Javier “Monster” Mora returns for yet another test in pursuit of a heavyweight world championship when he meets Puerto Rico’s Fres Oquendo. After polishing off his...
It was a story as old as sport, really as old as man. The young gun faces the aging gunslinger. The young lion tries his strength...
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam has been ordered by the WBC to make his mandatory defense against current WBC International champion and number one contender Monelisi Myekeni of South...
The better man won. And he won by outperforming his opponent in the ring. That is as it should be. But the melee that erupted in...
LOS ANGELES – Marco Antonio Barrera, 32, looked the beaten fighter, but fought through the swollen eyes and bloody nose to escape with a split-decision draw...
MORONGO CASINO, CALIF. – A touted main event fizzled quickly because of an accidental headbutt, but two local flyweights put on a high voltage display at...
Live Saturday night from Los Angeles in a fight broadcast on HBO, the old pro Marco Antonio Barrera, aka the Baby-Faced Assassin, defends his crown against...
BY GEORGE KIMBALLPROVIDENCE, R.I. – Every matchmaker’s dream is to put together a Fight of the Year, but having done so, CES’ Ted Panagiotis is unlikely...
This conversation was overheard and recorded a recent evening within the glowering study of their fireplace-lit den. JEKYLL: Oh, May the sixth, Mr. De La Hoya...
Forget the title belts. Ignore the mandatory, thumb your nose at the sanctioning bodies and don‘t worry about who makes what weight class and who doesn’t....
One of the biggest lures for me and I believe for many others to the sport of boxing is not merely the sweet science involved in...
A standard theme in American country music – which everyone should be listening to every day and night, especially boxing people – is cheating, or, more...
LOS ANGELES – An intriguing matchup between boxing’s royalty Marco Antonio Barrera and the young aspiring Rocky Juarez takes place on Saturday at the Staples Center,...
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Just think, if Jose Navarro could just stay away from Japan he might be undefeated today. In January of 2005 the 24-year-old Los...
This Thursday, May 18, the Huntington Townhouse in Huntington, Long Island hosts an exciting night of boxing action. In the main event hot up and coming...
Whether you are a fan of Oscar De La Hoya or not, it is impossible to deny his importance to boxing over the last decade. It...
In one of the most anticipated New England matchups in years, International Women’s Boxing Federation (IBWF) lightweight champion Jaime “The Hurricane” Clampitt of Narragansett, Rhode Island,...
May 10, 2006 – Klong Prem Prison, Bangkok, Thailand Siriporn “The Black Rose” Sor Siriporn, 23, is currently an inmate at the Women’s Correctional Institute for...
LAS VEGAS, May 17 – I do not wish to emulate some colleagues and act as a career counselor to boxers, giving advice on who to...
All the old fight joints are gone. Stillman's Gym. Sunnyside Garden. St. Nicholas Arena. Beecher's Gym. Once prominent landmarks, they have long disappeared from New York City's...
