Early on in Irish mobster John “Red” Shea’s recently published memoir “Rat Bastards: The Life and Times of South Boston’s Most Honorable Irish Mobster,” the paroled associate...
I hate to start off an article with negative overtones, but we have to do some digging before we get to the positive. We’ve all seen...
During one of my stays in New York City, I called Bruce Silverglade to ask him when I could visit Gleason’s Gym. His answer was: “Come...
In Boxing News: Lamon Brewster ready to make his mark Joe Maxse in The Plain Dealer tells us that Lamon Brewster took time from his busy...
LAS VEGAS, March 30 – Let’s leave it to the theologians to discuss why, from God and Jesus to Abraham and Isaac, the bible is full...
Author’s note: This is the first in a two-part series that will discuss the pros and cons of trash talk in boxing. It’s becoming rather formulaic....
In anticipation of the April 8 HBO PPV fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Zab Judah, Yoel Judah, Zab’s father and trainer, met with members of...
LOS ANGELES – Tucked comfortably in a pearl black Hummer stretch limousine, Timothy Ray Bradley puts his arms behind his head and nods a few times....
As I sit here banging out the words to this column, I just know I’ll never make it past even the third paragraph without getting a...
Former heavyweight champion of the world and onetime baddest man on the planet Mike Tyson arrived at Shanghai Pudong International airport yesterday for a three day...
He sounds like a guy who was just handed the keys to a new Porsche. That’s because Buddy McGirt is in his corner now, and the...
As Joe Mesi looks to make his comeback in sunny Puerto Rico, far from Buffalo’s bitter chill, he has found not only warm weather but a...
Zab “Super” Judah was a questionable no-show during today's media conference call to promote his upcoming mega-fight with pound-for-pound king, “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather Jr. With...
With April Fool’s Day just around the corner, it was tempting to wait writing my weekly column until that hallowed celebration arrived. I usually try to...
It’s perhaps one of the quietest heavyweight world title fights ever staged when Lamon Brewster defends his WBO title against Sergei Liakhovich on Saturday. But that’s the...
World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan – Aging warriors eventually simply become old and the transition can often be unpleasant. In boxing it can be downright brutal....
LAS VEGAS (March 22, 2006) – Upset minded Roberto Carlos “El Zurdo de Oro” Ortega has replaced injured Luis Ernesto Jose as Stevie “Lil’ But Bad”...
LAS VEGAS (March 24, 2006) – Making their Silverhawk Boxing debuts, the Mitchell twins, Eric and Aaron, return to the ring March 31 on a show...
LAS VEGAS (March 28, 2006) – Former IBF cruiserweight champion William “Kid Chocolate” Guthrie (30-3-1, 24 KOs) has been there, done that, and now at 39,...
When Ken Daneyko was a seven-year-old boy growing up in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he told his mother that he would someday play in the National Hockey...
