It’s 2013, a full quarter century since Bernard Humphrey Hopkins Jr. first stepped into a professional prize-ring, and the amazing Old Man Hopkins roadshow just keeps chugging along. But
In decades past the boxing world was an even tougher and less forgiving place than it is today, not to mention more crooked. Fighters were fighters, not businessmen, and
“We were Jews living in an Irish neighborhood. You can guess the rest. I used to fight four, five, ten times a day.” Abraham “Abe” Attell, aka “The Little
Following Muhammad Ali’s refusal to be drafted into the U.S. Army in June of 1967 and his then being immediately relieved of both his world title and his license
When James J. Jeffries, heavyweight champion of the world, retired undefeated in 1905, few were in any doubt that they had just seen the greatest heavyweight fighter of all
A comprehensive roster of boxers who dabbled in the darker arts of ring-craft would rival a catalogue of the soldiers who ringed the walls of Troy, or a list
Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth of Muhammad Ali, the man who changed boxing forever and, as we must each year, we take time to celebrate his life
Today, your favorite independent fight site, like the rest of the boxing world, marks the anniversary of Muhammad Ali’s birth, and so what better time to re-feature an in-depth
As Marvin Gaye sang back in the day, “Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing, baby,” and these days how boxing fans yearn for “the real thing,” for meaningful competition
A few days ago the boxing world marked the birthday of the one-and-only Manny Pacquiao, so what better time to look back and appreciate anew his extraordinary career and
