No Obit Here: Dueling cards throw a combo that the doomsayers can’t counter
LAS VEGAS – Two major cards separated by a short ride looked like an accident about to happen. Look again. Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar...
Martinez decisions Chavez widely after a pair of incredibly close minutes
LAS VEGAS – And in an instant, Martinez-Chavez went from Pacquiao-De La Hoya to Chavez-Taylor.
Not since Manny Pacquiao retired Oscar De La Hoya had...
FOLLOW CHAVEZ JR. – MARTINEZ LIVE
Follow all the action from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas as the long awaited Middleweight championship showdown with take place featuring...
Paul Williams feels good, remains confident
LAS VEGAS – A motorcycle accident took away Paul Williams’ legs, but not his confidence.
It was there, as evident as ever...
Chavez upsets Martinez on the scale
LAS VEGAS – The weekend’s first upset happened Friday, and it wasn’t by way of a punch at Thomas & Mack Center. In...
Bad Business? Martinez-Chavez, Canelo-Lopez might add up to something good
LAS VEGAS – News conferences came like a one-two punch Wednesday and Thursday for dueling promotions Saturday night featuring Sergio Martinez-versus-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr....
Vargas remains perfect with decision over Martinez
Jesse Vargas christened a big fight weekend with a ten round unanimous decision over Aaron Martinez in a Welterweight bout at the Joint at...
Silva steps in to save UFC 153, will face Bonnar at light heavy!
UFC middleweight kingpin and pound-for-pound best, Anderson Silva,will headline UFC 153 against long time veteran Stephan Bonnar in Riode Janeiro, Brazil on October 13th...
Father Legend has some lessons for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
LAS VEGAS – There was a time when the son couldn’t mention his father’s name. It was too painful. Legends don’t die. But...
Andre Ward’s hometown: Pleasant surprises and a mean streak
OAKLAND, Calif. – Last week’s fight headquarters were at Marriott City Center in the middle of this recovering town. Friday night Andre Ward...
Adamek survives scare. Stops Walker in 5
NEWARK-- The Polish faithful were on hand at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ to see their hero, Tomasz Adamek (46-2, 28 KOs, 222.5lbs),...
Fight For The Future: With Ward-Dawson, Martinez-Chavez and Canelo-Lopez, it’s underway
It’s hard to know whether September’s promise is a new dawn or just a familiar set of oncoming headlights in another head-on collision with...
Why I’ll be in Oakland this weekend
Saturday evening in Oakland, Calif.’s Oracle Arena super middleweight world champion Andre Ward will defend his title against light heavyweight world champion Chad Dawson....
Golovkin attempts the next step in an American adventure started by Jirov
What's known about Kazakhstan by a U.S. audience that gets most of its news from late-night comedians probably comes from the film, Borat,...
Portrait of a barroom tough’s first visit to a boxing gym
Javier pulls open the matte-gray door and sees the fresh black and yellow paint and so much heat. The gym’s heat is palpable,...
Ortiz takes out Castellanos in Two
Roberto Ortiz scored a second round stoppage over Florencio Castellanos in round two of aq scheduled ten round Super Lightweight bout in Tellum, Mexico.
Ortiz...
A few entries for August’s empty scorecard
The dog days of August, an unexpected offseason, is full of more idle speculation than medal winners among the American men at...
UFC 151 Update: Henderson out with injury, Jones will face Machida on September 22nd!
A partial rupture of the MCL has forced former Strikeforce light
heavyweight champ Dan Henderson to pull out in his anticipated
showdown against the UFC light...
Walking among masterpieces, thinking about failure
FORT WORTH, Texas – Our beloved sport continues its mid-year recess, a deserted time before the mania of September. There were no fights...
Breidis Prescott outpoints Francisco Figueroa in Miami, Barthelemy remains unbeaten.
Warriors Boxing Promotions presented Miami Warfare II at the Miami Airport Convention Center in Miami tonight and the crowd was treated to a delight...
A Few Good Men: The nominees for a tough American job
USA Boxing's search for a national coach might be as futile as winning an Olympic medal. After the American men came home from the...
VINNY LaMANNA: BOXING MANAGER
He didn’t start out as most in the boxing business but Vinny LaManna has accomplished a lot in his twenty-plus years in boxing.
LaManna, who...
Observations about local fight promotion from behind black cocktail dresses
SAN ANTONIO – Saturday saw the return of national figures and national Spanish-language television, Telefutura this time, to the northernmost fraction of Alamodome, a...
Vera decisions Mora by questionably wide scores in South Texas
SAN ANTONIO – If you come to Texas and fight a Texan you have to beat that Texan down. Californian Sergio Mora returned...
Staying Home: Jose Benavidez Jr. is happy he went to the pros instead of...
It’s hard not to think about Jose Benavidez Jr. while watching the sad and inevitable demise of American boxing at the London...
A call for military intervention
For a brief time Friday, the hours between the elimination of Team USA’s last male boxer and his reinstatement on appeal, the 2012 Men’s...
Rua stops Vera in four round War
Former Pride Middleweight and UFC Light Heavyweight champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua scored a fourth round stoppage over Brandon Vera in a Light Heavyweight bout...
What resurrection? Robbery still the story of Olympic boxing
We were hoping for a rebirth. Instead, we got another robbery.
On a day when I had hoped to write...
Oosthuizen outlasts Bryant at Broadway Boxing
Dibella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing was back with a bang at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City as Thomas Oosthuizen (19-0-1, 11 KO’s, 167lbs)...
A Big Apple Dream
As a child born and raised in South Africa, Thomas Oosthuizen, dreamed of fighting in New York City. Even at a young age,...
