Sports x Film Series: Rocky Balboa, Heavyweight Champion of the Underdogs
By Daniel Bertorelli |
“Why this fighter of limited abilities has gained such popularity is a such a mystery”. This is a line we hear...
Hubbard: Why Fury is Right to Take a Walk on the Wilder Side
By Alan Hubbard |
It is the question on every fight fan's lips, and is certainly the one I am asked most frequently whenever I...
Is Boxing About to be Counted Out of the Olympic Games?
By Alan Hubbard |
As a long-time boxing fan I am now seriously concerned about the sport's future in the Olympic Games. If, indeed, it...
Could Boxing be Dropped from the Olympics?
By Evan Weiner |
Boxing, which has been a Summer Olympics mainstay since the 1904 St. Louis event, with the exception of the 1912 Stockholm...
Dear Kuya Manny: Please Retire at 60
By Benre J. Zenarosa |
Dear Kuya Manny,
In a true Filipino fashion, can I call you ‘Kuya’ since I've always seen you as an older...
Hubbard: Alarm Bells Ring as Rope-a-Dopers Become Rife in the Ring
The positive dope test on Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, one of the world’s greatest modern fighters, is a sure indication that boxing is fast joining...
Legendary Detroit Boxing Gym Destroyed in Suspected Arson
A Detroit boxing gym which has trained many successful fighters has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack.
The Kronk Recreation Center, where Emanuel Steward trained fighters...
Ortiz Fails Drug Test Before WBC Heavyweight Title Bout with Wilder
Cuba's Luis Ortiz has failed a drug test only weeks before he was due to challenge for the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title.
WBC President...
Hubbard: Triple G, Canelo Bring Back Middleweight Boxing’s Glory Days
They used to call the heavyweight championship of the world the richest prize in sport. Then along came Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Last month in Las...
Rocky Lives!
Forget the past. Forget the recent past. Forget the hype, the gimmicks, the circus, and the promoters. Forget the letdown of a long, overpriced...
