Decades from now, boxing fans will talk about this weekend. It all begins with Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (52-4, 42 KOs) back in the ring against Hector...
Hall of Fame boxer Dwight Muhammad Qawi passed away last Friday, July 25, at age 72 in Baltimore, his birthplace. Among his distinctions, Qawi, who stood...
Stephen “Breadman” Edwards’ first fighter won a world title. That may be some sort of record. It’s true. Edwards had never trained a fighter, amateur or...
In a battle between elite counter-punchers Southern California’s Arnold Barboza Jr. slightly out-worked Jack Catterall in England to win a razor-close split decision and become the...
Twelve years ago tomorrow, on Nov. 24, 2012, Hector Camacho was officially declared dead. He was effectively dead before then, having suffered a heart attack in...
Life comes at you fast. It seems like only yesterday that I stood in a crowd of rubberneckers gawking at the artificial volcano that fronted the...
It seems all along that Norm Frauenheim was destined to become a boxing writer. Two critical elements were at play that led the 75-year-old scribe to...
At Long Last: Marvelous Marvin Hagler to Finally Get His Statue in the ‘City of Champions’ Not much good news comes out of Brockton, Massachusetts these...
Saturday’s skirmish between Ryan Garcia and WBC super lightweight champion Devin Haney was a messy affair, and yet a hugely entertaining fight fused with great drama....
Boxing in the Pages of Sports illustrated: A Short History Last week, Sports Illustrated laid off virtually its entire staff. This would seem to presage the...