Male boxing and female boxing are almost incomparable. As men’s pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, now world-famous for his thumping of Oscar De La Hoya in December,...
Boxing officially begins the New Year this week and while the sport continues to have its problems there remains much to be hopeful about. Frankly, the...
It’s 99.9% done. Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton will throw down on May 2nd, in Las Vegas, with only the venue yet to be determined. Expect...
Some careers get started in the most peculiar ways. For 21 year-old “Vicious” Victor Ortiz, it was his father’s words that sent him on his way...
If you have read any of the boxing news wires over the past week, you might have come across the sighting of a ghost. On January...
The Niavaroni-Sax Gym in Roseville, California stands beside a Marines recruiting office. On the building façade in large, white letters are the words KICKBOXING INC. I...
Reading through an issue of the New Yorker from 1962, I came across an article on Cassius Clay written by A.J. Liebling. He had watched Clay...
On a daily basis Melinda Cooper puts on her workout clothes, boxing shoes and endures the rigors of training for professional prizefighting. At, 23, the undefeated...
The end of the year is a time for nostalgia and remembrance and so it is in the boxing world as well. We pine for the...
Editor Michael Woods has requested that I write an article listing my personal end-of-the-year awards in boxing for posting on TSS. Normally, there would be no...
