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Professional Boxing

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    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Film

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2007

    Norman Mailer Chews Rip Torn's Ear Off

    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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