Yearly Archives: 2024

Outraged, pleased or indifferent may be the varying reactions to unbeaten welterweight Conor Benn being cleared to fight again. To most, what matters most is that England’s Benn will fight again two years after failing two tests for the banned performance-enhancing substance clomiphene, a…

Before dying in 1985, Cus D’Amato was Mike Tyson’s surrogate father, manager, trainer, and the man largely responsible for shaping Tyson into the tour de force he eventually became.  Tyson went on to work with many of the sport’s top trainers throughout his career,…

Featherweight contender Bruce Carrington’s first big moment on ESPN came when he celebrated a knockout win by mimicking one of Mike Tyson’s iconic speeches. It’s no surprise he felt emotional meeting Tyson during fight week media obligations—a powerful moment for the two Brooklyn fighters sharing…

Chris Billam-Smith expects Gilberto Ramirez to prove the “most well-rounded” opponent of his career. On Saturday at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the WBO and WBA champions contest their titles and their statuses as the leading rivals to Jai Opetaia as the…