A few weeks back, yet another newspaper sports column suggested boxing has deceased or is enduring its last rites. It’s easy to claim the sky is...
Mark Kram Jr, Author of a New Bio of Joe Frazier, Pays Homage to his Father When it comes to writing about sports, the Kram duo,...
There is a commonly accepted notion that “good things always come in threes.” The so-called “Rule of Three” principle suggests things that come in threes somehow...
“Smokin’” Bert Cooper, the Joe Frazier lookalike who patterned his own boxing style after that of his idol, mentor and former manager, was 53 when he...
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...