Andres the giants of US boxing team
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ATHENS - Calling all Andres. Maybe that&#39;s what&#39;s wrong with the US boxing team. Not enough Andres. Only two US boxers reached today&#39;s medal round, middleweight Andre Dirrell and light heavyweight Andre Ward.
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The Davis Cup players from the United States won one competition Sunday in Estadio Olimpico. Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish and the Bryan twins pulled out a 5-3 victory
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Rafael Marquez captured the World Boxing Council super bantamweight title on Saturday when holder Israel Vazquez quit on his stool before the start of the eighth round due to breathing difficulties from a broken nose.
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It was a rumble at the Big Razor (as Gillette Stadium is widely known). Historically, El Salavador and the United States men don&#39;t much like
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NEW YORK -- The folks at Madison Square Garden like to call their building the mecca of boxing. For one night, the show lived up to that hyperbole.
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ATHENS, Greece - In the waning seconds of the final fight of the preliminary round, US super heavyweight Jason Estrada shuffled his feet, bobbed his head and playfully raised his left hand in the classic pose of exuberant boxers. Estrada ...
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Since Lennox Lewis&#39;s retirement, the heavyweight division has been knocked for having more quantity than quality. Eight heavyweights on Saturday night&#39;s card at Madison Square Garden hope to change that perception, at least for one night.
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In 1948, the Giants had an opening for a trainer. A young man named John Johnson filled it.
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Gary Russell Jr. won his bout in the 119-pound division and Raynell Williams won at 125 pounds yesterday to earn the final berths on the United States Olympic boxing team in Houston.The winners in the other nine Olympic weight classes were decided Saturday night: Luis Yanez (106 pounds), Rauâshee Warren (112), Sadam Ali (132), Javier Molina (141), Demetrius Andrade (152), Shawn Estrada (165), Christopher Downs (178), Deontay Wilder (201) and Michael Hunter (201-plus).The world championships will be Oct. 23-Nov. 3 in Chicago. The top eight finishers in each division will qualify for Beijing.
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If Bernard Hopkins beats Oscar De La Hoya in what should be the richest non-heavyweight fight in history early on Sunday, he will cement his place among the great middleweights of all time.
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Las Vegas - Vitali Klitschko&#39;s fight with Danny Williams on Saturday will be the biggest heavyweight clash ever - at least in the ring.
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Andrew Golota has been in his fair share of wars in the ring, and whether he has it in him to endure another remains to be seen. Not that I expect his bout with John Ruiz to be one.
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Mention Bernard Hopkins, and Felix Trinidad winces. Bring up Oscar De La Hoya or Roy Jones, and Trinidad shakes his head.
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Not Surprisingly, tonight&#39;s middleweight fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas between Bernard Hopkins and Oscar de la Hoya is being called the &quot;Fight of the Century&quot;.
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At Saturday night&#39;s buffet of heavyweight boxing at Madison Square Garden, some fighters brought more to the table than others.
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Uh, about that &quot;Once and For All&quot; that Erik Morales-Marco Antonio Barrera III was titled. Forget it. Finality is set aside in boxing when to do so means good business, and these
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Winky Wright toiled for years in boxing's minor leagues, patiently waiting for his big chance. Even when he won a piece of the 154-pound title, not many in the sport paid much attention. Then Wright beat Shane Mosley, and everything changed. Suddenly, his name was in the mix among the Trinidads, De La Hoyas and Hopkins who bring big money to the table.