Stepping through the doors of a boxing gym saturated with blistering 106-degree heat, Kaliesha West casually floats around the athletic facility greeting and chuckling with people...
How to punch like Ernie Shavers As Danny Williams prepares to defend his Commonwealth heavyweight title against Matt Skelton Saturday in Cardiff, Wales, the Brixton Bomber...
Live Saturday night from the Savvis Center in St. Louis, Missouri, and broadcast on Showtime Championship Boxing, Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin defends the IBF junior...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (July 6, 2006) – Guillermo Jones has withdrawn from his scheduled IBF cruiserweight world title fight with Steve Cunningham on Saturday night due...
It was late Sunday night (actually early Monday morning) in that historic dive of dives, Yogi’s on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, when the conversation inevitably turned...
WORCESTER, Mass. (July 6, 2006) – World Boxing Association super welterweight champion Jose Antonio Rivera is dangling his new title belt in front of all the...
During a 15 year career that spanned from 1982-97, heavyweight Carl “The Truth” Williams of White Plains, New York, compiled a 30-10 (21 KOS) record against...
At the time of his death, Dan Donnelly was broker than Mike Tyson, but 186 years later the legendary bare-knuckle champion finally made it to Broadway....
Walking on the streets of Los Angeles, Roman Karmazin looks like any other 5-11 tall guy checking out the sights and enjoying the weather. But he’s...
Blast from boxing’s past makes waves at steak house NEW YORK (July 5, 2006) I made my way to the press conference at Gallagher’s Steak House...
“I needed the time off to collect myself. I needed time, the time out to spend with my daughter and family.” Politicians tell the public they...
A few years ago an outfit called “TKO Records” in San Francisco put out a compilation of punk rock songs by such bands as the “Dropkick...
If you didn’t know anything about these guys, you’d probably pick Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin to do the Russian stomp on Cory “The Next Generation”...
Flyweight champion refuses to forget A little success and it’s don’t look back for most men yesterday was then, today is now, just give me one...
Housed on the first floor of a residential public housing project on the north shore of Staten Island, New York, a stone’s throw from the Verrazano...
Supernova Bell defends titles against Chris Byrd WBA/WBC/ The RING cruiserweight champion O’Neil Bell‘s new manager, Steven Stein, recently contacted TSS with news about Supernova’s next...
Irish bare-knuckle sensation lends a hand for worthy cause NEW YORK (July 2, 2006) Just when one thinks that the bottom of the boxing barrel has...
George Washington is one of the most important figures in American history. He was a general, a war hero and the first president of the United...
Ramon Dekkers is one of the few fighters who deserves to be considered a living legend. He was born on September 4, 1969 in Breda (Holland)...
LAS VEGAS, July 3 – June went out reverentially with my buddy Royce Feour being inducted into the Southern Nevada Hall of Fame, a somewhat constricting...
