“Smokin’” Bert Cooper, the Joe Frazier lookalike who patterned his own boxing style after that of his idol, mentor and former manager, was 53 when he...
Various sources, including newspapers in the Ukraine, are reporting that the live-streaming service DAZN has lured Wladimir Klitschko out of retirement with a three-fight deal 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...
Someone can’t keep a secret. Top Rank honcho Bob Arum said he would not reveal Tyson Fury’s next opponent until tomorrow (Saturday, March 23) when he...
Freeda Foreman, the third oldest of 11 children fathered by legendary heavyweight champion George Foreman (6 girls and 5 boys) and herself a former boxer, was...
“This guy is definitely going to be heavyweight champion of the world.” That’s a bold proclamation about a 24-year-old heavyweight prospect named Efe Ajagba, one that...
One of the icons of Los Angeles sports journalism, Jose “Chiquilin” Garcia Martinez, passed away last week. Though not very tall in physical height, he wielded...
If we were to rate heavyweight champions on the basis of six-pack abs and overall confirmation, it’s a pretty safe bet that the magnificently ripped physiques...
It has long been axiomatic in boxing that the last attribute any aging fighter loses is his punching power. As Exhibit A, see George Foreman, but...
The MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, the largest hotel in the world, opened on Dec. 18, 1993. The Grand Garden — the “municipal auditorium” of...