LAS VEGAS – America, be glad the Cold War is over. Oleg Maskaev knocked out Hasim Rahman in the final round at the Thomas and Mack...
Four horsemen of the Soviet apocalypse toast boxing America’s last line of defense, aka Hasim Rahman, lost his WBC heavyweight crown to former conqueror and new...
David Diaz wins big in Las Vegas On the undercard of the WBC heavyweight title fight between the champ Hasim Rahman and his challenger Oleg Maskaev,...
Riddick Bowe returns to action in Norfolk, Virginia Former two-time world heavyweight champion Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe plans on re-launching his career in the fall, reports...
Hasim Rahman knows how to play the media relations game. He’s amiable and approachable, and the skeptic in me thinks that this reason as much as...
HOUSTON, TX (August 11, 2006) – Houston Mayor Bill White has declared Tuesday, August 15, 2006, as Juan Diaz Day in the city of Houston, TX,...
Sharing a press conference with James “Lights Out” Toney is like sharing a swimming pool with a great white shark. No matter how well you swim,...
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 11 – Trainers come, trainers go. The Rock remains as solid as quicksand, as steadfast as a yo-yo. It is the only reason...
LAS VEGAS – It was a bad day for California-based prizefighters. WBC junior flyweight titleholder Brian Viloria was dethroned and Mira Loma’s Carlos Bojorquez, a middleweight,...
Live Saturday night from the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada (HBO PPV), Hasim “The Rock” Rahman defends his WBC heavyweight title against his...
PBF reminds us that boxing is business first All the speculation as to who P4P king Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be fighting next can finally be...
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 10 – The trainer who advised Oleg Maskaev to retire “because of my concern for his welfare and health,” who “lost confidence walking...
Commercials are now regularly shown on Thai TV to promote Pongsaklek Wonjongkam’s record-breaking boxing career. He is shown gleefully running the streets of Bangkok, ala Rocky,...
In the past, many boxing fans saw Hasim Rahman as a fighter with a wheelbarrow full of talent who just didn’t care enough about winning the...
Episode number five on season two of ESPN’s “The Contender” was broadcast on Tuesday, August 8. The well-traveled 35-year-old veteran Grady Brewer of Lawton, Oklahoma, survived...
When Gabula “The Tiger” Vabaza steps into the ring in Johannesburg on September 1 in a bid to claim the IBF super bantamweight world title, he...
Time is not on the side of Carlos Bojorquez. Now 34, the Mira Loma prizefighter meets Mexico’s Jose Luis Zertuche (18-2-2) in a middleweight fight that...
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 9 – Gary Gittelsohn is all excited. This is different than his usual jitters. “You must watch him jump rope,” says the manager...
This fight isn’t about borders or hometowns or last names or what color your flag is when you stand up and salute it. This fight is...
The star of the show this past Saturday night at the little arena inside Madison Square Garden was Vernon Forrest, that’s if you go by the...
