As all boxing fans know, the great and even incomparable Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson’s syndrome in his later years. In fact, Ali may have...
The most shocking and strange heavyweight title fight took place 20 years ago between Wladimir Klitschko, the former WBO heavyweight champion, and Lamon Brewster. The fight...
Arum: ‘I thought he was on par with Leonard and Hearns skill-wise’ Whenever you think of a player who looked poised for true greatness but fell...
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the death of the greatest warrior who ever lived, the greatest warrior to ever do it – Sugar Ray Robinson....
In melancholy news, former IBF cruiserweight champion Ricky Parkey has died at the age of 67. Longtime competitor Aaron Snowell posted this message on his Facebook...
Today, April 15, is the anniversary of truly unique events related to boxing. Fans may immediately recognize today as the day we saw arguably the greatest...
As we posthumously wish the great Arturo Gatti a very joyful 52nd birthday, one of the men with whom “Thunder” went to war during his incredibly...
Reports from publications such as Diversity informed us that another boxing film will be made soon, this time in the biopic of former featherweight fighter “Prince”...
FORMER JUDGE Wynford Jones, like me, an area representative on the Control Board, told me last week of the recent death of Dennis Avoth on December...
We often seem to forget who the first southpaw heavyweight champion of the world was. Michael Moorer, the fierce puncher of a nasty lithe heavyweight, is...
In a recent article on Tom McCormick I told the story of how he won and lost the British title in Australia in 1914. At that...
20 years ago, the great heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko scored probably the biggest victory of his career. “Dr. Iron Fist”, one winning fight postponed his weighty...
AL FOREMAN was a warrior who made his own rules. His real name was Albert Foreman, but when he turned professional in 1921 at the age...
15 years ago today, British Hall of Fame fighter Carl Froch scored one of the most stunning last-round victories ever seen. “The Cobra,” who made his...
RECENTLY I had the pleasure of returning to his family two scrapbooks detailing the fighter’s boxing career from the 1930s. I bought these books about 20...
With depressed news, it has been reported that Dingaan Thobelo, one of the greatest players in South African history, has passed away at the age of...
I had a great time at the British Boxing Board of Control Awards luncheon on March 17 and it was great to see so many great...
While the world of boxing is buzzing with activity – thanks to the, shall we say, megacards that are presented to us, and with rapidly increasing...
