Sunday, May 24, marked the centennial of an important date in boxing history. On that date in 1920, the Governor of New York, Al Smith, signed...
It’s still a fluid situation, but British promoter Eddie Hearn has made known his intention to promote boxing cards on four consecutive Saturdays in July. The...
When a man retires after a lengthy career in an interesting occupation, he feels a tug to write his memoir. If he happened to be a...
Jimmy Vaccaro is up to his old mischief. Yesterday (May 7) Vaccaro posted odds on a fight between Mike Tyson and Tyson Fury. He made the...
It’s Kentucky Derby Week (sort of), so Let’s Talk Boxing This is the week that many of us would have shifted our gaze from boxing to...
“Nicaragua is a poor country and boxers have to eat,” said promoter Rosendo Alvarez by way of justification for the 8-fight card that he presented last...
There’s something special about attending an important boxing match where one of the principals is a British fighter with a large fan base. The crowd will...
The Silver Slipper gambling saloon opened in 1950. Unlike its neighbors on the dusty highway that came to be called the Las Vegas Strip, it was...
Test your knowledge of boxing history in our latest TSS trivia quiz. There are 20 multiple-choice questions, each worth five points. A score of “60” or...
Sometimes the loser of an athletic competition performs so far above his level of expectation that he is credited with a moral victory. Twenty-nine years ago...