Igor Vysotsky competed in an era when Russian boxers, like their Cuban counterparts, were barricaded from turning pro. But as an amateur, Vysotsky’s accomplishments made him...
He probably never should have lasted as long as he did. After famed boxing referee Mills Bee Lane III suffered a debilitating stroke in March 2002,...
The phrase “pro debut” is often heard in conjunction with fighters. But promoters make pro debuts too. On October 13 at Sony Hall in the heart...
Earnie Shavers, Gone at 78, Was The Bambino of Boxing’s Biggest Boppers The technology of sports today, most of them anyway, has become so advanced that...
Larry Holmes Challenged Me to a Fight (I Declined) “Mama always said, life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get,”...
Harry Reid passed away yesterday afternoon, Dec. 28, at age 82 after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. During a career in politics that spanned six...
British Boxing Writer Tris Dixon Has Authored a Long-Overdue Book “Terrific beatings taken on the head reduced some of the old boxers to a state of...
The Triller Fight Club event in Atlanta on April 17 has been criticized by boxing purists as a s—show and a circus. Another boxing event that...
“More than anyone else,” Kenneth Bridgham writes, “John Morrissey personified the links between sports, gambling, high finance, politics, and crime in nineteenth-century America.” That’s the theme...
Although it wasn’t a world title fight, the match between Joe Joyce and Daniel Dubois which took place in London on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, attracted...