by Fox Doucette Oscar De La Hoya, in his absolute prime and still undefeated, stepped up to welterweight for the first time in 1997 and solved quite possibly the greatest defensive fighter of all time in Pernell Whitaker en route to a unanimous decision. Sugar Ray Leonard, over eight rounds in November of 1980, not only avenged the only loss of his “real” career (let us never … [Read more...]
The Best December Fights Ever!: This Is The Sunday Brunch
Hello team and welcome to a holly jolly, cinnamon broom scented edition of boxing’s number one holiday-themed mid-Sunday afternoon pugilistic paper; we are the Dustin Hoffman’s character from Rain Man of boxing columns. Today we take a look at Decembers past at some of the biggest, most influential and impactful fights that took place in this auspicious month. So, grab on to … [Read more...]
All is well that Enswell: This is boxing’s Sunday Brunch
Hello team and welcome to another star-studded episode of boxing's Sunday Brunch. This week we're chopping some big fights from over the weekend - from the Former Soviet Union all the way to the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey - Hold on to your locally grown blueberries and crack open an ice cold cerveza Quilmes (the national beer of Argentina), we're about to get … [Read more...]
The Sh-t List: 10 Greatest Performance Enhancers of All-Time
by Alphonso Costello In honor of Lamont Peterson’s failed drug test and subsequent cancellation of his rematch against Amir Khan, I took it upon myself to research and compile a list of the sport’s most notorious drug cheats. The following list is made up of boxers who received, tested positive or admitted to using performance enhancing drugs. So let’s ditch the fluff … [Read more...]
The Needle and the Damage Done: Boxing’s Dangerous Dance with PEDs
by Paul Magno "The testing is completely and totally inept in the sport of boxing...I don't believe they want to know just how rampant the use of drugs really is." -- Victor Conte, Founder and President of BALCO. In 1991, a 34-year old Sugar Ray Leonard came out slow and sluggish in his one-sided loss to Terry Norris. It was a continuation of a three-year slide for the … [Read more...]