James Lawton calls boxing “the world’s oldest and most embattled sport.” A Ringside Affair (Bloomsbury Publishing) recounts his sojourn
Ya’ll musta forgot about Roy Jones Jr. I sure haven’t. Roy hasn’t either. Having chatted with him on the phone last week, in fact, I still...
During a recent conversation I had with Randy Gordon, the ex-editor of The Ring magazine, ex-chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission and current
Floyd Mayweather, who a few years ago most considered the best fighter in boxing, is fighting the best striker in MMA, Conor McGregor, this weekend under...
The sports heroes and the music of our youth have a particularly evocative hold on us as we grow older. Recently, I was watching The Willows...
Ronnie Shields is one of the most successful and well-respected boxing cornermen in the world today. But before Shields was training elite class fighters for world...
BOXING IN DANTE’S INFERNO — Harry S Truman, the 33rd President of the United States, had a lot of pet phrases, probably the most enduring being...
Handicapping the rematch in boxing should be easier than handicapping the first meeting between two elite championship caliber fighters. And in some ways it is and...
It’s a collaboration that happens annually now between Sugar Ray Leonard and Oscar De La Hoya during the end of spring. For the eighth time Sugar...
Sugar Ray Leonard, one of the great icons of boxing, remains a powerful figure in the sports world. Though he has not fought in 20 years...