Boxing gyms are supposed to be 3D: dark, dank and dingy. The air is supposed to smell of vintage sweat, paint should look like it’s suing the wall for divorce and the heavy bags should look like they ...

While 2005 was very good, 2006 is shaping up to be a breakthrough year for the Duva Boxing stable of fighters Led by the Future King of the Heavyweights, Samuel Peter, Duva Boxing’s fighters, ...

Another year is winding down, and as the retail season prepares for the perennial frenzy of holiday shopping, the sweet science slows to a near-crawl, with only a sprinkling of noteworthy matches ...

You don’t have to be a geezer, like me, to gaze wistfully upon an era in which being the heavyweight champion of the world was an accomplishment to be proud of, not an embarrassment to hide from your ...

When members of USA Boxing’s national board of governors met last weekend in Rosemont, they faced a harsh mandate: Resign or be knocked out as amateur boxing’s governing body. If the 200-plus-member ...

About 30 years ago, boxing tournaments that featured Golden Gloves fighters from Chicago and New York were televised on the “Wide World of Sports” with Howard Cosell doing ringside commentary. But ...

Did you see the announcement the other day that the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota will enshrine 13 more guys during its annual induction ceremony next June? That'll bring the total ...

PHILLIPS, Neb. — The Hamilton County Boxing Academy is dark, dingy and smelly -- not unlike typical big-city boxing gyms. What makes it different is that it sits in the middle of rural Nebraska in a ...

Last week we took a sentimental look back at the past 12 months of local boxing and cited those who stood out in categories such as “Pro Fighter of the Year” and “Punch of the Year.” There wasn’t ...

Teddy Atlas got his start in boxing by brawling on the street. In his new memoir, the ESPN commentator recounts his career as a boxing trainer and his father's role in shaping that career. In Atlas: ...

EAST PALO ALTO — Cesar Paramo jabbed, bobbed and weaved in front of a vertical row of ball bags swinging back and forth at the East Palo Alto Boxing Club. “I’m working on my speed, movement and ...

Just to walk past the “Rocky Balboa” poster in the cineplex seems like deja vu all over again. The thick figure in that bulky gray sweat suit, black watch cap and fingerless woolen gloves, standing on ...