Rejected by every college and university he applied to except one, Gay Talese is one of the most celebrated and decorated American writers over the last...
Igor Vysotsky competed in an era when Russian boxers, like their Cuban counterparts, were barricaded from turning pro. But as an amateur, Vysotsky’s accomplishments made him...
Brin-Jonathan Butler Reflects on Cuban Boxers, Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr and More In the truest sense of the word multimedia, Brin-Jonathan Butler more than holds...
Boxing and the Splendor of Cuban Sports: An Interview with Author Tim Wendel Cuba is an island nation of roughly 11.4 million inhabitants and while sugar...
The biggest fight on this week’s docket takes place this Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, where Caleb Plant defends his IBF world super middleweight title against Germany’s...
Boxing can be a dark business even though there seems to be denial at every turn. Its moral underbelly has come into question on more than...
PART ONE (A-K) OF A TWO-PART SURVEY — In this month’s survey, we asked our respondents to name the most overrated and most underrated boxers, active...
On Sunday, Jan. 14, the Minnesota Vikings advanced to the NFL championship game with a 29-24 triumph over the New Orleans Saints. Minnesota was dead in...
Olympic gold medalists as professionals, each of whom has much support as the best amateur boxer ever – thesweetscience.com ran a readers’ poll to determine