PRESS RELEASE FROM THE DESK OF BWAA PRESIDENT JOSEPH SANTOLIQUITO — The Boxing Writers Association of America is proud to announce Purdue University history professor Randy...
On Dec. 6, 1969, 50 years ago today, former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston fought former sparring partner Leotis Martin on the stage of the showroom of...
In Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston, a remarkable 90-minute documentary on the rise and fall of former heavyweight champion Charles “Sonny” Liston, viewers...
No matter what, Alfonso Lopez won’t stop chasing his dream. It doesn’t matter how many fights he has to take. It doesn’t matter whether they’re on...
Dr. Margaret Goodman, the Las Vegas-based neurologist and former chief ringside physician for the Nevada State Athletic Commission, has never seen the tape of the first...
If physical presence and demeanor were the only factors that determine which boxer prevails inside the ring, Sonny Liston would have been undefeated. It was said...
Southern California has long been a bastion for prizefighting since the beginning of the modern boxing era in the 1880s. Yet, very few heavyweight world title...
Time will tell, but he can take encouragement from the examples of the fighters listed below who regained their footing after a career dip. They are...
In late June of 1970, Sonny Liston ventured to New Jersey where he dismantled Chuck Wepner in nine gory rounds. For this assignment, the former heavyweight...
TYSON AND D’AMATO — Few fighters have captured the public imagination the way that Mike Tyson did. The primary architect of “Iron Mike” as the world...