Only at heavyweight is the impossible dream of eternal sporting resurrection possible. They threw money at the corpse of Mike Tyson until he publicly declaimed his...
New Zealand’s Joseph Parker, the WBO world heavyweight champion, challenges WBA/IBF belts-holder Anthony Joshua on March 31 at 78,000-seat Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales
Caesars Sports Pavilion in Las Vegas. (The WBO, which came into existence in 1988, did not crown its first cruiser champ, Boone Pultz, until Dec. 3,...
These are exciting times for the cruiserweight division. The talent pool has never been deeper. From a global perspective, there has never been a cruiserweight fight
The Real Deal Boxing’s introductory road show rolled into Philadelphia Friday night and rolled right out again, having provided fight fans with more of a nod...
Don King and Bob Arum, the two aging representatives of old-school boxing promotion ostensibly met with the media to discuss
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Forgive me if this strikes you as fake news or even a true form of divine providence, but 55 year-old, former four-time world...
“I want to ask you a question,” Don Turner said in his slight rasp, as he finished reminiscing about moving to New York in 1959 and...
Ronnie Shields never thought boxing would be his life. After a stalwart amateur career consisting of over 260 bouts and 33 professional fights, Shields called it...
(Published in the Philadelphia Daily News on Feb. 6, 2007) The former fighter, in his lilting Irish brogue, recites the lyrics to the 1969 Simon and...