This was to be a historic weekend for women’s boxing, with the undisputed middleweight championship between Claressa Shields and amateur conqueror Savannah Marshall on tap for...
Earnie Shaver, a man who possessed fists that could and did do pronounced damage to the chins of men who summoned the courage to face him...
In the mid-nineties, I had the good fortune to meet Muhammad Ali during a book signing at a Barnes & Noble, where I worked at for...
Boxing great Muhammad Ali’s shocking loss to Ken Norton in 1973 is pictured on the wall among the notable historical events at Pechanga Arena San Diego....
It’s no profound statement to say that this modern life is full of way too much outrage about the wrong things. I would largely lay blame...
Just two minutes into his much anticipated American debut, the air went out of The Armony in Minnesota when Terrell Gausha of Cleveland dropped Tim Tszyu...
In 1989, a movie came out called “Field of Dreams.” It starred Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones. It was about an Iowa farmer whose love...
It’s often the case that fight fans are hip-hop fans, and vice versa. Todd Snyder is no exception. Growing up in a small coal mining town...
Mike Tyson once said Muhammad Ali was the greatest of all time, many agree. Floyd Mayweather labelled himself ‘the best ever’ and many boxing purists feel...
You may be asking yourself, what’s an article like this doing in a place like here? Well, when my editor (“Sweet Woodsy,” as my wife calls...
For 25 years, I’ve been telling the story of how I spent a day with Muhammad Ali when I worked at Barnes & Noble back in...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 15, 2021 – Bob Arum, welcome back. What took you so long? After a break of 28 years, Top Rank Boxing returned to...
On the streets of the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York, in the 1950s and 1960s, identical twins Petros (Pete) and Nikos (Nick) Spanakos were...
Whose life has been as well covered as Muhammad Ali’s? Do we really need another Muhammad Ali book, film, documentary, or anything? Many have been asking...
Sculps Hill Road is a steep climb through the woods, nothing unusual in rural Pennsylvania. Yet this Schuylkill County lane leads to a uniquely lofty place—Fighter’s...
Last year, Deontay Wilder evoked Black History Month prior to his rematch with Tyson Fury. It was a bold statement accompanied by an ostentatious ring walk...
Former heavyweight contender Chuck Wepner, who challenged Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title in 1975 and became the prototype for Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky” character, turns 82...
It shouldn't be so, but when I think back on Leon Spinks, who died from cancer on Feb. 5, 2021 at age 67, I fixate on...
Here is a note from Bruce Silverglade, the boss of the famed and fabled Gleasons Gym in DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY, USA. The gym-runner reacted to the...
Before there was Buster Douglas, there was Leon Spinks. One could argue, with some gravity, that Douglas’s “Upset of the Century” over Mike Tyson was largely...
