Antonio Tarver tested positive for synthetic testosterone, a banned substance
Former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver tested positive for synthetic testosterone, a banned substance, in a drug test before his heavyweight draw with Steve Cunningham. “I have no idea…
Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez stops Brian Viloria, retains flyweight title
Flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez strengthened his claim as the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world with his one-sided, ninth-round destruction of former unified titleh…
Andrzej Fonfara defeats Nathan Cleverly by unanimous decision
Murphy set a major league record with homers in six straight postseason games, snapping a tie with Carlos Beltran, who homered in five straight games during the 2004 postseason with the Houston Astros…
The 30 young boxers on the rise in 2015
These are good days for fighters aged over 30, so much so that even some of boxing’s up-and-comers, such as Gennady Golovkin and light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, are into their third…
Crawford’s title fight also about pound-for-pound pre-eminence
After 12 meetings this season, the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays are as familiar with each other’s approaches, tendencies, strengths and weaknesses as they’re ever going to be. …
Rigondeaux likely to be stripped of one of his belts
Unified junior featherweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux is on the verge of being stripped of one of his title belts because of inactivity. You might recall in July that Demetrius Andrade, who had n…
Golovkin’s path to global stardom runs through Lemieux
When Gennady Golovkin came to the United States in 2012, largely unknown despite owning a middleweight world title, he and Tom Loeffler. It sounded far-fetched as they met with various network executi…
Cunningham rematched with Tomasz Adamek and lost a split decision
Steve Cunningham twice won world titles in the cruiserweight division before doing what most cruiserweights eventually do, which is move up for greater glory and money at heavyweight. A heavyweight si…
Unbeaten heavyweight Luis Ortiz to fight Bryant Jennings on Dec. 19
The HBO boxing season has a good chance to end the year with a bang. Heavyweight knockout artist Luis Ortiz and top contender Bryant Jennings will meet in a toss-up fight Dec. Ortiz’s promoter, …
Mets’ Daniel Murphy sets mark with homer in sixth straight playoff game
Murphy set a major league record with homers in six straight postseason games, snapping a tie with Carlos Beltran, who homered in five straight games during the 2004 postseason with the Houston Astros…
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