This coming Sunday, Jan. 17, marks the 100th anniversary of the pro debut of one of boxing’s most interesting characters. On this date in 1921, Young...
Sunday, May 24, marked the centennial of an important date in boxing history. On that date in 1920, the Governor of New York, Al Smith, signed...
Wilder vs. Fury: What History Tells Us About the Boxer and the Puncher Jack Dempsey was “so badly out-boxed and out-classed” according to pre-eminent newspaper man...
When Muhammad Ali and Gerald Ford Met On June 25, 2019 – one day after the United States Women’s National Team advanced to the quarter-finals of...
Over the past 100 years it’s apparent that heavyweights are indeed a different breed when it comes to prizefighting. Heavyweights come in all shapes and sizes and...
Welcome to the second TSS Quarterly Survey of 2019. Our survey question this time was “If you could have a ringside seat to any boxing event...
It ain’t business. It’s personal. Roy McHugh was a sports editor and columnist-at-large for the Pittsburgh Press until he retired in 1983. He’s a hundred and...
Nowadays, in the technologically advanced age of satellite communications and pay-per-view, live attendance at a boxing match is not nearly as consequential to the bottom line...
PART ONE (A-K) OF A TWO-PART SURVEY — In this month’s survey, we asked our respondents to name the most overrated and most underrated boxers, active...
The boxer -- once a promising prospect -- is petrified as the world of the prize ring is the only world that he has ever known.