Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano. The Rock, a shoemaker’s son from Brockton, Massachusetts, was five fights and 11 months away from winning the world
On a busy boxing weekend that included four world title fights, a small show at Sam’s Town, a locals casino in Las Vegas, attracted nary a...
Looking at the “opening day” rosters for the double-barreled World Boxing Super Series, a 16-man lineup, it appears that Rob Brant was an after-thought. As the...
It has come to light that Terry Downes died last Friday, Oct. 6, in the London suburb of Watford at age 81. At the time of...
Mandalay Bay sits at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip. It is part of the MGM Grand consortium which owns all of the hotel-casinos...
Benjamin “Benny” Alperstein passed away at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on September 16th at the ripe old age of 102. The name didn’t ring...
Cuban refugee Yunier Dorticos rang down the curtain on a busy weekend of professional boxing with a smashing second round knockout of Dmitry Kudryashov. The match...
On Wednesday morning, Sept. 20, flags at the International Boxing Hall of Fame were lowered to half-staff in memory of former world middleweight champion Jake LaMotta...
Henry Armstrong, active from 1931 to 1945, won the featherweight, welterweight, and lightweight world titles, in that order, in a day when there were only eight...
LAS VEGAS, NV — Fight fans in Las Vegas for Saturday’s big boxing event were served appetizers on Friday in an oversized ballroom at the MGM...