So, Junior Younan, fighting March 26 on the Andre Ward-Sullivan Barrera undercard in Oakland, whaddya know about the guy you're fighting, Cristian Solorzano? “Nuthin,” the 7-0...
It is a rite of passage, has been since, really, HBO first started showing fights on their screen. The first one was in January 1973, Foreman's...
By Michael Woods The joint is always jumping in Rumorville. Here's one for ya… If Tony Margarito looks decent in his comeback fight against Jorge Paez...
By Michael Woods My estimate: 31 percent of press attention at the Tuesday Canelo Alvarez v Amir Khan presser in Manhattan to hype their May 7...
By Michael Woods Skills pay the bills, they like to say, the guys for whom boxing is a “sweet science.” Indeed… But sometimes one can be...
Canelo Alvarez and Amir Khan will hit NYC to bang the drums for their forthcoming tangle and fans are invited to attend. Tuesday, March 1 –...
By Michael Woods Basic, he called him. Strong, yes…but basic. And…he's not wrong, Dominic Wade, in assessing the best middleweight on the planet, Gennady Golovkin, as...
By Michael Woods Well this one dropped out of the clear blue sky… You knew Amir Khan wanted a big buzz fight, wanted a stepup purse...
By Michael Woods Freddie Roach hit NYC Thursday to bang the drums for the third Manny Pacquiao/Tim Bradley bout, and he told NYFIGHTS he'd like to...
This was an interesting year in boxing, if not one filled with scintillating in the ring action. We got the fight of the century, the one...
The intensity of Teddy Atlas, it isn't for everyone. Everyone can't handle it. That NY edge, those Manson lamps, that Vince Lomabrdi-Knute Rockne tinged surges of...
“Score one for the journalists!” I bellowed when I got the new boxing boss at HBO, Peter Nelson, on the line Tuesday after lunch. The ex...
In my eyes, Canelo's stock rose with his effort Saturday night, as he boxed mega-smart, worked smarter, not harder, and was the better ring general against...
If I didn't know better, my antennae would be perked up, and I'd be thinking that Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya were on a...
Bless Kathy Duva and her candid soul. You get some folks who beg off commenting on the Sept. 12 Floyd Mayweather versus Andre Berto fight, because...
The smiling assassin, Gennady Golovkin, greeted media as they walked into a banquet room at Uncle Jack's in NYC, near Madison Square Garden. It was a...
He may have a hipster hair-do, but please do count David Lemieux as a purist at heart…and against catchweights in title shot scenarios.The Canadian hitter, age...
