The fictional Rocky Balboa lost a split decision to Apollo Creed in the first installment of the fecund “Rocky” series. Thirty-five years later in Warren, Ohio,...
“Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte confirmed…” begins the headline over a story in the sports section of today’s Manchester Evening News. That pronouncement takes a different...
If all the pieces come together, the PBC card on Feb. 5 at Mandalay Bay will have a distinct Arizona flavor. Welterweight Abel Ramos, the pride...
Evan Holyfield, the middle child of Evander Holyfield’s 11 children, made his pro debut on Nov. 2, 2019. His opponent lasted 16 seconds. Last night, Holyfield,...
There are two ways of looking at Don King. There was a day when the former Cleveland street hustler was the pre-eminent boxing promoter in the...
In boxing, more than any other sport, feel-good-stories are prone to turn rancid. The Michael Carbajal story is a prime example. In 1988, the city of...
Arne’s Almanac: Introducing Would-Be ‘Cinderella Man’ Steve Geffrard and More In boxing, one man’s misfortune is another man’s opportunity. British light heavyweight Callum Johnson relished the...
In theory, a victory over Filip Hrgovic would translate into a lucrative date with IBF/WBA/WBC world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. The IBF has decreed that Hrgovic’s...
Bob Halloran was 87 years old when he passed away on Sunday, Jan. 2, in Rancho Mirage, California. With him, another remnant of the Muhammad Ali...
My first order of business when I get up in the morning — and I’m sure this is true of most boxing writers – is to...