Part of the allure is the sound of it all. Leather against flesh and the sound of feet scraping and sliding across the canvas; the voices of anxious cornermen; the snapping of heavy bags and buzzing of skip ropes as they kiss the floor beneath the feet of gladiators whipping themselves into shape…
By Cliff Rold - The story of the fabled United States class of 1976 at the Montreal Olympics usually begins with Ray Leonard. It can’t be told without Michael Spinks. Between just those two teammates, glory was found and history made from welterweight to heavyweight. Spinks got to the world title dance a little later than Ray; he got there later in his own...
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman is keeping a very close eye on the global coronavirus pandemic. Sulaimán, is relieved that none of his organization's world champions have been affected by the COVID-19 virus.
Once an integral part of HBO’s Boxing After Dark series, Derrick Jefferson is now in a fight of a different kind. The former heavyweight contender was diagnosed with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and is currently in a medically induced coma while under observation at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Royal Oak (Michigan) Beaumont Hospital. Jefferson, 52, was admitted on Sunday after showing symptoms of the disease.
Former world champion Carlos “Tata” Baldomir, is still alive and is not among the prisoners who were killed in riots which took place in the prisons of Las Flores and Coronda, in Santa Fe, Argentina.
Joe Frazier proved as dangerous on the e-boxing circuit as he was in real life. The Hall of Fame former heavyweight champion recovered from a knockdown to score four of his own in flattening England’s Lennox Lewis in seven rounds Tuesday afternoon at Royal London Theatre in London, England.
At least one sanctioning body title won’t be made available for the next few months. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has formally withdrawn sanctioning from any fights scheduled through the spring, in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
The legendary Romanza Gym in Mexico City closed its doors on Monday for the first time in 28 years, after the official decision of the local government to keep gyms, among other properties, closed at least until April 20, to prevent further spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.
A hearing to discuss how long combat sports events will remain postponed has itself been cancelled. The monthly agenda meeting to have been held by the Nevada State Athletic Commission is officially canceled, state officials announced on Monday. The session was due to take place on March 25 at state headquarters in Las Vegas, with a significant portion of the meeting to have determined how far out to suspend boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) events in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaimán has joined international measures to decrease the coronavirus pandemic, by suspending his weekly meetings with the media.