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November 16, 2011
FDNY vs. NYPD in Charity Boxing Match for Wounded Veteran
This Saturday, the NYPD and FDNY are occupying (ha!) Madison Square Garden for a good cause. The NYPD Fighting Finest will fight the FDNY Bravest in the Battle of the Badges, a boxing match for charity. The boxing match is happening just a week after Veterans Day and benefits former soldiers. ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
Klitschko
This Saturday, the NYPD and FDNY are occupying (ha!) Madison Square Garden for a good cause. The NYPD Fighting Finest will fight the FDNY Bravest in the Battle of the Badges, a boxing match for charity. The boxing match is happening just a week after Veterans Day and benefits former soldiers. ... More >>
Blogs
September 19, 2011
Floyd Mayweather Didn't Throw a Sucker Punch; Victor Ortiz Was the Sucker
On Saturday night, Floyd Mayweather stepped in and administered a lethal left-right combination to Victor Ortiz that produced the most stunning knockout of Mayweather's professional career. That he would have punched a guy who simply wanted to hug him seems to have offended millions of viewers ar ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Floyd Mayweather, You're a Frat Boy! Stop Screwing Around with 50 Cent and Just Fight Manny Pacquiao Already.
If you've been wondering why Floyd Mayweather has, for the past two years, been unable to come to terms with Manny Pacquiao for a fight which could gross $100 million — or is that $150 million? — then take a look at this bit from HBO's pre-fight publicity series, Mayweather vs. Ortiz 2 ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
Will Mexicans Ever Return to Mexico to Make It Better?
And do they hate Manny Pacquiao?
Voice Choices
September 22, 2010
KNOCK OUT
Amateur boxing in Chinatown
Blogs
June 7, 2010
A Grande Time at the Olde Stadium: Yuri Foreman vs. Miguel Cotto, New York vs. the World
Some things go down in history because they're remarkable: Baby scales Mount Everest, by accident! Some things go down in history because of what they are, whether anyone cares or not: The third summit meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia is happen ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
Yuri Foreman vs. Miguel Cotto: Good Old-Fashioned Ethnic Warfare at Yankee Stadium
(Bebeto Matthews/AP via the MLB)Cotto (L) and Foreman at the stadiumThere are lots of Jews and Puerto Ricans in New York. And that, once you sweep away a fine layer of euphemism, is why boxing is returning to Yankee Stadium tomorrow night after a 34-year hiatus. Yuri Foreman is an Orthodox J ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2010
Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley Predictions, and Why Mixed Martials Arts Hasn't Finished Off Boxing
In 1982, I wrote my first story for the Voice, a profile of Bert Randolph Sugar, then editor of Ring Magazine. The piece was hooked to the Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney heavyweight championship fight, still one of the biggest-grossing bouts in boxing history. Twenty-eight years later, Sugar is ... More >>
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March 22, 2010
Mike Tyson and Pigeon Racing: the Latest PETA Outrage
Of all the sports leads we never expected to read, this has got to be number one: "Animal rights activists are crying foul over boxer Mike Tyson's plans to host a reality show featuring pigeon racing. This from today's Daily News story by Erin Durkin. In a single sentence we were alerted ... More >>
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February 20, 2010
Yuri Foreman-Miguel Cotto WBA Title Bout Moving, Maybe, to Yankee Stadium
There was a bar mitzvah scheduled in June for Yankee Stadium, and it's still going to take place, but with slightly more impressive entertainment. The Yankees organization announced Friday that the young guest of honor is almost certainly going to share the stadium on his big day with the WBA ... More >>
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December 17, 2009
Clip Job: Barbara Long Takes Apart The Archer-Griffith Bout Of 1966
Barbara Long, the Voice's no-nonsense boxing criticClip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 21, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 40 On One Hand in a Two-Handed Society By Barbara Long Three one-handed wonders showed up at Madison Square Garden last week. Joey Archer was there to tak ... More >>
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November 2, 2009
Clip Job: Barbara Long Has a Boxing Proposition
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 2, 1965, Vol. XI, No. 7 The Lady Proposes A Final Solution By Barbara Long Hell's bells, baby, it's not my fault, so don't blame me. Okay, I like fights. I'm not ashamed of that. True, there is a copy of Nat Fleischer's "Fif ... More >>
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October 12, 2009
Clip Job: A Riotous Good Time At the Fights
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives August 12, 1965, Vol. X, No. 43 Good Night at the Fights By Barbara Long A riot? Not really. True, there was a bit of hanky panky following the fight at Madison Square Garden last week. One hundred or so of the 7,000 people present d ... More >>
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July 8, 2009
Soul Power Follows the Artists Who Went with Ali to Zaire
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives August 12, 1965, Vol. X, No. 43 Good Night at the Fights By Barbara Long A riot? Not really. True, there was a bit of hanky panky following the fight at Madison Square Garden last week. One hundred or so of the 7,000 people present d ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2009
Jockbeat: Making Sense of Alexis Arguello
Arguello-Pryor, Fight of the DecadeAlexis Arguello -- three-time professional boxing champion, mayor of Managua, Nicaragua, and friend of the Voice -- died this past Wednesday, apparently by his own hand. Not Martin Scorsese with a screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga could have made sense out of A ... More >>
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April 24, 2009
Jockbeat: The Beguiling Power of Mike Tyson
In the interest of full disclosure, James Toback owes me money. At a party in 1992, he assured me that if Evander Holyfield ever met Mike Tyson, Tyson would surely destroy him. We made a $100 bet. You know how that one turned out. At a memorial service for Pauline Kael in the winter of 2 ... More >>
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April 22, 2009
Tyson Delivers a Powerful Blow; Fighting is Down for the Count
In the interest of full disclosure, James Toback owes me money. At a party in 1992, he assured me that if Evander Holyfield ever met Mike Tyson, Tyson would surely destroy him. We made a $100 bet. You know how that one turned out. At a memorial service for Pauline Kael in the winter of 2 ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2009
Jockbeat: Boxing Takes an Uppercut to the Chin
No one put it quite this way, but you get the feeling that the old guard boxing culture understands that with Oscar De La Hoya's retirement -- and this time it would appear to be for real -- that an era has come to an end. Boxing will continue to be a major sport in the U.S., but increasingly ... More >>
Blogs
January 22, 2009
Jockbeat: José Torres, Friend to the Voice
Author, boxing official, champion prize fighter, and friend to the Voice José Torres died of a heart attack on Monday, January 19, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. RIchard Goldstein has a lengthy obit at the Times. Torres's Sting like A Bee: The Muhammad Ali Story, published in 1971 with a preface by Norman ... More >>
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December 5, 2008
Tor Hamer is now 2-0
Author, boxing official, champion prize fighter, and friend to the Voice José Torres died of a heart attack on Monday, January 19, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. RIchard Goldstein has a lengthy obit at the Times. Torres's Sting like A Bee: The Muhammad Ali Story, published in 1971 with a preface by Norman ... More >>
News
November 26, 2008
The Gentleman Boxer
Well-educated, well-off, from a good family . . . what makes Tor Hamer fight?
Voice Choices
November 5, 2008
KNOCK-OUT
Roy Jones Jr. aims to end Joe Calzaghe's winning streak
Blogs
August 28, 2008
Cops vs. Cops Boxing Match Tonight!
Roy Jones Jr. aims to end Joe Calzaghe's winning streak
Blogs
August 16, 2008
Golden Gloves Champ Shot Dead in Bronx
Roy Jones Jr. aims to end Joe Calzaghe's winning streak
Voice Choices
May 13, 2008
SUNDAY | 5.18
Roy Jones Jr. aims to end Joe Calzaghe's winning streak
Voice Choices
May 13, 2008
MOMMY DEAREST
A lustful uppercut to the chin from the distant past
Blogs
July 20, 2007
Norman Mailer Chews Rip Torn's Ear Off
A lustful uppercut to the chin from the distant past
Screens
March 7, 2006
Why You Will Never Take Ambien Again
A lustful uppercut to the chin from the distant past
Screens
February 28, 2006
Writer Smacksdown Arturi Gatti in Midtown Hotel!
A lustful uppercut to the chin from the distant past
News
September 30, 2003
Sports
A lustful uppercut to the chin from the distant past
News
June 3, 2003
Sports
A lustful uppercut to the chin from the distant past
Film
April 8, 2003
Radical Cheek
Thinking Outside the Box
News
December 10, 2002
Bigger Is Not Better
A Yawning Gap in the Heavyweight Division
News
November 26, 2002
Smash Sequel
Gatti-Ward: The Hits Kept On Coming
News
September 17, 2002
Bloody Bad Show
Gatti-Ward Will Be Nothing but a Smash Hit
News
July 23, 2002
The Rumble in DUMBO
Ex-Boxer vs. Impact Addict: An Opera
News
March 12, 2002
Kids Get Hit by Adults
At Least in Golden Gloves, They Get to Hit Back
Books
February 5, 2002
Blood Sport
At Least in Golden Gloves, They Get to Hit Back
News
December 25, 2001
Lords of the Ring
At Least in Golden Gloves, They Get to Hit Back
News
November 20, 2001
Sports
At Least in Golden Gloves, They Get to Hit Back
News
October 23, 2001
Fighting for Their Rights
And Their Lefts. Women Foment a Boxer Rebellion
News
September 11, 2001
Mind Over Splatter
Hopkins’s Strategy: Wave a Red Flag at Trinidad
News
July 3, 2001
Macho Man and Son
Different Paths for the Fighting Camachos
News
December 5, 2000
The Main Event
Boxing’s Middle Weights Save the Sport Again
Theater
September 12, 2000
Lords of the Ring
Boxing’s Middle Weights Save the Sport Again
News
November 9, 1999
Sports
Boxing’s Middle Weights Save the Sport Again
News
March 9, 1999
State of the Unification
The Heavyweight Championship is in crisis
News
January 12, 1999
Down for the Count
Christy Martin has fallen. The women's boxing world hopes she won't get up.

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