The Ring Archives: Julio Cesar Chavez-Meldrick Taylor I remains a bittersweet classic 30 years later
If you were a hardcore boxing during the late 1980s you couldn't wait for the inevitable 140-pound showdown between Mexican...
read moreJim Lampley recalls Emanuel Steward saying, “Tyson Fury will stand alone”
The attaboys were dispensed just about across the board, after Tyson Fury did the job against Deontay Wilder at the...
read moreHBO’s ‘Real Sports’ running story on how loved ones deal with Patrick Day tragedy
Go back, if you can, and listen to super welterweight Patrick Day speak before his fight with Charles Conwell. To see...
read moreGood Old Days Were Better, See Tonight On HBO Doc “Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes”
One way, maybe, arguably the only way for a boxer to reach all-time great status is this: the be-sainted one...
read moreHBO’s new two-part Muhammad Ali doc debuts on Tuesday
We’ve seen one Muhammad Ali documentary, we’ve seen them all, right? Not so, says Michael Woods, who offers a preview of Tuesday night’s premiere.
read moreRoss Greenburg remembers Harold Lederman
As competent a pharmacist, Harold Lederman was a beloved TV fixture who was even more competent as HBO’s ‘unofficial official.’ Ross Greenburg looks back.
read moreAleksandr Usyk named Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year 2018, all category winners revealed
The undisputed cruiserweight champion of the world owns 2018. Massive congratulations to all nominees and category winners.
read moreFistianados commentary: boxing’s entry into the streaming universe
This is a continuing series of articles that looks at how the boxing world is adapting to the next technological...
read moreDougie’s Monday mailbag (Goodbye HBO Boxing, Lomachenko-Pedraza, Teofimo Lopez)
A SAD ENDING FOR HBO Hi Doug, Merry Christmas to you and your family from all of us here. I wanted to...
read moreHBO closes curtain on boxing with uninspiring show topped by Cecilia Braekhus’ win
After almost 46 years, most of them at the forefront of the sport, HBO closed the curtain on their coverage of boxing Saturday with a tripleheader from StubHub Center, the site of some of the most savage fights over the years.
read more