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Big George Foreman: Return to the Ring For His Second Act

BoxingApril 2, 2025

Big George Foreman: Return to the Ring For His Second Act

At 38 years of age and no longer looking the part of the villain in a suspense movie, Big George Foreman would return to the ring...

WorldwideNovember 17, 2023

NYF Archival Hit: White Collar Boxing

White collar boxing, many if not most readers of this site know the term. I wrote this critique in February 2006 for The Harlem Times. I...

Here’s An Idea: Gerry Cooney Training Mike Tyson For A Comeback

WorldwideMay 8, 2020

Here’s An Idea: Gerry Cooney Training Mike Tyson For A Comeback

Count big Gerry Cooney as one who believes in Mike Tyson, and thinks at 53, we shouldn’t all dismiss out of hand that the wizened being...

No, Cooney-Holmes Was Bigger, Says Gerry Cooney, But Wilder v Fury 2 Is HUGE

WorldwideFebruary 23, 2020

No, Cooney-Holmes Was Bigger, Says Gerry Cooney, But Wilder v Fury 2 Is HUGE

Gerry Cooney is in Las Vegas, right now, soaking up the pomp and pageantry and exulting in it. “This is big,” the SiriusXM radio host, who...

Discussing A Ring Return For Wladimir Klitschko

WorldwideMarch 23, 2019

Discussing A Ring Return For Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko has been out of the ring since he took on Anthony Joshua in April 2017 and he will be 43 on Monday, March 25....

Eddie Hearn Looks At New Boxing Landscape, Wonders If Sho Can Hang In

WorldwideOctober 20, 2018

Eddie Hearn Looks At New Boxing Landscape, Wonders If Sho Can Hang In

Eddie Hearn has been a fairly fascinating addition to the American boxing promotional scene. He’s parachuted in and put a heavy stamp on the sport, with...

Heather Hardy Likens Boxing To A “Bad Boyfriend”

WorldwideAugust 18, 2018

Heather Hardy Likens Boxing To A “Bad Boyfriend”

She is one of the best known female boxers in this country, and yet, she is still having to work on non fighting gigs to stay...

Sunnyside Garden Doc Shows The Beauty Of A Venue That Had Major League Soul

WorldwideMarch 18, 2018

Sunnyside Garden Doc Shows The Beauty Of A Venue That Had Major League Soul

“It wasn’t the nicest place, Sunnyside Garden, but it was our place,” the man with the boxer’s nose tells us, describing what another fight-game lifer calls...