“During the1980s,” wrote TSS editor Arne Lang in a recent article, “Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, and Roberto Duran enlivened the sport, fighting...
Art of Boxing Series: Sergio ‘The Latin Snake’ Mora of East L.A. Not all prizefighters are built or fight the same. This is a series devoted...
Not all boxing trainers are wheeler-dealers like Henry Ramirez. One day he’s getting on a jet across country and another day he’s driving up the 101...
Logic in Boxing is an Oxymoron In 1996, David Tua KOed future world champion John Ruiz in 19 seconds with a left hook from hell. In...
Not since that sweltering night at Madison Square Garden on June 16, 1983 when veteran referee Ernesto Magana suffered decision paralysis and allowed an aroused Roberto...
Basketball legend LeBron James has opened up a new elementary school for at-risk children in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, and has established the LeBron James...
Brandon Adams had a lot of options going forward after winning season five of “The Contender” reality show. Last week he was weighing offers from Gennady...
Heroes put others first. Heroes sacrifice—sometimes with their lives. NFL player Pat Tillman was not a boxer but he was a legitimate hero having been killed...
In June of 2004, Ricardo Mayorga told Associated Press writer Filadelfo Aleman that he was bored with boxing and planned to retire after two more fights.
Ronnie Shields never thought boxing would be his life. After a stalwart amateur career consisting of over 260 bouts and 33 professional fights, Shields called it...