Oleksandr Usyk flipped the heavyweight division onto its head this past Saturday night in the Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, travelling a long way from home to seal...
Midway through reading Dave Kindred’s most recent book – My Home Team (published by Public Affairs) – I said to myself, “Kindred is such a good...
The Hauser Report: Literary Notes and More Headshot, a novel by Rita Bullwinkel (published by Viking), imagines the 12th Annual Daughters of America Cup – a...
The Hauser Report: Foster-Nova at MSG and Other Notes Boxing returned to Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, courtesy of Top Rank and ESPN. The festivities...
New Books by Bernard Fernandez and Thomas Hauser are Must-Haves for True Boxing No sport has attracted as many great writers as boxing and Philadelphia has...
Carl Weathers, who passed away last Thursday (Feb. 1) at age seventy-six, appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows but is best remembered for portraying...
Boxing in the Pages of Sports illustrated: A Short History Last week, Sports Illustrated laid off virtually its entire staff. This would seem to presage the...
In 2023, Terence Crawford Delivered the Performance of the Year It’s not enough for a really good fighter to be a world champion these days. With...
Ryan O’Neal passed away last week at a hospital in Santa Monica, California, at age 82. During the 1970s, O’Neal was one of the most well-known...
“Of all his assignments,” said the renowned sportswriter Dave Anderson, “[Jimmy] Cannon appeared to enjoy boxing the most.” Cannon would have sheepishly concurred. He dated his...