A friend inquired if I happened to know the odds on the first Ali-Spinks fight. “No, I don’t,” I said, “but no problem, I’ll just look...
No one could ever confuse former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, who on Friday night finally succumbed to the multiple cancers that for several years had been...
Leon Spinks, who forged one of the most memorable upsets in the history of boxing when he outpointed Muhammad Ali on Feb. 15, 1978, has passed...
Canelo’s Fate May Rest in the Hands of a Bolivian Soccer Guy His name is Munir Somoya and, for now, he’s the least-known member of Team...
Looking Ahead to Canelo-Kovalev, Looking Back at Robinson-Maxim Will boxing history repeat itself again? In modern era prizefighting it is almost unheard of for a reigning...
The most enduring of American conspiracy theories involves a gunman who may or may not have existed and may or may not have been on a...
During the late 80s and early 90s whenever the name Buddy McGirt was mentioned it conjured up images of East Coast boxing. “I’m all East Coast...
It is eerily prophetic that when former boxer John Fury’s tiny son came into the world on Aug. 12, 1988, in Manchester, England, three months prematurely...
CRUISIN’ FOR A BELLEWSIN’ - After his impressive victory against Murat Gassiev, it didn’t take long for Oleksandr Usyk’s possibilities as a heavyweight contender to become...
The narrative at the time was that he couldn't punch, had skinny legs, lacked heart and was too consumed with being a Muhammad Ali clone. That...