The phrase “pro debut” is often heard in conjunction with fighters. But promoters make pro debuts too. On October 13 at Sony Hall in the heart...
Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t a boxing fan. But she did something that no other British monarch ever did. She bestowed knighthood on a professional boxer. Now,...
The Hauser Report: Literary, Medical, and Other Boxing Notes Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn by Ed Gruver (Lyons Press) is what its title says it is...
Ponder this for just a moment: Jerry Izenberg has written about sports for seventy-one years. No, this isn’t a misprint. Behind a righteous conscience, a clear...
More than any other fighter, Christy Martin was responsible for legitimizing women’s boxing in the public eye. She was also a closeted gay woman married to...
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...
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 is never easy. But Artur Beterbiev (now 18-0 with 18 knockouts) made it look that way when he stopped Joe Smith (28-3, 22 KOs, 2...
Boxing Fans Converge on Canastota for the Grandest of all IBHOF Weekends Induction Weekend at the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum is a four-day...
Tommy Morrison was born in Gravette, Arkansas, on January 2, 1969, and lived in Oklahoma for most of his life. He fought in countless toughman contests,...