Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t a boxing fan. But she did something that no other British monarch ever did. She bestowed knighthood on a professional boxer. Now,...
The Third Time Won’t Be a Charm for SPOTY Nominee Tyson Fury For the second straight year and the third time overall, Tyson Fury’s name appears...
Boxing Odds and Ends: Notes on Teofimo Lopez, Manny Pacquiao, and Jarvis Astaire It appears that Teofimo Lopez’s world lightweight title defense against George Kambosos Jr...
Boxing Odds and Ends: Weekend Betting Preview and Obits Several of my acquaintances have a bank of TVs in a room of their home. They are...
“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...
Remembering Lightweight Contender Frankie Narvaez, Boxing’s Peerless Riot-Maker The death earlier this month of Marvin Hagler evoked memories of his bout in London with Alan Minter....
On February 25, 1964, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. defeated Charles “Sonny” Liston in Miami Beach over the course of six remarkable rounds to claim the heavyweight...
BOOK REVIEW by THOMAS HAUSER — Music was the lifeblood of cultural change in the 1950s and 1960s. Cassius X: The Transformation of Muhammad Ali by...
On March 16, 1980, Alan Minter became the first British fighter to win a world title on American soil in 63 years. Minter won both pieces...
A TSS CLASSIC FROM THE THOMAS HAUSER ARCHIVE (2017) — Ferdie Pacheco, who died on November 16, was a doctor, author, artist, and television commentator. He’s...