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2 weeks ago | 
tss.ib.tv | Arne K. Lang
The flags at the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, are flying at half-staff in honor of boxing trainer Kenny Adams who passed away Monday (April 7) at age 84 at a hospice in Las Vegas. Adams was formally inducted into the Hall in June of last year but was too ill to attend the ceremony.
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2 weeks ago | 
tss.ib.tv | Arne K. Lang
The flags at the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, are flying at half-staff in honor of boxing trainer Kenny Adams who passed away Monday (April 7) at age 84 at a hospice in Las Vegas. Adams was formally inducted into the Hall in June of last year but was too ill to attend the ceremony.
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2 weeks ago | 
tss.ib.tv | Arne K. Lang
There were a lot of heavyweights in action across the globe this past weekend including six former Olympians. The big fellows added luster to a docket that was deep but included only one world title fight. The bout that attracted the most eyeballs was the 10-rounder in Manchester between Filip Hrgovic and Joe Joyce. Hrgovic took the match on three weeks’ notice when Dillian Whyte suffered a hand injury in training and was forced to pull out.
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2 weeks ago | 
tss.ib.tv | Arne K. Lang
In a battle to retain heavyweight contender status, Filip Hrgovic out-fought Joe “The Juggernaut” Joyce to win by unanimous decision on Saturday on Queensberry Promotions’ first card on DAZN. It was a heavyweight brawl. Croatia’s Hrgovic (18-1, 14 KOs) was the more accurate puncher over England’s Joyce (16-4, 15 KOs) in their heavyweight title fight at Manchester, England. Both were coming off losses. Hrgovic, 32, entered the boxing ring as a replacement for Joyce’s original foe Dillian Whyte.
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3 weeks ago | 
tss.ib.tv | Arne K. Lang
This reporter was rummaging around the internet last week when he stumbled on a story in the May 1950 issue of Ebony under the byline of Mike Jacobs. Boxing was then in the doldrums (isn’t it always?) and Jacobs, the most powerful promoter in boxing during the era of Joe Louis, was lassoed by the editors of the magazine to address the question of whether the over-representation of black boxers was killing the sport at the box office.
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3 weeks ago | 
tss.ib.tv | Arne K. Lang
William Zepeda Edges Past Tevin Farmer in Cancun; Improves to 34-0No surprise, once again William Zepeda eked out a win over the clever and resilient Tevin Farmer to remain undefeated and retain a regional lightweight title on Saturday. There were no knockdowns in this rematch. The Mexican punching machine Zepeda (33-0, 17 KOs) once more sought to overwhelm Farmer (33-8-1, 9 KOs) with a deluge of blows.
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4 weeks ago | 
tss.ib.tv | Arne K. Lang
George Foreman had two careers as a prizefighter. He finished his first career with a record of 45-2 and his second career with a record of 31-3. The two careers were interrupted by a 10-year intermission. During the lacuna, George morphed seamlessly into a different person. The first George Foreman was menacing and the second George Foreman was cuddly. But in both incarnations, Foreman was larger than life. It seemed as if he would be with us forever.
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1 month ago | 
tss.ib.tv | Arne K. Lang
Sebastian Fundora proved too tall and too powerful for challenger Chordale Booker in retaining the WBC and WBO super welterweight titles by TKO on Saturday in Las Vegas. Despite a year off, Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) showed the shorter fellow southpaw Booker (23-2) that rust would not be a factor in front of the crowd at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. “I felt ready this whole time. I’ve been working very hard,” said Fundora.
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1 month ago | 
tss.ib.tv | Arne K. Lang
Twenty-six million Aussies can’t be wrong. All eyes will be focused on an Aussie boxing card that features former champion George Kambosos Jr. along with two female world champions early Saturday morning. It is early for viewers in America. At 1 a.m. PT on Saturday, March 22, George Kambosos (21-3, 10 KOs) meets late replacement Jake Wyllie (16-1, 15 KOs) at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia DAZN will stream the Matchroom Boxing card.
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1 month ago | 
tss.ib.tv | Arne K. Lang
“I always wanted to be great. Not great like Muhammad Ali; just great in my community. If little kids followed behind me every time I went out running, that would be the summit.”The speaker is Chordale Booker and when he talks about his community, one gets the sense that he is talking about the entire city of Stamford, Connecticut, the city that hued him. Chordale (pronounced Cor-dell) dreams about returning to Stamford next week laureled as a world boxing champion.
