Who will become the new “Face of Boxing.” It’s not a title bestowed upon through ritual or voting, nor does it come from ...

Avila Perspective, Chap. 89: Shakur Still Fights but California Goes Dark Armed with electrifying talent Shakur Stevenson looks to prove... One of the best boxers to come out of Ohio in the last ...

I was skeptical when I began reading Requiem for a Middleweight – Bobby Cassidy Jr’s book about his father (published by ...

Forty-seven years ago this week, on June 22, 1979, Larry Holmes retained his World Boxing Council Heavyweight Championship with a 12 th-round technical knockout of Mike Weaver before 14,136 at New ...

LAS VEGAS- David “Monster” Benavidez proved moving up 25 pounds in weight was not a problem as he broke down Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez with speed and precision in winning by knockout to rip the ...

Zuffa Boxing is engaged in a high-stakes poker game with the goal of dominating professional boxing in tandem with Saudi Arabian interests. But we’ll leave that for another time. This column is about ...

November 7 th is a date that has twice witnessed boxing’s balance of power shift under bright lights and heavy expectations. From Rome in 1970 to Las Vegas in 1988, November 7 th has proved that ...

Wayne McLennan was born in Australia in 1954 and boxed a bit when he was young. Since then, he has lived in multiple cities on multiple continents. At one point, he and his wife lived in Panama where ...

The October 26, 1970, fight between Muhammad Ali and Jerry Quarry was more than a prizefight. It was the first mixed-race fight of major consequence in the Deep South (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, ...

One of the most memorable among them was Lou Nova, a talented heavyweight and an unabashed showman. He later became a character actor in Hollywood who seemed as comfortable in front of a movie camera ...

SAN BERNARDINO, Ca-Guatemala’s best chance to finally win a world title, Lester Martinez, packed the arena and methodically defeated capable Immanuwel Aleem by unanimous decision to win the interim ...

Championships traded hands in Florida tonight. Undefeated Danish fighter Dina Thorslund and undefeated Canadian Tamm Thibeault walked away with world titles on Saturday. Thorslund (25-0) had never ...