Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the victory of the Mexican Army over the invading French in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, has actually...
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...
What goes around eventually comes back around? Well, not always. But there are certain long-separated, seemingly unconnected events that draw such distinct parallels that it can...
BOOK REVIEW BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT MIKE CAHILL — I just finished reading Jonathan Eig’s “Ali: A Life.” Although I enjoyed the first half of the book,...
Welcome to the first Quarterly TSS Survey of 2019. The following questions were asked: In the past, what ONE fighter did you most look forward to...
When WBC heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder and lineal champion Tyson Fury step in between the ropes with their monstrously long legs those fans in attendance...
Southern California has long been a bastion for prizefighting since the beginning of the modern boxing era in the 1880s. Yet, very few heavyweight world title...
Movie people have their “wrap parties,” partly festive but also partly somber, to mark the end of filming for a shared undertaking that might or might...
Heavyweights are like dinosaurs, so-called “thunder lizards” capable of ending life by accidentally stepping on their smaller brethren. They’re a different breed of prizefighter unique in...
They were sad eyes, those eyes of his. Despite his six feet and five inches in height they always seemed to be staring up at you,...