LAS VEGAS, April 28 – Beware of love. It is a terrible trap. As the wise book says, “Never fall in love with a fighter, he’ll...
In Boxing News: Fifty years since Rocky Marciano retired It’s been fifty years since the great Hall of Fame heavyweight who fought out of Brockton, Massachusetts,...
Although he only started boxing five years ago, 21-year-old William Rosinsky is already one of the most talked about amateurs in the country. On April 6,...
TOTOWA, NJ (April 27, 2006) – Promoter Gary Shaw, president of Gary Shaw Productions, LLC (www.garyshawproductions.com), announced today that he signed undefeated lightweight contender NICK CASAL...
How many of you know what the newest major sports organization in the combat sports is? No, newbies, it’s not the UFC; that started way back...
Inside the blue-painted Fontana Boxing Club dozens of mostly young aspiring male fighters fill every inch of the tiny square-shaped gym each day, but as soon...
NEW YORK (April 27, 2006) – Duva Boxing president Dino Duva calls Brian Minto a “real sleeper in the heavyweight division.” Minto, a native of Butler,...
Better tighten your chin strap an extra hole, Oscar. Run an extra mile, spar an extra round, spend an extra hour in the gym. Don’t sing,...
In Boxing News: Unwind with the new heavyweight champ Hot on the heels of his one-sided destruction of Chris Byrd last Saturday in Mannheim, Germany, IBF...
In the early fifties middleweight Sonny Lou Volpe was one of the most popular fighters in New York. Nearly all of his bouts took place in...
Paranoia is a healthy reaction if you’re parking for free in Chicago. I made two trips in and out of St. Andrew Gymnasium, wondering why I...
ONTARIO, Calif. – Replacement fighters can sometimes surprise even the best of boxers, but not against Enrique Gutierrez on Monday night. Gutierrez (8-0) faced a last-minute...
LAS VEGAS (April 25, 2006) – Silverhawk Boxing today announced that it has reached an agreement for Prince Badi “The Boxing Prince” Ajamu (25-2-1, 14 KOs)...
Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo meet June 3rd for the WBC lightweight championship of the world – assuming Castillo can make weight. Castillo came in...
In Boxing News: Floyd Mayweather goes independent It looks like Floyd Mayweather Jr., boxing’s Mr. Pound-For-Pound, can afford to be pretty darn picky and choosey. Pretty...
NEW YORK (April 25, 2006) – Cedric Kushner has launched a new boxing promotional company entitled Gotham Boxing, which will make its debut with The Premiere...
In New York’s sports bars, boxing fans still talk about Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Jake LaMotta and other champions of the 1940s and 1950s. TV networks...
Marc Ratner’s favorite fight ever was Salvador Sanchez’s eighth-round technical knockout of Wilfredo Gomez in 1981. Besides the match, Ratner recalls, “The salsa band and the...
Super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera has been making formidable statements in the ring for nearly two decades and on May 20th against the very credible...
Boxing Soviets claim another Yankee casualty With seemingly not a care in the world, Wladimir Klitschko totally dominated IBF heavyweight champ Chris Byrd over six one-sided...
