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Blame It on Black Male Pathology: Why Bella Gonzalez Can’t Just Have a Fatty

During this weekend’s main event, Showtime Pay-Per-View sandwiched eight rounds of anti-climactic boxing between two spectacular events. If you watched the fight, you saw them: in round 3, Manny Pacquiao hit Shane Mosley with a beautiful straight left that put him on the canvas, and drew the obligatory “Ohhhhh!” from the guys with whom I…

May 9, 2011
July 4th marked the 100th Anniversary of the Fight of the Century

This Fourth of July weekend will mark the 100th anniversary of that match between Jack Johnson and Jim Jefferies in Reno that divided a nation and sparked racial riots throughout the country, resulting in the U.S. military being called in to quell hostilities

July 6, 2010
Boxing’s Ann Wolfe: One tough lady

A short video about a woman that went from homeless to the best female boxer in the world. She now trains and coaches 25-0 professional fighter James Kirkland. Watch and be amazed!

April 16, 2009
[People on the Move] Javan “Sugar” Hill

Ray Robinson, Ray Leonard, and now Sugar Hill. The future of boxing is in the hands of a Detroit native, and he’s one of our own.

January 14, 2009