On January 6, 1971, Earnie Shavers, a well-touted heavyweight prospect from Warren, Ohio, fought Lee Estes at the Silver Slipper in Las Vegas. Shavers’ team on...
LOS ANGELES-Swilled in gentlemanly conduct Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz was stymied by Luis “King Kong” Ortiz’s manners more than his blows but used his early knockdowns...
Liam “Beefy” Smith, the second-youngest of Liverpool’s four fighting Smith brothers, had the home field advantage tonight when he opposed former sparring partner Hassan Mwakinyo, a...
LOS ANGELES-Giant killers in heavyweight boxing like Andy Ruiz have existed since the beginning of prizefighting. Can his ability to disrupt bigger men continue? Though listed...
Earnie Shavers, Gone at 78, Was The Bambino of Boxing’s Biggest Boppers The technology of sports today, most of them anyway, has become so advanced that...
Boxing returns to Las Vegas on Saturday, Sept. 3, with a show at the Westgate, the home to many storied fights when the property was known...
It is with a heavy heart that we report the passing of TSS mainstay Ted Sares. The author of several books about boxing and hundreds of...
The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Welcomes Native Son Bernard Hopkins Some athletes are so obviously gifted that they appear to have burst into prominence at...
Tonight’s junior welterweight match between Jose Pedraza and Richard Commey, the headline attraction of a Top Rank show in Tulsa, was a match between two former...
Top Rank is in Tulsa tomorrow night (Saturday, Aug. 27) with a 9-fight card topped by a 10-round, 140-pound showdown between former title-holders Jose Pedraza and...