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Congrats To 4 NYFIGHTS Contributors Who Won Awards in BWAA Writing Contest

Congratulations are due writer/reporters Hector Franco, Ryan O’Hara, Matt Aguilar and Randy Gordon, NYFIGHTS family. These ace craftsmen contribute to NYFIGHTS, and each was recognized in...

Worldwide7 months ago

The Ring Magazine Closes Up Shop

Here is an issue which hits people differently depending on their age. The Ring magazine—yes, that is the correct titling for the publication born in 1922—will...

New York8 months ago

Heather Hardy Gets The Win

When Heather “The Heat” Hardy took her 22-0 record into the ring in September 2019 to face Amanda Serrano, she did so in the knowledge she...

Jackie Tonawanda aka Female Ali Didn’t Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee…Or Win Single Fight

Worldwide1 year ago

Jackie Tonawanda aka Female Ali Didn’t Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee…Or Win Single Fight

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...

Commissioner’s Corner: Randy Gordon Report From NY State Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Gala

New York2 years ago

Commissioner’s Corner: Randy Gordon Report From NY State Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Gala

This past weekend, the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) held its first induction ceremony since 2019, taking a year away from festivities because...

Looking Back At Leonard-Hearns, 40 Years Later

Worldwide2 years ago

Looking Back At Leonard-Hearns, 40 Years Later

It’s been 40 years. Unbelievable! On September 16, 1981, in a makeshift arena that was the parking lot of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, “Superfight”...

The Biggest Heavyweight Championship Tournament Is Coming To SiriusXM Radio

Worldwide2 years ago

The Biggest Heavyweight Championship Tournament Is Coming To SiriusXM Radio

Get set for the biggest heavyweight championship tournament the sport has ever seen. It is going to be held on SiriusXM Radio and will include everybody—and...

New York3 years ago

No Mas, Forty Years Later

It was November 25, 1980. I was with Bert Sugar, and, more memorably, Christie Brinkley, in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the rematch between Roberto Duran and...

COMMISSIONER’S CORNER: Tell Dillian Whyte About Big John Tate

UK3 years ago

COMMISSIONER’S CORNER: Tell Dillian Whyte About Big John Tate

It was March 31, 1980. I was ringside at the Stokely Events Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, covering the WBA light heavyweight championship of the world, followed...

Commissioner’s Corner: Down Memory Lane For That Sugar Ray Leonard 7-Up Commercial

Worldwide3 years ago

Commissioner’s Corner: Down Memory Lane For That Sugar Ray Leonard 7-Up Commercial

Anniversaries and birthdays. They're the bookmarks of life. They are used to commemorate and remember important events. Happy ones. Sad ones. Patriotic ones. Memorable ones. Exciting...

Pet Rock II: Randy Gordon Riffs on Mayweather-McGregor 2

Worldwide3 years ago

Pet Rock II: Randy Gordon Riffs on Mayweather-McGregor 2

It's time for some Boxing Trivia. The answers will follow the questions. Try not to look up the answers on the internet. Here we go: Okay. ...

COMMISSIONER’S CORNER: Wilder Is The One!

Worldwide4 years ago

COMMISSIONER’S CORNER: Wilder Is The One!

COMMISSIONER’S CORNER There were fighters from just about each era who were known as brutal, ferocious punchers. Jack Dempsey, Max Baer, Rocky Marciano, Sonny Liston, Cleveland...

Worldwide4 years ago

COMMISSIONER’S CORNER

I am about to tell you something. It will not be fluff, promotion, or hype from some boxing publicist looking to build up a fighter...

New York4 years ago

COMMISSIONER’S CORNER: RIP, Patrick Day

It is an honor to tell you that this column will be coming to you on a regular basis from here on in, right here...

Discussing A Ring Return For Wladimir Klitschko

Worldwide4 years ago

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

Worldwide5 years ago

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...