Tyson Fury became an instant hero to many (this writer included) when he donated his considerable earnings from the Deontay Wilder fight to the homeless. Reportedly...
Before his death at the age of 75 on Feb. 3, 2016, Richie Giachetti, the longest-tenured of longtime heavyweight champion Larry Holmes’ chief seconds, proudly spoke...
Beginning tomorrow (Thursday, April 25), there will be four shows in Las Vegas in a span of 10 days. They will be staged at four different...
Oleksandr Usyk will make his long-awaited heavyweight debut on May 25 against former title challenger Carlos Takam at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland....
“This guy is definitely going to be heavyweight champion of the world.” That’s a bold proclamation about a 24-year-old heavyweight prospect named Efe Ajagba, one that...
In the murky shadows of heavyweight boxing, several fighters with recognizable names are jockeying to become the next Bermane Stiverne, by which we mean the next...
The MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, the largest hotel in the world, opened on Dec. 18, 1993. The Grand Garden — the “municipal auditorium” of...
Hugh McIlvanney, one of the most eloquent of wordsmiths in the pantheon of sports journalists, died on Thursday, Jan. 24, at age eighty-four after a battle...
“Get him a straitjacket!” That’s how all this craziness started. In 2002, boxing writer Mark ‘Scoop’ Malinowski stood at the back of a Mike Tyson press...
Over the years, there have been many oddities in the ring not the least of which were the “Chicken Dance” and the double knockdown. Zab vs....