Longtime radio and television host Joe Franklin, best known as “Mr. Nostalgia,” is a television and radio mainstay who hosted an astounding 21,425 installments of The...
The hard truth is, you’re not supposed to fly seven hours across an ocean just to get your butt kicked at 2 in the morning in...
One week on the job and I have been enjoying the response to the articles I have written for The Sweet Science. Throughout my tenure at TSS, I...
LAS VEGAS (March 7, 2006) – Former two-time world heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (41-6-1, 28 KOs) plans on returning soon to the ring, hopefully...
Heavyweights love to make comebacks. Young-ish old ones and old-ish old ones, they are all compelled by money not yet earned, titles lost or never won,...
The 20th anniversary celebration of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING continues on Cinco de Mayo weekend with a world championship doubleheader Saturday, May 6, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed...
From 1986 to 2001, Roberto Sabbatini was the most important promoter in Italy. Roberto breathed boxing since childhood because his father was legendary promoter Rodolfo Sabbatini,...
TOTOWA, NJ (March 7, 2006) – Promoter Gary Shaw announced today the signing of undefeated jr. middleweight sensation James Kirkland to an exclusive promotional agreement with...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua—One could dismiss as idle chatter the nonstop tirades made by World Boxing Council 154-pound champion Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga against “The Golden Boy” Oscar...
NEW YORK (March 7, 2006) – For Nate Campbell, there's only one reason to fight – to become a world champion. On Friday, April 7, in...
Since winning the WBO junior lightweight title 12 years ago, East Los Angeles boxer Oscar De La Hoya has risen to unparalleled heights on his way...
Beside the obvious factor of general cable subscription numbers, a large portion of viewers watched the replay of Shane Mosley’s knockout over Fernando Vargas instead of...
In Boxing News: Joe Calzaghe Takes World by Storm It was a big, beautiful boxing weekend, just like the fight game likes it, just like the...
For those who really and truly care, negotiations for the bout between Antonio Tarver and Bernard Hopkins have been officially completed between Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing and Golden...
Growing up in Syria and Jordan, the now 32-year-old middleweight prospect Mohammad Said idolized Mustafa Hamsho, the second best middleweight of the 1980s who fought a...
Jabs are a funny tool for boxers. They’re the fastest punch in every fighter’s arsenal, but they do the least damage. The delivery comes from left...
The long introductions are over, and we can finally get to the boxing. All who don’t belong in the ring scurry out to take their respective...
They said it was the most important super middleweight fight since Roy Jones Jr.-James Toney in 1994. But virtually nobody thought it would mimic it. In...
Last night on HBO's “World Championship Boxing,” WBO Jr. Welterweight champion Miguel Cotto put his title on the line against a world-class opponent in Gianluca Branco....
There was plenty of action on Friday night as Fox Sports, ESPN, Telefutura and Showtime all got into the act of feeding fight fans with competitive...
