As the New England correspondent for The Sweet Science boxing website, it again falls upon me to produce an annual accounting of the top-rated professional boxers...
Last year around this time, then undefeated Hartford, Connecticut cruiserweight Richard “Popeye the Sailor Man” Rivera was still boxing in 8-rounders, fighting in Worcester, Massachusetts on...
When a big fight comes down the pike and if the odds are not too lopsided, we turn to our fine community of wordsmiths to get...
Russia vs. Ukraine and the War’s Impact on the Boxing Landscape Boxing is very familiar with war as a metaphor for what sometimes goes on in...
Jamaine “The Technician” Ortiz is a 25-year-old lightweight from Worcester, Mass. He is 15-0-1 with 8 knockouts. Ortiz picked up the vacant NABF title on a...
MANCHESTER, NH —Though its name was recently changed from the Verizon Wireless Arena to the SNHU Arena, Demetrius Andrade is no stranger to this entertainment venue....
The true championship distance is 15 rounds insisted Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini when pressed about it. “I have a problem with guys who only had to...
Donald Trump, the once and perhaps future President of the United States, has thrown his family name back into the wild world of professional boxing, a...
WORCESTER — Inside the claustrophobic downtown Palladium, I’m ten feet away from an active boxing ring while spit, snot and sweat is raining down on me....
For the sake of these regionalized rankings, the New England region officially consists of Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. And I know I don’t...