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...
On Saturday, Sept. 2, James “Lights Out” Toney faces Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter in a 12-round WBC heavy weight elimination bout on SHOWTIME (9 p.m....
There will be a time, in the not that distant future, when he will not be around to entertain you any more. There will be a...
Undefeated middleweight Andy Lee said that he was on an emotional rollercoaster when he saw his Kronk Gym stable mate, cruiserweight Johnathon Banks, get deposited on...
The restaurant doorman was in his 20s, about 6’6” tall and 250 pounds of slabbed muscle. Paul Cavagnaro was in his mid-80s, and had weathered cancer,...
MAINSTREET, USA(Overheard at various points cross-country) – Toward the roar of the crowd we go. For the masses who enjoy watching pugilistic pursuits, there’s been a...
Former world champ to rumble in new venue One-time world champion and proud Aussie Anthony Mundine plans to run as an independent in a New South...
