William Nack came late to sportswriting, but once he did, it was gangbusters. Nack, who would have celebrated his 81st birthday on February 4, spent 11...
Glimpses from the Past (Part One) As this writer approaches 85, yes 85, some of the boxing memories are not as clear as they once were,...
In boxing, more than any other sport, feel-good-stories are prone to turn rancid. The Michael Carbajal story is a prime example. In 1988, the city of...
Bob Halloran was 87 years old when he passed away on Sunday, Jan. 2, in Rancho Mirage, California. With him, another remnant of the Muhammad Ali...
There was bad news today on the boxing front. World class ring announcer David Diamante was critically injured in a motorcycle accident. Earlier in the day,...
Is Gervonta “Tank” Davis the best of the best in the lightweight division? Boxing’s lightweight division reigns supreme once again this weekend. But of all the...
On Sept. 9, 1978, a Bayonne, New Jersey brawler who was billed as Rocky Estafire when he was first starting out, stopped slick Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts...
Nothing Lasts Forever, Not Even Manny Pacquiao’s Exquisite Ring Career If there is one thing I’ve learned as a temporary passer-through during the millions and millions...
The true championship distance is 15 rounds insisted Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini when pressed about it. “I have a problem with guys who only had to...
Whoever coined the phrase that “you can’t please ’em all” might have been referring to someone like Doug Blackburn, one of the rare dissenters in assessing...