Born on this day: Lennox Lewis
British by birth, Jamaican by heritage, Canadian by adoption, and worldwide ambassador for the sport of boxing. Former Olympic gold...
read moreBorn on this day: Riddick Bowe
Boxing still has a lot of unanswered questions. Although it is not one of the most pressing ones, the question...
read moreOn this day: MSG melee follows Golota disqualification against Riddick Bowe
Arguably the most notorious night in modern boxing history. On July 11, 1996, former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe was the beneficiary...
read moreBest I Covered – Jim Lampley
In recent years, boxing has been filled with many voids both in and out of the ring that are irreplaceable....
read moreTyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and the great glamour division trilogies
Spectacular action, controversy and the downright bizarre have been hallmarks of boxing history’s greatest heavyweight trilogies. Tyson Fury, The Ring Magazine...
read moreRoy Jones Jr. and Felix Trinidad enter the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame
Roy Jones Jr. and Felix Trinidad have done enough throughout their careers to have a wing of their own in...
read moreA quarter-century ago, first Bowe-Golota fight could have been a great upset instead of just upsetting
Not long after the first pairing of former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe and Andrew Golota were central figures in an...
read moreTito Trinidad tops the list of 2021 inductees to the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame
The Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame (ACBHOF) on Monday announced its 2021 class, topped by Felix “Tito” Trinidad. Trindad will...
read moreDougie’s Monday Mailbag (Rocky Marciano, Caleb Plant, heavyweight rankings)
RATING MARCIANO AND THE ‘SMALL’ HEAVYWEIGHTS Hi Doug, First time writer, but longtime reader. Thanks for providing bright spots during the virus-caused...
read moreBest I Faced: Tyrell Biggs
Former amateur star Tyrell Biggs never lived up to his vast potential as a professional, partly due to his party-going...
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