By Lyle Fitzsimmons - At the time, 10 years ago this past Thursday… it was a giant pain in the neck. Waking up early to schlep 90 miles to an airport in Jacksonville. Gathering supplies to make the trip with an 8-month-old son. Enduring the “it seemed like a good idea, cost-wise” drive from arrival in Center City Phila...
US Marine Corps sergeant Eric Morante was only 23 when he lost his right leg to a vehicle-borne IED driven by a suicide bomber in Iraq in 2007. After enduring three-and-a-half years of surgeries and treatment therapies, Morante was determined to regain as much normalcy and fulfillment as he could in civilian life.
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvin Hagler, worth of Josh Taylor, Teddy Atlas on Mike Tyson, Mayweather vs. Saddler, James Toney, Usyk vs. Bellew, and more.
By Michael Rosenthal - The death of any fighter in the ring is always heartbreaking. When that fighter is 49, it’s particularly disturbing. Christian Daghio of Italy died this past Friday, a week after he suffered brain damage in a brutal knockout loss to Don Parueang and was placed in a medically induced coma in T...
The World Boxing Association (WBA) announced the officials who will perform this Saturday at the Tijuana Municipal Auditorium in the two world title matches. Azteca 7, La Casa del Boxeo will broadcast another historic Zanfer promotion by Fernando Beltrán.
Mixed martial arts fans will know that when UFC Hall of Famer Bas Rutten was competing in Japan’s Pancrase promotion, he was knocking folks out with open-hand strikes, as closed fist strikes weren’t permitted. So what would “El Guapo” have done if presented with bare knuckle fighting during his 90s heyday?
The president of the World Boxing Association (WBA), Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, issued a second letter that delves into the plan presented last June called “The Return of Boxing”, which seeks to rescue the discipline of pugilism and return it to the highest sport in the world.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - With those 34-year-old Don Henley lyrics swirling in my sun-scorched, sleep-deprived head, I’m back at the keyboard to consider an idealistic mandate – constructing the ideal sanctioning body. Of course, as with most mandates – be they political, popular or existential – some dissension exists...
Italian boxer Christian Daghio, who was very popular in Thailand after moving there a decade ago, has passed away at the age of 49-years-old after suffering a bad knockout loss at the hands of Don Pareuang in twelfth round of their bout for the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council silver light heavyweight title.
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling a variety of topics, such as Daniel Jacobs vs. Jermall Charlo, the career of Gary Russell Jr, Manny Pacquiao and him not facing Terence Crawford, the career of Demetrius Andrade, the jaw of Lennox Lewis, and more.