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Chicago Middleweight Trinidad Garcia Battles Autism The Best Way He Knows How
Boxing is pain. Chicago middleweight boxer Trinidad Garcia (5-3-3) knew that when he came out of retirement last August. But nothing compared to the...
The joy of Andre Ward
American super middleweight Andre Ward is the sole prizefighter I routinely review in slow motion, the only active world champion whose subtleties bring a...
Weights From Bethlehem, PA
Ronald Cruz 150 Hector Munoz 150.4
Jason Sosa 133.3 Bryne Green 136.3
Darnell Jiles 139.8 Jerome Rodriguez 139.1
Todd Unthank-May 182.8 ...
Setting 2014’s Table: Andre Ward gets his turn
It’s your turn, Andre Ward.
Ward’s comeback Saturday night in Ontario, Calif., against Edwin Rodriquez (HBO 10 p.m. ET/PT) is...
Nonito Donaire as fighter
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – There is a gorgeousness to the seashore that is difficult to debase, and yet this town nearly does it, lining...
Loaded Agenda: Everybody has one on Top Rank card full of high stakes
Affirmation and reclamation are on a loaded card Saturday night that is intriguing on several levels. There’s much to prove for Mikey Garcia,...
Ulli Wegner extends contract with Team Sauerland until early 2016
Ulli Wegner's eagerness to succeed has not waned just yet. The 71-year-old signed a contract extension with Team Sauerland on Tuesday, which binds him...
A new sort of pressure fighter
Saturday on the small stage at Madison Square Garden, before a crowd of 5,000 – in a city of 8.3 million – a throng...
Pacquiao is larger than life, but Rios is the bigger guy
Manny Pacquiao’s larger-than-life persona is intact despite last year’s long fall to the canvas in a stunning reminder that nothing lasts forever....
Avila Makes Short Work of Replacement; Rose Robbed of Victory
REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA – Long touted super bantamweight prospect Manuel “Tino” Avila quickly pounded fill-in opponent Jose Angel Cota into submission after two rounds...
Golovkin and Stevens, and a battle to test those untested
Saturday on Madison Square Garden’s small stage Kazakhstani middleweight titlist Gennady “GGG” Golovkin will fight American Curtis “Showtime” Stevens, on HBO, in a match...
Avila Ready for His Close-Up
REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA – Promising super bantamweight Manuel Avila aims to impress in his first English-language broadcasted appearance as he takes on a late...
Grandma’s Corner: Kathy Garcia manages the good fight–If nothing is going well, call your...
Google doesn’t know who the Italian was. It doesn’t say how old the proverb is. But I could only think that its wisdom...
Mike Alvarado, and the brutal beating administered him by an amiably off-kilter Siberian
DENVER – Afterwards, when “Mile High” Mike Alvarado, still adorned in throwback-Broncos orange and blue, an egg-shaped contusion over his right eye, claimed he...
FRAMPTON v PARODI LIVE ON SATURDAY!
Carl Frampton comes alive on BoxNation this Saturday night as he faces experienced Frenchman Jeremy Parodi in an IBF World Super-Bantamweight title eliminator.
Hometown hero...
Scary Legend: Alvarado says Ward-Gatti stands alone
It’s probably just a scheduling coincidence, but the suggestion is there Saturday night in HBO’s decision to air its beautifully-done Legendary Nights: The...
Timothy Bradley’s fine young consensus
LAS VEGAS – “He seemed to be selling something, as if by not getting knocked-out, he was winning. Odd ending for Bradley. ...
Bradley’s split decision leaves only debate and uncertainty for him, Marquez and Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS – Timothy Bradley promised to be like the government. He wasn’t, thank goodness. There was no shutdown. There was only more...
Coley Back in Action in Roseville
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - Rising light middleweight prospect Aaron Coley may need to consider a rise up in weight class after battling the scales on...
Nothing Heavy: Bradley, Marquez lighter than 147-pound limit in uneventful weigh-in
LAS VEGAS – The Juan Manuel Marquez-Timothy Bradley fight Saturday night is hard to predict. The weigh-in wasn’t.
Marquez and...
Grace Under Pressure: Bradley faces calculated test from Marquez
Timothy Bradley’s story, called a journey by some, can be summed up best by a poignant sight amid the outrage in the wake of...
Bradley and Marquez: Match of those vindicated
HBO’s vastly improved “Face Off With Max Kellerman” franchise, the penultimate episode of which found California’s Timothy Bradley seated at its brushed-steel tabletop with...
Official weights from Oklahoma Comanche Nation
Official weights from Thursday's weigh-in at the Comanche Nation Gaming casino for tonight's fights.
George Tahdooahnippah 159 3/4
Thomas Brown 157 3/4
IBA...
Adam Fiel: Fighting for Something Bigger
Boxing aficionados from Vacaville to Bangkok know the name Adam Fiel, despite the fact that the promising young super featherweight has about one minute...
It’s Unanimous: Judges are losing on the public scorecard
Nobody pays to see judges at ringside with scorecard in one hand and pencil in the other. But it’s the judges, not the...
RICARDO “DINAMITA” ALVAREZ HEADLINES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 CARD IN MEXICO AGAINST HUMBERTO “METRALLETA” MARTINEZ...
LOS ANGELES, October 3 - Unbeaten in 12 of his last 13 bouts, Ricardo "Dinamita" Alvarez will represent his fighting family once again this...
ISAAC CHILEMBA SIGNS PROMOTIONAL CONTRACT WITH MAIN EVENTS
TOTOWA, NJ - Main Events announced today that they have signed an exclusive promotional contract with South African light heavyweight Isaac Chilemba, 20-2-2, 9...
Ronnie Clark relieved to be back in action and looking to Bite Again on...
After nearly 3 months out with a hand injury, Dundee’s Ronnie Clark (8-0-2) returned to the ring on Tuesday 24th September with a convincing...
The legend’s son prevails
Mexican “Son of the Legend” Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. – the man whom middleweight champion Sergio Martinez alternately calls “a lie” and “the lie”...
Mendez Gets Workout, Sets up October TV Date
BROOKS, CALIFORNIA – Rising middleweight Paul Mendez boxed his way through five rounds en route to a corner retirement of journeyman Rahman Yusubov at...
