The late heavyweight Mitch Rose could not translate his Golden Gloves amateur skills to the pro ranks. He retired with an underwhelming 2-11-1 mark, but he...
Henry “Hennery” Peck, popularly known as Peck’s Bad Boy, is a fictional character created by George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916). “Peck’s Bad Boy” has been defined as one...
Late in his career, Jesse James Leija was involved in two fights that ended in controversy under eerily similar circumstances. The first came in July of...
“During the1980s,” wrote TSS editor Arne Lang in a recent article, “Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, and Roberto Duran enlivened the sport, fighting...
While many Canelo fights end up in some fan’s memory bank, that probably won’t be the case given what occurred this past Saturday night in Miami....
Rustico Torrecampo’s Historic KO (Historic in Hindsight) This relatively unknown Filipino light flyweight fought from 1993-1997, compiling an unremarkable 14-8-6 mark, though six draws in 28...
The Night the Boxing Judges Took the Spotlight After 10 rounds of solid action, Colombia’s Dionisio “Mister Nocaut” Miranda (18-3-2 heading in)—a cousin of Edison Miranda–...
Boxers Fighting the Best and Doing It Again for the First Time: Part Two As mentioned in Part One, the phrase “cherry picking” gained meaningful traction...
Britain’s Martin Murray has fought the very best and has now closed out a heartbreaking if not admirable and old school career. Others are just beginning...
Not everything in 2020 revolved around Teofimo Lopez’s surprise win over Vasyl Lomachenko or Tyson Fury’s destruction of Deontay Wilder. And yes, fighting in a Bubble...