The Parade of Champions staged at the Wembley Arena in Johannesburg on Friday night was a success, but still raised issues surrounding matchmaking and the way...
LOS ANGELES – Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t need no stinking title when he faces former welterweight champion Zab Judah. The globally recognized best fighter in the...
I get a phenomenal amount of e-mails, especially when you add up the ones I receive here at TheSweetScience and on my personal e-mail accounts. I...
Jermain Taylor and Winky Wright at B.B. King’s For those who have problems sleeping, call it insomnia, sleep apnea, sleep deprived, sleep whatever, where you toss...
Jermain Taylor and Winky Wright at B.B. King's For those who have problems sleeping, call it insomnia, sleep apnea, sleep deprived, sleep whatever, where you toss...
James Toney has been conspicuously silent in the weeks following his March 18 loss to Hasim Rahman. According to his manager/co-trainer, John Arthur, there’s a good...
Rocky IV is the highest grossing boxing movie ever made, not because it is the best, but because it captures the simplicity that Americans desire of...
If boxing historian Bill Schutte has his way, there soon will be a headstone on the grave of 19th century ring great Jim Hall. If Hall...
An old boxing writer, with time on his hands, remembers the darndest things, although, admittedly, some of the details have faded: I do not remember what...
It’s about to go down and I realize Lamon has a new pressure on him. The expectancy of a big knockout; so many individuals are expecting...
Markus Beyer is one of the most dominant fighters of the last seven years. He won the WBC world super middleweight title three times and defended...
In Boxing News: White Wolf in sheep’s clothing now heavyweight champ Boxing got a shot in the arm Saturday night with the excellent war between Lamon...
The life of a fighter can be a lonely existence; lost time outside the gym can never be replaced, time away from loved ones strains relationships...
I nearly spilled my drink within the first five rounds. There’s no inebriation or self-medication involved, other than the nauseous display that may have caused a...
The mainstream media seems to notice boxing only when there is a dominant heavyweight champion, or at least a heavy king with a dominant personality. After...
ONTARIO, CALIF. – It was a double treat at the Doubletree Hotel as local fighters Timothy Bradley and Dominic Salcido both grabbed victories on Friday in...
According to Yoel Judah, the weather around the gym in Deerfield Beach, FL has been fine. So has the wildlife. “It’s sunny out here,” said Yoel,...
Belarus’s Sergei Liakhovich captured the WBO crown from titleholder Lamon Brewster with a mixture of speed, skill and good old plain heart in Cleveland on Saturday....
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Montell Griffin, who was 0-for-2 lifetime in title fights at Connecticut casinos going into Friday night’s fight, might have overcome that personal jinx...
“Relentless” Lamon Brewster won’t quite throw caution to the wind, but it says here that he will fight at such a determined pace this Saturday that...
