The Loneliest Sport
By Dr. Tomi Wahlström |
Boxing has often been called the loneliest sport. This is true in many different ways. When a fighter is...
Boxer Patrick Day Dies After Suffering Brain Injury
By Philip Barker |
American boxer Patrick Day has died, age 27, after suffering a brain injury during a super welterweight bout against Charles...
Time to Reform the Not-So-Sweet Science
By Joseph D. Lewandowski, PhD |
The recent and tragic post-fight deaths of the Russian
junior welterweight Maxim Dadashev and Argentinian super lightweight Hugo
Santillan are...
Boxing on the Ropes After Two More Deaths and Doping Scandal
By Alan Hubbard |
Last week in this space, I was extolling the virtues of boxing when I wrote of my great passion for...
Olympic Gold Medal Winner Whitaker Dies After Being Hit by Car
By Daniel Etchells |
Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Pernell Whitaker has died after being hit by a vehicle in Virginia Beach, police have said.
The...
International Boxing Association Creates Commissions in Bid to Save Future
By Liam Morgan |
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has established three taskforces in a last-ditch bid to save its future after the Executive...
The Mental Aspect of Boxing
By Dr. Tomi Wahlström |
A recent heavyweight boxing match between Anthony Joshua and
Andy Ruiz Jr. was a surprise to everyone. Since the upset,...
Floored and Flawed, Joshua May Struggle to Pick Up the Pieces
By Alan Hubbard |
Well, was it an accident waiting to happen? The consensus among the fight fraternity was that sooner or later the...
Watanabe Promises Boxing Taskforce Will Find Tokyo 2020 Solutions for Athletes
By Michael Pavitt |
Morinari Watanabe, chair of a taskforce to oversee the delivery of a boxing competition at Tokyo 2020, has admitted he...
Joshua Claims Doping is ‘Out of Control’ in Boxing
By Liam Morgan |
Doping will only be taken seriously in boxing if a major incident occurs and the problem is "out of control"...
