When making the television series “The Fighters” which covered 101 years of South African boxing history from 1889-1990, back in 1990, one of the biggest challenges...
Ebbs and flows … flows and ebbs … lefts and rights and rights and lefts that can alter an exchange, alter a round, alter a decision....
Maybe the most telling moment of Saturday night’s middleweight crown showdown between Winky Wright and Jermain Taylor came during trainer Dan Birmingham’s final exchange with his...
Welsh boxing star asks B-Hop for one last dance In what is the first but by no means the last challenge to light heavyweight champ Bernard...
During my 16 years in journalism, I interviewed many ring sports world champions, the greatest Spanish soccer player of his generation, almost every TV anchorman and...
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – It might seem unfair to describe a boxer with a 15-0 record as “underachieving,” but when you note that Elvin Ayala routinely seems...
Give + take = Jermain Taylor + Winky Wright. Jermain Taylor managed to retain his middleweight title, just barely, with a magnificent draw against Winky Wright....
Boxing loses one of its great trainers Boxing trainer George Washington died in Brooklyn earlier this week of congestive heart failure at the age of 79....
Is WBO featherweight champ hitting the bottle? Reports are swirling from across the pond that WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison, who recently bolted rehab facilities in...
Once you have survived the guerrilla warfare it takes to mentally then technically stand up to Bernard Hopkins, you would think, fighting any one else would...
The acclaim for B-Hop just keeps on coming The City of Brotherly Love’s favorite son Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins was recognized by his hometown with an...
Sweden says “nej” once again to the sweet science Sweden, the birthplace of former heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson and a land notorious for its long days...
LAS VEGAS, June 16 – As we were saying, there should be no interpolating Bernard Hopkins’s masterful performance over Antonio Tarver into making Jermain Taylor the...
Live Saturday night from Memphis, Tennessee in a fight broadcast on HBO, Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor defends his middleweight crown against Ronald “Winky” Wright. No one...
If middleweight champion Jermain Taylor shows up with the same confident vibe and sustained performance as he did against Daniel Edoud, or in Taylor’s better rounds...
Warren expects huge fight for Joe Calzaghe in September Even though the WBO and IBF super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe pulled out of a June 8...
Canastota, New York – At its best, boxing is a celebration of skill, courage and athleticism. It is drama played out on the world’s grandest stages....
IFBA World Super Featherweight champion Kelsey Jeffries of Gilroy, California, is generally considered to be too good for her own good. Several of her previous opponents...
Tell me Jermain Taylor’s readings on boxing’s Respect-O-Meter didn’t jump a few points this week following Bernard Hopkins’ brutal dismantling of a befuddled Antonio Tarver in...
After the second round, after seeing six minutes worth of Antonio Tarver against Bernard Hopkins on June 10, Buddy McGirt knew his man didn’t have it....
