Middleweights have always represented prizefighting at its best. From Jack “Nonpareil” Dempsey in the late 1800s to recent middleweights like Marvin Hagler and Vito Antuofermo, the...
The day of reckoning is here for Jermain Taylor and Kelly Pavlik. One will be right about himself and his opponent, at least to some extent....
As Manny Pacquiao entered the second story boxing gym one of the caretakers began shouting instructions for those people to leave unless they had permission. Quickly...
You all heard Jermain Taylor in the last few weeks, saying that he wasn’t in tip-top condition when he fought Kelly Pavlik the first time in...
Some guys need a lot of convincing. Jermain Taylor must be one of those guys. Why else, his conqueror wonders, would he jump back into the...
Among boxing’s little men, Manny Pacquiao has proven himself an irresistible force. South of the welterweight division, Pacquiao is the biggest name and biggest draw in...
Although there is no title up for grabs in the Saturday rematch between Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik and Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor, there is still a...
Jose Navarro grew up in the boxing gyms following his older brothers and father as they made the daily treks to practice. Even when Navarro was...
Lightweight contender Oisin Fagan, a Dublin native who fights out of Oklahoma City, cannot believe his good fortune. When he learned that he would be fighting...
As I waited for the Wladimir Klitschko/Sultan Ibragimov conference call on Tuesday to begin, I was on hold. There was music playing as I waited, and...
