One couldn’t write a book about prizefighting’s most eccentric characters without including former lightweight champion Livingstone Bramble who passed away last Saturday (March 22) at age...
Many years ago, this reporter overhead ring announcer Chuck Hull gushing over a young boxer who was fairly new to the professional game. “This kid,” he...
Twelve years ago tomorrow, on Nov. 24, 2012, Hector Camacho was officially declared dead. He was effectively dead before then, having suffered a heart attack in...
Holiday Reading 2023: Best Books About Boxing By Thomas Hauser Each year during the holiday season, I publish a list of what I consider to be...
LOS ANGELES-Smack in the middle of downtown Los Angeles, two champions, David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade, met on Thursday to announce their upcoming collision to decide...
Last night’s “ShoBox: The New Generation” tripleheader on SHOWTIME was assembled hastily and didn’t get its usual amount of advance hype. Anchored in Topeka, Kansas, the...
Once upon a time a Don King Productions was synonymous with big boxing events on a regular basis. Think Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Riddick Bowe, Mike...
If you’re a storyteller, and Mark Kriegel is certainly that, then boxing is the perfect passport. A multi-skilled journalist who works for ESPN on several platforms,...
The true championship distance is 15 rounds insisted Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini when pressed about it. “I have a problem with guys who only had to...
It’s Hall of Fame Week in Canastota, Another Week That Could Have Been The forecast is for showers on Sunday in Canastota, New York. That’s somewhat...