Boxing News Columns
Boxing news columns - latest news on Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Shane Mosley, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali
Healthy dose of defiance has always been the key ingredient in the Hopkins diet
Bernard Hopkins’ diet apparently has never included a single potato chip or one of George Foreman’s cheeseburgers. Meanwhile, Jean Pascal sounds as if he...
Cerresso Fort; Not Your Average Midwest Fighter
For years, boxing’s hardcore fans and media members have discredited fighters from the Midwest. Whether it’s due to the amount of fighters with subpar...
Q & A with Lukas Konecny
It looked as though Lukas Konecny was destined to be one of Boxing nearly men. He had nearly won the European Union title when...
Q & A with Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu
Its 10 years since Adrian "The Shark" Diaconu 27-2(15) left his native Romania to turn professional in Canada. In a highly decorated amateur career...
“Wearing ‘West Point ‘03’ on my trunks”
It should surprise no one that boxing is a plebe-year requirement at the United States Military Academy. West Point’s ultimate purpose is to...
In the Mosley aftermath, Pacquiao-Marquez would be a tough sell
Fight fans, an endangered species, will applaud if Golden Boy Promotions does not match Top Rank’s offer to Juan Manuel Marquez,...
Q & A with Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson
It was a major surprise late last year when it was announced that Glen Johnson 51-14-2(35) would be a late addition to the Super...
Any Port In A Storm: A Quick Glance Back And A Look Ahead
There's not much to write that hasn't already been penned with regards to the thirty-six minutes Manny Pacquiao spent in the ring with an...
Q & A with Marcos “El Chino” Maidana
Argentinean hard man Marcos "El Chino" Maidana 30-2(27) has been enjoying a well earned rest of late after going life and death with modern...
UNDEFEATED SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT JERRY BELMONTES SIGNS WITH MANAGER CAMERON DUNKIN
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (May 9, 2011)—Undefeated Super Featherweight prospect Jerry “The Kid” Belmontes has reached an agreement with powerful manager Cameron Dunkin to help...
Unfit for prime time
There is a time of the year in professional golf when the four tournaments collectively known as “the majors” are finished, the Ryder Cup,...
PUNCHIN AT THE PARADISE RESULTS—WATCH ON DEMAND ON GFL
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Earlier tonight, Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing, brought live professional boxing back to the Bronx with the latest installment...
Manny Pacquiao – Fred Segal Photo Gallery
Superstar Manny Pacquiao(ctr) makes a special appearance at a packed Ron Robinson/Fred Segal on Melrose store in Los Angeles Saturday. Pacquiao was there to...
Odds for Pacquiao say one thing, but Mosley trainer Naazim Richardson says a lot...
LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao has angles. Naazim Richardson has analogies.
Those analogies might not be enough to counter the endless geometry...
Q & A with Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola
With more and more of the top Heavyweights coming from Europe one man looking to snap that dominance and bring back the Heavyweight title...
Pacquiao sounds like a political heavyweight in last stop before his campaign against Mosley
LAS VEGAS – Filipino Congressman Manny Pacquiao will never jump up the boxing scale to heavyweight, but he is beginning to sound as if...
Lessons Learned: Pacquiao Versus Mosley
“Fool me once shame on you...you fool me, you can’t get fooled again.” -- George W. Bush
While the brilliant quote above was provided...
Q & A with Deandre “The Bull” Latimore
After a 9 month hiatus Deandre "The Bull" Latimore 22-3(17) resurfaced with an 8 round shut out victory over durable veteran Dennis Sharpe on...
Molina stops Conyers in seven
Carlos Molina scored a seventh round stoppage over Allen Conyers in a scheduled ten round Jr. Middleweight bout at The Cosmopolitan Hotel in...
Sweetness that overcomes the sour
There are prizefights that begin with one participant looking so confident and establishing such a superiority of craft that you wonder if this mightn’t...
Richard Duran
Former two-time world title challenger Richard “Bam Bam” Duran passed away Tuesday, one week after suffering a stroke at the far too young age...
Pacquiao looking to knock out Mosley and maybe Mayweather’s argument
Knockout talk is pretty standard stuff in the build-up for any fight, especially one that Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley have transformed...
Q & A with Diego Magdaleno
In just over a week's time Manny Pacquiao will meet Shane Mosley in the much talked about Welterweight clash. The night before Top Rank...
Q & A WITH FELIX DIAZ
Going into the 2008 Olympic Games Felix Diaz was little know and not favoured to bring back a medal. That all changed in the...
Things to do while you’re in L.A.
LOS ANGELES – To live in this city one must be pathologically optimistic. It is a machine designed to do wondrous things but...
From Ringside to outside the Octagon; an honest observation of what goes on during...
During the last five years, fans of boxing and mixed martial arts have battled over which sport reigns supreme. Most fight fans strongly support...
Lopez, like Ortiz, has opportunity in defeat
Victor Ortiz’ personal triumph in his dramatic upset of Andre Berto re-affirms an increasingly forgotten fundamental. Defeat is important. It’s an...
Northern California Notebook
It has been both a great and busy time to be a Northern California fight aficionado or roving fight scribe in 2011. After years...
Q & A with Nobuo Nashiro
In the summer of 2006 Nobuo Nashiro first sprang to prominence when he wrested the WBA Super Flyweight title away from Martin Castillo, impressively...
Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk
Victor Ortiz approached his title fight against Andre Berto with a ferociousness that, frankly, we’ve never seen in Ortiz, pre-fight.
The 147 pound...
