A report from Philboxing.com claims “Pound-for-pound star and IBF bantamweight champ Rafael Marquez has chosen a less dangerous opponent for his next title defense, as his...
Former boxing champion Kostya Tszyu enrolls in college Kostya Tszyu, the former undisputed 140 lb. champion who lost his crown to Ricky Hatton on June 5,...
Is Tito finito enough for Oscar’s swansong? Oscar De La Hoya has speculated publicly that the opponent for his final fight will either be P4P king...
In life, as in championship boxing, those brimming with ambition make sure they surge mightily at the nexus points where opportunity taken imprints fate in their...
NABA and USNBC cruiserweight champ Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey (12-0, 7 KOs) left his home in Providence for L.A., where he’ll finish training at the Wild...
While many boxing mothers cringe at the thought of their son or daughter swapping leather, Ellen Greene, the mother of the red-hot undefeated middleweight “Mean” Joe...
The Fourth of July square dance was an affair Reid Choate had looked forward to ever since he was old enough to do so. The dancing...
Call it The Warning. “You’re blowing it now son,” cornerman Angelo Dundee said, “You’re blowing it.” Sugar Ray Leonard, who was losing to Thomas Hearns after...
The international appeal of Manny Pacquiao continues Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao has just signed a deal to endorse sports-related products for the Fortune 500 giant...
Hottie du jour’s reflections on filmed sex scenes/boxing matches Scarlett Johansson, the hottie du jour who has become the lonely fantasist’s best nocturnal friend in no...
Hottie du jour’s reflections on filmed sex scenes/boxing matches Scarlett Johansson, the hottie du jour who has become the lonely fantasist’s best nocturnal friend in no...
Few world champions retire while still holding their titles, most need to be pushed from their thrones. There’s the lure of that next big payday, the...
Thousands of people work in the American boxing business, but the ones who really count total about fifty and they all know each other. One of...
NEW YORK (September 10, 2006) – Unbeaten Irish middleweight sensation John Duddy, rated No. 5 by the WBO and No. 10 by the WBA, is training...
When Emanuel Augustus knocked out Courtney Burton last week on the season finale of “Friday Night Fights,” it was sweet redemption, proof that sometimes boxing allows...
WBC champ Oleg Maskaev to fight unknown in Moscow Just when you thought all might be well in heavyweight land, word comes from Dennis Rappaport, longtime...
Big Bob Mladinich beat me to the punch in securing an interview with Massachusetts judge Dick Flaherty, one of the two arbiters who saw Samuel Peter...
NEW YORK – Given the fact that New York is literally the only jurisdiction in the world in which he is not allowed to box, Evander...
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 7 – It’s time for boxing to revive the concept of hanging judges. In the Old West, “hanging judges” were the guys who...
Holyfield/Oquendo: How much is too much? The price was right to see Evander Holyfield, age 43, a decade past his prime, take out toughman Jeremy Bates...
