Lemieux vs. Stevens March 11 HBO Boxing After Dark
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 16, 2017) – In a fight that fans have been calling for since the middle of last year, former IBF Middleweight Champion and current NABO Middleweight Champion…
Badou Jack & James DeGale Battle to a Majority Draw in Super Middleweight Unification Showdown
BROOKLYN (Jan. 15, 2017) – The No. 1 and No. 2-ranked super middleweights in the world met in a unification to determine the world’s best 168-pound fighter Saturday on SHOWTIME.…
Super Welterweight World Champion Erislandy Lara Scores Fourth-Round Knockout Victory over Yuri Foreman
MIAMI (January 14, 2017) – Super welterweight world champion Erislandy Lara (24-2-2, 14 KOs) continued his reign as one of the top 154-pounders in the world and delivered a sensational…
It’s Official: Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. set for Saturday, May 6 Presented Live by HBO Pay-Per-View
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 13, 2017) – In a historic showdown that will rival the biggest fights in the history of Mexico’s proud boxing lineage, two-division world champion and Pay-Per-View star…
Badou Jack: We’ll know who the best super middleweight is after Saturday night
BROOKLYN (January 11. 2017) – Fight week activities officially began today with media workouts at the brand new Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn before the super middleweight title unification showdown between…
Lara: I plan on putting on a show and making a statement to the boxing world
MIAMI (January 11, 2017) – Super welterweight world champion Erislandy Lara and former world champion Yuri Foreman met face to face Wednesday as they hosted the final press conference before…
Miguel Cotto: We’re going to work for James Kirkland
NEW YORK, NY – (January 6, 2017) – Five-Time World Champion Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) and James “Mandingo Warrior” Kirkland (32-2, 28 KOs) participated in a media tour with…
A Blast from the Past 1958 Part Three
A major difference between 1958 and the present time was the absence of any world sanctioning bodies. The only organisation with any pretence to that status was the National Boxing…
A Blast from the Past- 1958 Part 2
In part one I set the scene for the state of boxing in 1958 and briefly covered a few of the differences between the sport then and now so I…
1958 A Blast from the past Part 1
I occasionally get someone asking me about how I started to write about boxing and although I can’t recall when I first wrote I can recall approximately when I first…