Judge Albert A. Stallone on Thursday...
Without a doubt he’s the biggest boxing star in Mexico. WBC Flyweight champion Jorge “Travieso” Arce has traveled far in the sport and has made quite...
The big news out of Thailand, of course, is the bloodless coup that took place in the early morning hours of September 20th. For the eighteenth...
It was the slam heard around the mixed martial arts world. The date was November second of 2001 and Matt Hughes had just pulled off an...
