At news.google.com, I have a section for the top boxing news. It’s fascinating what gets selected sometimes. But clearly the fact that Lindsay Lohan’s dad is going to fight for charity is big boxing news, and deserves its spot on my section. And since Jose Canseco donned boxing gear for the same purpose, albeit for […]

Last month I had the pleasure of speaking with New York based prospect Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin while he was away at training camp preparing for his fight with Sam Hill that took place on September 17.¬†¬†A loquacious, undefeated middleweight, Quillin has rapidly become a fan favorite throughout the five boroughs of New York. Possessing […]

I spoke last week with Al Bernstein, one of the best boxing analysts in the biz, about a new project he’s got going that’s, understandably, right up Ring Report’s alley: The intersection of boxing and the Internet. Everyone knows about Bernstein’s broadcast career, in which he did a stint with ESPN and these days can […]

When the brass at NBC announced plans to air a boxing reality show back in 2005, emotions where mixed but the majority of fans and media firmly believed that the expose generated by the network giant would go a long way in restoring boxing‚Äôs position as a major sport in America once again.¬† Expectations where […]

Once upon a time not so long ago, a boxer kissed his opponent on the forehead, then knocked him out, “kiss of death” style. This, from last night, is a little different: In a strange sequence, Nevada‚Äôs Jesse Vargas (2-0) was kissed on the ear and licked on the face by the much taller Trenton […]

Oh, Yuriorkis.

A news release in my inbox from Don King Promotions about the quality Dec. 11 cruiserweight (200 lbs.) showdown between Steve Cunningham and Tomasz Adamek in Newark, N.J. says, simply: “Versus will broadcast the bout live.” Dan Rafael’s blog also reports that the network will broadcast the show. This is THE fight in the cruiserweight […]

Economy got you down? Think $54.95 is too much of a luxury to spend on Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao Dec. 6? Not drunk? Clearly, the solution to all of your problems is beer. You see, if you kick in for a 12-pack of Tecate for $11.99 — which will come in some kind of […]

Ask mixed martial arts fans why they prefer MMA over boxing, and one rather common answer goes something like this: “It’s how fights are out on the streets.” That makes it more authentic to them. They might add, “A UFC fighter beats a boxer in a street fight any day.” There are lots of counter-arguments […]

Sandwiched between interesting weekends in boxing if not quite big ones comes this edition of “Quick Jabs,” featuring members of Congress, the Utah Jazz, the Statue of Liberty and spies — all sandwiched themselves between copious gobs of info-tainment about pugilism.

In what had the look beforehand of a night of sitting ducks, the ducks decided to do some flappin’. Shane Mosley had some trouble with the wildly unpredictable Ricardo Mayorga before finishing him off in literally the last second of Saturday’s HBO double-header, while Andre Berto got unnerved early by Steve Forbes only to squash […]

Paul Williams’ steamrolling of a legit middleweight (160 lbs.) on Versus Network Thursday night provoked in me a fresh round of outrage that a Williams rematch with Antonio Margarito for clear welterweight supremacy (147 lbs.) still isn’t on the map. It isn’t alone among important, exciting bouts that boxing’s powers-that-be — and in some cases, […]

The post-Bob Arum era of Versus arrived with five straight early knockouts, none more mind-bending than Paul Williams’, which is not going to help his whole “most avoided boxer in the world” title. Chris Arreola was the other featured star, but three prospects got some air time, too. It wasn’t bad entertainment, not at all, […]

Usually the best stuff in a Ricardo Mayorga fight comes beforehand. Maybe he’ll mock his opponent’s dead mother, or perhaps he’ll step on the scale at the weigh-in with a slice of pizza in hand. But boxing’s ultimate villain has been rather tame this time around. That means we’re left with the actual in-ring business. […]

I used to be one of them.¬† I used to be one of those fight fans who looked down on the sanctioning bodies, chiding them and harping atop my soap box about how they should be abolished.¬† In my eyes, the sanctioning bodies were the physical manifestation of all that was evil.¬† I mentioned their […]