Monday, April 6, marks the 33rd anniversary of the storied fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler. In 2007, in conjunction with the 20th anniversary,...
Monday, April 6, marks the 33rd anniversary of one of the most famous fights in boxing history. On that date in 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard upset...
Word has arrived that former WBA junior welterweight champion Johnny “Bump City” Bumphus died yesterday, Feb. 3, at a hospital in his hometown of Tacoma, Washington...
If one were to write a history of the cruiserweight division, Carlos “Sugar” DeLeon’s name would undoubtedly be splashed all over it. No one told DeLeon,...
On Dec. 6, 1969, 50 years ago today, former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston fought former sparring partner Leotis Martin on the stage of the showroom of...
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has slowly climbed up the ladder regarding elite status in the prizefighting arena, and now I feel confident in saying he belongs at...
LOS ANGELES – About 113 years ago a historic heavyweight world title fight took place near Union Station, the location where Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Sergey...
The question for the third quarterly survey of 2019 was “Where do you see the sport/business of boxing 10 years from now?” Thirty-six noted boxing buffs...
The great Sugar Ray Leonard, he of the five retirements from boxing that didn’t stick, was musing about the reasons why aging boxers of all levels...
The noted trainer Abel Sanchez has taken his lumps lately, but he was as congenial as ever as he conversed with this reporter during a lull...