The noted boxing trainer Ismael Salas has been on quite a ride since leaving his native Cuba in 1989. In the 30-plus years since he left...
Jurmain McDonald (say who?) Forged the TSS 2022 Upset of the Year Upsets come in two varieties. There are those that occur on a big stage....
These past 12 months in 2022 have proven to be the Year of the Women. Women’s prizefighting finally arrived and it was like a sonic boom....
Notes and Nuggets from Thomas Hauser Do you think it would be fun to be a ring announcer? If you don’t like waiting in airports, taking...
Floyd ‘Austin Kid’ Schofield is the TSS 2022 Prospect of the Year Last year we narrowed down the word “prospect.” By our definition, a prospect couldn’t...
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez’s first two fights of 2022 were so impressive that he built a strong case for Fighter of the Year, let alone “Breakthrough.” Few...
Down Memory Lane with Renowned LA Sports Columnist Bill Dwyre Whether it’s the NBA Finals, Super Bowl, World Series, college football’s biggest games, college basketball’s Final...
If referees boogied toward the ring to the sound of their own entrance music, as all reasonably relevant fighters do now, the logical guess is that...
A ferocious, one-punch knockout becomes even more memorable when — to use a hoary expression – it snatches victory from the jaws of defeat. Jordan Gill’s...
It goes without saying that many of the most ballyhooed fights in boxing history have been duds. The April 30 match between 35-year-old Irishwoman Katie Taylor...