Sugar Ray Leonard turns 62 on Thursday, May 17th. Beginning in 2007, when Floyd Mayweather emerged as an A-lister, Leonard’s name was often in the news....
Fighters usually don't take a big risk when they're on the verge of a mega-money fight when losing would no doubt destroy it. Yes that's the...
James Lawton calls boxing “the world’s oldest and most embattled sport.” A Ringside Affair (Bloomsbury Publishing) recounts his sojourn
The names of professional boxers who competed in Lowell, Massachusetts, as amateurs read like a who's who of boxing greats.
Sometimes the story you think you’re going to write takes a swift and decisive turn, as can be the case in boxing, where the outcome of...
The fight that fans couldn’t wait to see is about to come to fruition – Canelo vs. Golovkin for middleweight bragging rights with all the titles...
For years I’ve maintained fighters who are perceived as being a certified life-taker because of their overload of punching power, are often overrated. And they often...
PART TWO OF A TWO-PART SERIES: In previous stories, we asked a set of respondents to name their favorite boxing book, favorite fight, and favorite fighter....
PART ONE (A-K) OF A TWO-PART SERIES — This is round four, so to speak, of our survey. We previously asked a set of respondents to...
Abel Sanchez was recalling his first fight as the new trainer of Gennady Golovkin, who had come to him at the relatively advanced age of 28...