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By Thomas Gerbasi - It’s almost impossible to believe that until December of 2014, Cecilia Braekhus was viewed as a criminal in her home country of Norway. No, she was not a fugitive forced to escape home and live in exile. But the undisputed welterweight champion and pound-for-pound queen was forced to leave...
It’s a fair question to ask Ed Latimore, even days before the unbeaten heavyweight prospect steps into the ring tonight in Miami, Oklahoma to face Trey Lippe-Morrison on ShoBox.
With a mother who was a college basketball star and a sister who is on her way to being one as well, Trey Lippe-Morrison might have gone down a different athletic path than the one that’s taking him to this Friday’s Shobox card at Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma.
By Thomas Gerbasi - When it comes to boxing in New York, there is no more storied place than the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. With a population of under 60,000 and measuring just 1.1 square miles, it’s hard to believe that the neighborhood has produced so many fighters of note. The names are familiar, and you...
By Thomas Gerbasi - It’s been a long four years for Luis Orlando Del Valle. Longer than it should have been. But at least the wait is over. On Saturday, the Bayamon, Puerto Rico native will be in the middle of AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, facing the latest phenom from the Golden Boy Promotions stable, unbeaten...
The shovels came out and the gravestones were engraved, but someone forgot to tell Brett Yormark that boxing in New York was dead. “Not me,” he laughed. “You never heard me say that.” The CEO of Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, a role that has seen him help revitalize the sport in the Big Apple at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, isn’t about to bury the sweet science, even after raised insurance rates for combat sports in New York State have many promoters wondering if they can still put shows on in the coming months and years.
Over the years, it’s become increasingly difficult to show or tell something new about Muhammad Ali, and since the passing of “The Greatest” in June, that task has turned nearly impossible.
The first time Richard Commey stepped into a ring in the United States, he was a bit star struck by the bright lights of Las Vegas. On Friday, with a world title on the line, those jitters will be out of his system.
By Thomas Gerbasi - Before the connection from Big Bear, California was lost, Roman Gonzalez gave a statement that would have been a mic drop from anyone else other than the soft-spoken “Chocolatito,” and the fact that the phone went dead after manager Carlos Blandon translated his response only made it better...
By Thomas Gerbasi - For a while, Neeco Macias was like a lot of fighters around the United States given the tag “ticket seller.” The Palm Desert, California native always showed up to fight, got hit more than he needed to, but he would leave the ring with a win, and his fans left the venue happy and there's nothing...