CNN Broadcasts HBO® Reality Series 24/Mayweather/Cotto Four-Part Boxing Special Airs at Midnight ET/PT on CNN/U.S. beginning Saturday, April 14 HBO’s Emmy-Award®-winning reality series ’24/7′ is returning to CNN, which will air replays of the all-new four-part series 24/7 MAYWEATHER/COTTO, beginning Saturday, April 14 at midnight ET/PT. In the lead-up to …
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By Johnny Walker, reporting from Atlantic City It was an afternoon to celebrate at the Resorts Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey yesterday for a raucous, packed house of Polish fight fans, as both Mariusz “The Viking” Wach and Artur “The Pin” Szpilka scored knockout wins in their …
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By Dr.M.Lee(Doc)Stanley Sr. He always had the hat, most time it was straw. And let me add another fact, in his mouth a cigar he’d gnaw. His entrance always grandeur, His smile warm and genuine. Can’t say this any plainer, I’ll miss this friend of mine. He’d always find time …
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ESPN will pay special tribute to iconic boxing writer and sports historian Bert Sugar today on ESPN Classic with fifteen hours of programming beginning at 3 p.m. ET. Sugar passed away on Sunday at the age of 75. Sugar was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005. …
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By Jackie Kallen Bye, Bert. R.I.P. I hope the first thing you do in heaven is light up one of your big, fat, smelly cigars and put on your ever-present fedora. That way you will be easily recognized by Angelo Dundee and your other many friends who preceded you there. …
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BY PHILIP H. ANSELMO Randolph “Bert” Sugar is so gracefully engrained in the minds of boxing folk and boxing fans and other would-be historians that can only aspire to be of his ilk, it’s crazy. The man was a straight-up LIFER and contributor to the sport. To say he will …
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By Ivan G. Goldman Bert Sugar was a great promoter of world-famous Bert Sugar, yet unlike so many cleverly marketed commodities that lack substance (sugary beers, crippling athletic shoes, thieving, incompetent banks, etc.), Bert was solid at his core. He actually knew what he was talking about and could talk …
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By: William Holmes “What you saw tonight, and thanks to NBC and their willingness to look at things differently, is what happens when a matchmaker makes the fight and not a television executive or a newspaper reporter. What you saw is three tremendous fights.” —Kathy Duva, Promoter of Main Events. …
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By: William Holmes “What do you hope to accomplish by doing this?” he said as he peered at me from across the table. My father, a man in his mid 60’s, asked me this question while eating dinner. He was a little bit skeptical when I told him I was …
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By Hans Olson Erik Morales, who has for years has thrilled and awed, may have seen his illustrious career come to the end of the line. In an exciting drama-filled battle, “El Terrible” showed all the signs of heart he’s always fought with, but lacked certain qualities that it takes …
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