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The End of An Era for New York Boxing
by Mitch Abramson TheSweetScience.com When Sunnyside Gardens finally closed its doors in the mid '70s, a neighborhood in New York City didn't just lose a boxing arena, it laid to…
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A Decade Later. The Gerald McClellan Tragedy.
by Richard T. Slone February 25th will mark a decade. The tenth year that former middleweight champion Gerald McClellan has struggled with life since his fight with Nigel Benn left…
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When Does a Fighter Retire?
By Tom Donelson When does or should a boxer decide to say, "adios?" As for athletes in other sports, it depends upon the fighter. Take the case of Billy Soose.…
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Judging a Fight: Some Ideas
By Tom Donelson Judging a fight is very subjective. The one area in which most boxing pundits and judges appear to agree is the effect of a knockdown upon scoring.…
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The Poetic Sublimity of Being Cornered
By Scott Wilkerson In boxing, as in life, our best resource of strength during a crisis is, often, merely knowing that someone is in our corner. Tom Donelson's masterful and…
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Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson and the Moral Universe
By Scott Wilkerson Boxing, more than any other sport, is a story with a moral. And the boxer, more than any other athlete, is a creature of imagination. It is,…
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Dawson and Johnson put on a Great Show
Dawson passes toughest test of young career By: Phil Santos Overhandright.com That was it. All twelve rounds of Chad Dawson versus Glen Johnson epitomized what championship boxing is all about.…
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Zab Judah: The Elite Are Lining Up to Beat
Zab Super Judah; The man the Elite are lining up to Beat By: Phil Santos Overhandright.com His name still holds weight. He was once a solid champion who possessed three…