Boxing fans in Australia are still buzzing over Jai Opetaia’s gritty, title-winning effort on Saturday, July 2. Opetaia overcome significant adversity to wrest the IBF and...
We’re going way back, but there was a time when the Fourth of July was a big day for boxing in the U.S. The high-water mark,...
The annual ESPY Awards are a celebration of sports and the role that they play in American society. Jim Valvano, who was dying of cancer, energized...
In a stay-busy, shake-off-the-rust fight, Joe Joyce returned to the ring after an absence of almost one full year and stopped Christian Hammer in the fourth...
In a bloody, see-saw battle in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia, youth prevailed as 27-year-old Sydney southpaw Jai Opetaia held on to wrest the IBF cruiserweight title from...
Twenty-two years ago, two talented Southern California fighters baptized the Staples Center sports arena for prizefighting with a performance hard to top. Can Ryan Garcia equal...
This week marked the 25th anniversary of one of the most infamous fights in boxing history. On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson was disqualified at the...
It is probable that one must go all the way back to the mighty Dick Tiger to find a fighter who courted the British public with...
It’s been a month of accolades for longtime boxing scribe Bernard Fernandez, a regular contributor to these pages. On Sunday, June 12, he was formally inducted...
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...