By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor It was inevitable and boxing promoters are beginning to see the picture when Manny Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight title tomorrow night from Australia. It has nothing to do with Pacquiao and his continued quest at […]
By Hans Themistode Heather Hardy stepped back into the ring March 4th in Brooklyn New York at the Barclays Center against opponent Edina Kiss and delivered her normal terrific performance when she easily outpointed her opponent over eight rounds. Heather […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor You want hype? Well, you have it with this talk of Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor battling in the squared circle. To me, the eventuality of such a fight is a long shot. Unless the […]
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Boxing has been revived and has survived another round in New York and the fighters are content. So are the promoters, matchmakers, managers, and trainers. Most of all the venues, including Madison Square Garden and […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor Lou Del Valle knows something about what it takes to be a world champion. A former New York City Golden Gloves champion propelled himself and became a WBA light heavyweight champion. He would lose to Virgil […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor Good luck, prosperity and all the best to you as we ring out the old and bring in a new year. And it is no different in the world of fun and games that this columnist […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor Boxing has survived another round in New York and the fighters are content. So are the promoters, matchmakers, managers, and trainers. Most of all the venues, including Madison Square Garden and the Barclays Center are back […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor Once upon a time the heavyweight division was the King of New York. Then there was Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe, Shannon Briggs, Evander Holyfield, Shannon Briggs the pride of Brooklyn, and a brawler named Mike Tyson. […]
By Rich Mancuso/Sports Editor New York based boxing promoter Lou DiBella is never one to hold back opinions about the sport and issues. Boxing is his love and passion and over the years Broadway Boxing has been a consistent […]
MAYOR DE BLASIO NAMES WEST 33RD STREET NEXT TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN “MUHAMMAD ALI WAY” Honoring “The Greatest,” street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues will be temporarily renamed for the next week NEW YORK––Mayor Bill de Blasio today […]
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali died of septic shock Friday night after he first arrived in the hospital Monday for a respiratory illness, a family spokesman said Saturday.
By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor Bert Randolph Sugar the late boxing author and historian wrote about Muhammad Ali in his book “The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists: “The boxing world was his stage. This playful and boastful fighter became the […]
Verdejo vs Diaz: Photo Gallery [Part 2] A special report from Rich Mancuso, Sports Editor Felix Verdejo and Christopher Diaz brought their training camp to East 151st street in the South Bronx last Saturday. To the delight […]
Renan Ruiz knows there is more to his potential in the ring.
Verdejo ready for another Garden New York event: Will there be a knockout? By Rich Mancuso/ Sports Editor TOP RANK RETURNS TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WITH VERDEJO: Bob Arum was back at Madison Square Garden Thursday afternoon and without Miguel […]
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