A couple years ago, there was widespread worry that television boxing coverage was going to fall by the wayside. The hardcore missed their USA fix and it looked like ESPN was going to back off boxing, and reduce their fight budget to a mere pittance.
The Showtime super middleweight box-off kicks off tomorrow night at 11 PM, so set your DVR if you’re going to be out and about on the town and want to see the action.
The Brooklyn welterweight, who just got dumped by his promoter, Don King, and fined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for his role in the April melee at the Thomas and Mack Center, was arrested because
he owes $60,000 in back child support.
South African boxing officials want to lure Laila Ali back to the country after a scheduled fight card was scuttled because the promoter didn’t come up with promised funds when promised.
The former welterweight champion Zab Judah was arrested Sunday on a Family Court warrant after a celebrity basketball game in New York.
He smelled it in one nostril, then another. Then he felt it in his gut, and finally, the truth of the matter came crashing down on Jack Mesi.
Watching the 300-plus-plus-plus-pounder lift his legs to attempt Muay Thai knee strikes is sort of amusing to the viewer, but likely not for the recipient of Butterbean’s blows.
Mexico’s Carlos “El Elegante� Bojorquez said he signed a contract on Tuesday to fight Irish John Duddy at the Orleans Casino and Hotel on Aug. 10.
The Gold Team, down 0-2, looked to Rhode Islander Gary Balletto to right the ship after Philadelphian Aaron Torres chose the New Englander to fight in the third episode of the Contender’s second season.
The daughter of The Greatest packed her bags and jetted from South Africa after it became clear that she wasn’t going to get the purse promised to her.
