Powers That Be

This is part of a two-article package exploring the impact of promoters Don King and Bob Arum, as well as...

Come Out Writing

BRING BACK THE BOB & DON DAYS Is it just me, or does it seem like there are hardly any big...

Outside the Ropes

BACK TO THE PEOPLE There’s one crucial ingredient for a sport to be popular: the populace. Likewise, it can’t be “the...

EL ROSTRO DEL BOXEO

by Thomas Hauser

Nacido en Brooklyn, educado en Harvard Brooklyn ha producido a algunos grandes boxeadores a lo largo de los años. Mike Tyson,...

The Face of Boxing

by Thomas Hauser

BROOKLYN-BORN AND HARVARD LAW SCHOOL-BRED Brooklyn has produced some outstanding fighters over the years. Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, Mark Breland, Shannon...

The Rise and Fall of the HBO Empire, Part 2

by Joseph Santoliquito

Above: HBO's groundbreaking "Boxing After Dark" series premiered in 1996 with Marco Antonio Barrera's 12th-round stoppage of Kennedy McKinney. (Getty...