Joe Smith Jr., the Long Island construction worker and tree surgeon, showed that he should be remembered as something more than one of the sport’s great...
A battle of the networks erupts on Saturday with multiple boxing cards shoving each other for attention. It starts early. Ireland’s Katie Taylor (15-0) faces Belgium’s...
On Aug. 17, 1960, the first of five planeloads of U.S. Olympians arrived in Rome. The boxers came with the first wave because boxing would be...
Oscar De La Hoya is Plotting a Comeback at Age 47 “Boxers are like bank burglars; we are compelled to return to the scene of our...
With a record of 31-20-3, Ross “The Boss” Puritty joins “Fearless” Freddie Pendleton (47-26-6), Darroll “Doin Damage” Wilson (27-10-2), Jesus Soto “Pantera” Karass (29-13-4),Cristobal “Lacandon “...
Chicago’s Jessica “Caskilla” McCaskill mauled her way to a majority decision victory over undefeated welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus and delivered one of the biggest upsets in...
SHOWTIME Boxing returned to Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino tonight for a five-fight card with no fans in attendance. The main go of the TV tripleheader was...
WBC super middleweight titlist David Benavidez was stripped of the title after failing to make weight. He was more than two pounds over the limit. Still,...
A TV studio in Northern England (Wakefield, Yorkshire) was the site of a behind-closed-doors boxing card today, Wednesday, Aug. 12. The card was designed to showcase...
Remembering ‘Skeeter’ McClure: Olympian, Middleweight Contender, Psychotherapist “He was as good a fighter then as Sugar Ray Leonard was later,” said the legendary Madison Square Garden...