For the middleweights, world-conquering monsters arrived early. Of the three divisions I’ve studied so far, middleweight is by far the most dangerous territory. The top 12...
Test your knowledge of boxing history in our latest TSS trivia quiz. There are 20 multiple-choice questions, each worth five points. A score of “60” or...
If you happen to have a lot of time on your hands (and, unfortunately, many of us do) this might be a good time to cuddle...
News arrived this morning (Feb. 12) that IBF world featherweight champion Josh Warrington had split from promoter Frank Warren and was rejoining his former promoter Eddie...
In the movie The Harder they Fall, boxer Buddy Brannen (played by Max Baer) renders a horrific beating on Gus Dundee (played by former heavyweight contender...
This weekend at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will attempt to heave his 5’8 frame from middleweight, where he reigns as the...
The Fourth Quarterly TSS Survey: Part One (A-K) — The question for our final survey of 2019 was not an easy one. “If you were to...
Looking Ahead to Canelo-Kovalev, Looking Back at Robinson-Maxim Will boxing history repeat itself again? In modern era prizefighting it is almost unheard of for a reigning...
Being a gatekeeper, especially in boxing, can be a lonely and underappreciated function. And in the 1950s, a golden age for the sport, that might have...
It was snowing when Sugar Ray Robinson and his entourage left their hotel in Frankfurt, Germany, for the short walk to the sterile brick building where...