Labour’s shadow Sports Minister, Dr. Rosena Allin-Khan, believes that the sport of boxing can play a role in helping to alleviate the Capital’s knife crime problems. Khan engaged in the sport while studying at Cambridge and believes that the discipline it instils can help deal with the issue of gangs on the streets of London.
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as the aftermath of the Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin rematch, the all-time status of Floyd Mayweather Jr, WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia and more.
Since hanging up his gloves in 2007, former heavyweight contender Lou Savarese has punched his meal ticket as a trainer and promoter. Together with partner Bobby Benton, he bought over the Main Boxing Gym and began staging boxing events at various venues in and around Houston. The cards typically showcased local young up-and-coming prospects trying to pad their records and make their way up the ranks.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Whaddya know, my favorite day of the year rolled around again over the weekend. Well, OK, maybe it's fourth behind my birthday, my son's birthday and Christmas – but still, it's pretty big. September 16. The date when, over the course of seven years back in the 1980s, my life cha...
Qa’id Muhammad moved from New Jersey to Las Vegas to rejuvenate his once-promising boxing career. The onetime bantamweight prospect instead met a very violent end to his young life last week. The Star-Ledger of New Jersey has reported Muhammad was shot to death and that his body was found Wednesday near Las Vegas.
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as the rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, Errol Spence, Yordenis Ugas, Danny Garcia, the career of Amir Khan, Terence Crawford and more.
The third edition of the 'SuperFly' series took place on Saturday at the Forum in Inglewood, California. and it didn't have quite the star power of the previous chapters or interest from the public. Former world champion Juan Francisco Estrada defeated Felipe Orucuta over 12 rounds...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Danny Garcia vs. Shawn Porter, unbeaten prospect Ryan Garcia, Amir Khan, Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder, the career of Adrien Broner, and more.
One of the greatest in Yugoslavian boxing, Marijan Benes, passed away September 4 at the age of 67 in Banja Luka in what is known as Republika Srpska in what is now Bosnia, after a long time of illness. Benes was an excellent amateur feared for his punching power and braveness and won the European championships in 1973 and participated in the 1976 Olympics.
The days of a father running the corner of his son during boxing matches could well be numbered, as the World Boxing Council scrutinizes the parental role. Mindful of the implications of the father and son dilemma, the WBC conducting an ongoing pilot program, doing interviews, gathering data - following a proposal made during the WBC's Miami convention, regarding parents in the corner of a fighter as chief seconds.