LOS ANGELES – About 113 years ago a historic heavyweight world title fight took place near Union Station, the location where Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Sergey...
The birth date of many antiquarian fighters is in dispute. Joe Walcott, whose name was adopted by a man who went on to win the world...
Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Honoring Hopkins, Goossen, Chacon and Others When people think of Nevada they mostly envision Las Vegas. But the elongated “Silver State”...
This coming July 4th marks the 100th anniversary of the Dempsey-Willard fight. More than a big fight, Dempsey vs. Willard came to be seen as the...
Gerry Cooney’s life is a cautionary tale that, with a lot of effort on his part, has taken a happy turn. Beaten physically and emotionally in...
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...
A few weeks ago, my TSS colleague Ted Sares polled a number of boxing notables as to which fight they would most like to have seen...
Once upon a time Los Angeles was the foraging ground for heavyweights including the emergence of the Black prizefighter on the fistic world. Deontay Wilder (40-0,...
overwhelming response was positive -- you have to admit that there’s a certain irony in the fact that the most polarizing president in U.S. history saw...
Donald Trump did it as a casino magnate before his holdings in Atlantic City devolved into bankruptcy. He did it again on May 24 when he...