Monthly Archives: January 2025

Haru Nagano, longtime manager at the Teiken Gym in Tokyo, Japan, has died at age 99, the WBC announced Sunday.  Nagano “was a fundamental essential for the enormous number of fighters who have passed through its prestigious portals,” the WBC wrote in a…

There will never be an official or objective pound-for-pound list in boxing, for it is only ever a matter of opinion. Yet that still doesn't diminish the fun of trying to place the world's best fighters in some sort of order. It is even more…

As I write this on a Sunday morning in Vermont, the snow plows are hard at work outside (which is normal for this time of the year), while farther south, Washington, D.C. is preparing itself for six to 10 inches of snowfall (which is not).…

Lightweight Manuel Jaimes will accomplish another career milestone as he faces one of the hottest prospects in boxing, Abdullah Mason, on February 14 in New York City. Jaimes, 24, is a Stockton, California-based fighter who turned professional in 2018. Despite the humble beginnings…