Congo’s Ilunga Makabu won the battle of southpaws against Thabiso Mchunu by split decision to retain the WBC cruiserweight world title and keep his place in...
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...
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...
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...
Eddie Hearn, who heads up the boxing division of the U.K. sports promotion conglomerate Matchroom, the firm founded by his Hall of Fame father, has become...
23 years ago today, on Dec. 5, 1998, Johnny Tapia challenged WBA bantamweight champion Nana Yaw Konadu of Ghana at the brand-new Atlantic City Convention Hall....
PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STORY — The year 1988 was a fateful year in the life of Mike Tyson. On Feb. 7, Mike married Robin...
In a Knockout of the Year candidate, rising light heavyweight contender Joshua Buatsi (14-0, 12 KOs) leveled Daniel Blenda Dos Santos, an unheralded Frenchman, in the...
COLOGNE – There are many questions to be answered regarding Mahmoud Charr’s scheduled fight against Christopher Lovejoy this Saturday night at a training facility along the...
Music was the lifeblood of the youth culture when I was young. I came of age during the “Golden Age of Rock and Roll” and expanded...