“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...
SHOWTIME aired its final pay-per-view event tonight with a show that aired from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The four-fight PPV card included world title fights...
Holiday Reading 2023: Best Books About Boxing By Thomas Hauser Each year during the holiday season, I publish a list of what I consider to be...
Thomas Hauser’s Notes and Nuggets: Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and More Earlier this year, the Metropolitan Opera Company at Lincoln Center in New York mounted a...
LOS ANGELES-Sitting in a private dining room of the ritzy Palm Restaurant, Regis Prograis wears an expensive-looking gold chain as he explains bits and pieces of...
When it comes to assessments of anyone’s career longevity, it helps to have a particularly persistent standard-bearer against whom an apt comparison can be made. Not...
Two of boxing’s greatest blow-by-blow commentators were in the news last week. On Saturday night, Jim Lampley returned to the sweet science but in a role...
Boxing broadcaster Bob Sheridan passed away at his home in Henderson, Nevada on Wednesday, Sept. 27. Sheridan was 79 years old. As noted by Ron Borges...
When a highly-touted prospect turns in a performance that is inconsistent with his build-up, certain vociferous folks are quick to claim that he was always over-rated....
Two lives unknowingly became intertwined on February 25, 1964, at the Miami Beach Convention Center when Cassius Clay faced the reigning heavyweight champion Charles “Sonny” Liston,...