“Get him a straitjacket!” That’s how all this craziness started. In 2002, boxing writer Mark ‘Scoop’ Malinowski stood at the back of a Mike Tyson press...
George Foreman was 14-0, all of his victories by knockout, 22½ months into the comeback he had launched to much derision after a 10-year retirement, when...
LAS VEGAS-After a slow start the Manny Pacquiao train picked up steam and might have jump started the flooded welterweight division while retaining the WBA world...
Every time it rains in L.A. I think about the Doors song “Riders in the Storm.” On Sunday a brief window of dryness blanketed as I...
The boxing schedule is so full it’s overlapping and promoters are battling for space. Suddenly Sundays have become an open day for pugilists and will become...
Sometimes it is the fighters’ real or perceived flaws, as much as their strengths, that make for a compelling if not necessarily great fight. Such would...
At a London news conference on Dec. 11, 2018, representatives of Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) and UK broadcaster ITV announced that they had consummated...
Prizefighters, lace up those withered gloves tight. In 2019 prizefighting will experience one of the most contentious and competitive years in the history of the sport....
THREE PUNCH COMBO: In the final edition of “the combo” for 2018, I will get the crystal ball out and look ahead with three bold predictions...
Pacquiao vs Broner Yesterday, Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner formally announced their upcoming fight, scheduled for January 19that the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The fight will...