We’ve all seen how ridiculous boxing’s governing bodies can be when it comes to rankings. Actually, “ridiculous” is a word not harsh enough to describe some of the crazy goings on in this regard. … [Read more...]

Bob Arum took Oscar De La Hoya out of the Olympics and promoted him to unprecedented heights. Even before De La Hoya went out on his own and formed Golden Boy Promotions, ultimately breaking every pay-per-view record with his May 5 fight against … [Read more...]

Everywhere you turn these days, some fighter or promoter is talking about doing his part to bring boxing back to its heyday, when there was more than one hot commodity (see Oscar De La Hoya) in the sport. … [Read more...]

Diego Corrales will go down as one of the most fearless fighters in history, thanks to his stunning 10th-round knockout of Jose Luis Castillo in May 2005. … [Read more...]

Peers and boxing fans always ask why I am picking Oscar De La Hoya to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Most experts are picking Mayweather, the logical choice. … [Read more...]

You hear it all the time: MMA is taking customers away from boxing. No. Boxing is taking customers away from itself. The biggest complaint from friends is that once the final bell rings, they never know who is going to walk away with the decision. … [Read more...]

As someone who has covered boxing for over 14 years, it has been an honor to report on Bernard Hopkins. … [Read more...]

Golden Boy Promotions is not stupid. President Oscar De La Hoya, CEO Richard Schaefer and matchmaker Eric Gomez were smart enough to know a terrific fighter when they saw one in Rocky Juarez, and that's why Juarez is now fighting under the Golden Boy … [Read more...]

At one point in his career, Diego Corrales was tops in the hearts of boxing writers and fans of the game everywhere. He had his miraculous 10th-round technical knockout victory over Jose Luis Castillo in May 2005 to thank for that. Comebacks don't … [Read more...]

You think great trainers in history, and the name Angelo Dundee quickly comes to mind. He has worked with some 15 world champions, such as Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Carmen Basilioand George Foreman … [Read more...]

Peter Manfredo Jr. is the first to admit that a large part of rising to the top of the boxing profession is cerebral. … [Read more...]

Juan Manuel Marquez has been a prize fighter since May 1993. Which means that when he squares off with Marco AntonioBarrera on Saturday at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, it will have taken Marquez nearly 14 years to arrive at a career-defining fight. … [Read more...]

Promoters Bob Arum and Don King have always been the guys one did not invite to the same party. Prior to co-promoting last April's Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Zab Judah welterweight title fight in Las Vegas, it had been seven years since the two had done a … [Read more...]

It was about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, and promoter Bob Arum was driving to his Las Vegas home after having left his Top Rank Inc. offices there a bit early. … [Read more...]

Promoter Gary Shaw has never been afraid to put one of his fighters in tough, competitive fights. Just ask Diego Corrales. The same can be said for Frank Espinoza, who manages Mexican studs Israel Vazquez and Martin … [Read more...]

With all the lawsuits flying around our wonderful sport these days, it appears another one is on the horizon. … [Read more...]

"Sugar" Shane Mosley and his father/trainer Jack sat at a table at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel recently. They were talking with reporters about Shane's Feb. 10 welterweight interim title fight with Luis Collazo at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Then … [Read more...]

England's Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton has fought four times in the U.S., but only one of them was meaningful because the first three were contested during the first three years of his 9 1/2-year career. … [Read more...]

Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, told this reporter on Friday that he Friday that he remained hopeful that a rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera could still happen, in spite of the ongoing promotional problems … [Read more...]

It's no secret that Antonio Tarver wants a rematch with Bernard Hopkins, who moved up from middleweight to light heavyweight and beat Tarver via unanimous decision last June in Atlantic City. … [Read more...]

Edison Miranda can yap all he wants about Jermain Taylor needing to give him a shot at his World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization middleweight title belts. But if Lou DiBella has Boxing Organization middleweight title belts. But if Lou … [Read more...]

Now that everything important has taken place, thought it would be a good time to dole out some awards - good and bad - for 2006. Some of my awards are typical, some are unique. They're all juicy : Hypocrite of the Year - Diego Corrales: … [Read more...]

If either Don King or Bob Arum were promoting Jermain Taylor and said that Taylor has the ability to become one of the top middleweights in history, we would have to take that with a grain of salt. As much as these two master promoters have done in … [Read more...]

Winky Wright is fighting Ike Quartey a week from Saturday, but according to Richard Schaefer, Wright may be fighting Oscar De La Hoya in the future. … [Read more...]

Manny Pacquiao was hitting the hand mitts held by Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach. Those watching at Roach's Wild Card Gym in Hollywood had their eyes - and mouths - wide open. … [Read more...]

Starting with his second loss to Marco Antonio Barrera two years ago this month, Erik Morales has lost three of his past four fights. He has gone from a top 10 pound-for-pound fighter, to needing a victory against Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 18 at Thomas … [Read more...]