Two major events have added considerable flavor to Hoboken’s history in the past fifty or so years. The first to electrify the city was the filming...
Though Fontana’s Heather Percival and New Mexico’s Monica Lovato live thousands of miles apart, the two share a heated passion for boxing and a realistic goal...
NEW YORK — Unlike, say, NFL halftime shows, boxing cards rarely play out the way they were planned on the drawing board, but when it came...
Live Saturday night from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ (HBO), Carlos Baldomir defends the welterweight belt he won from Zab Judah against the indefatigable Arturo...
At 6’4” tall and about 290 pounds, onetime heavyweight prospect Preston Hartzog, a native of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was a big man. But all who knew him...
ONTARIO – Brazilian welterweight contender Antonio Mesquita overpowered Santos Pakau for the knockout victory. Then got roughed up by the referee. Mesquita extended his unbeaten streak...
LAS VEGAS, July 20 – There’s a major welterweight fight in two days and since none of the major welterweights are in it, maybe we can...
MCC Hall, The Mall Bangkapi, Bangkok, ThailandReferee: Malcolm Bulner (Australia)Television: Channel 7 ThailandPromoter: Naris Singwancha Promotions July 18, 2006 It was a rarity; a Filipino, Juanito...
All Shane Mosley was missing was some confidence. Now that he’s got that, there’s a chance he can regain his former title of best pound-for-pound fighter...
About to kick off what should a bloody good fight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City Saturday night (HBO), Carlos Baldomir and Arturo Gatti met the...
Three consecutive boxing shows slam into the Southern California area in successive days this week and one in Northern California is on deck. First, a welterweight...
I was deeply saddened when former light heavyweight contender Mike Quarry, 55, passed away on June 11 from pugilistic dementia. For the past 11 years I...
WBA Super Flyweight Champion Martin “Gallito” Castillo is arguably one of the top pound for pound fighters in the world and is set to defend his...
LAS VEGAS– You could tell how good a job Shane Mosley was doing against Fernando Vargas when the crowd of 9,722, which seemed overwhelmingly behind Vargas...
Color Line Arena, Altona, Hamburg, GermanyReferee: Rafael Ramos (USA)Promoter: Universum PromotionTitle at Stake: WBA Bantamweight Title 07-15-06: Going in to his WBA bantamweight title fight against...
It was not, looking back, a marriage made in Heaven. The concept of NBC and The Contender coming together, and making sweet music together, came from...
When the second season of The Contender begins airing on ESPN at 10:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, July 18, there will be several changes....
SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (July 17, 2006) – Former two-time WBC lightweight champion Stevie Johnston will go mano-a-mano with former WBA super lightweight champion Vivian Harris in...
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (July 17, 2006) – Undefeated middleweight contender Giovanni Lorenzo returns to the ring in a 10-round bout against Canadian Bryon Mackie in a...
BOISE, Idaho (July 17, 2006) – When Roy Jones, Jr. steps into the ring July 29th after a 10-month absence, Idaho fight fans will have their...
