Boxing fans have become used to the sight of women throwing leather in the ring. The sports chronicles though have still been largely kept by men. The exceptional Joyce Carol Oates offered On Boxing ...

There are many things the boxing public knows about Alexis Arguello. If you are looking for more, Christian Giudice's book, "Beloved Warrior: The Rise and Fall of Alexis Arguello," delivers it.

1. Fighters absorbing too much punishment begin to resemble their most vulnerable selves, perhaps none more than 118-pound Johnny Owen from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The “Merthyr Matchstick” was 24 years ...

Each year during the holiday season, I publish a list of what I consider to be the best books about boxing. That list, updated to accommodate recently published titles, follows. Taken together, the ...

NEW ORLEANS — The good, the bad, and the catastrophic would best describe the journey that WBC junior welterweight champion Regis Prograis has endured on his road to finding success in boxing. From ...

A remarkable boxing collection of 34 lots is up for auction, including pieces from Muhammad Ali's non-title fight with Rudi Lubbers in Indonesia in 1973, William Oxberry's Pancratia (1812) - the first ...

Call it the print version of Boxrec.com with a little more detail. The fifth edition of “The Boxing Register” might be the most comprehensive encyclopedia on boxing ever produced, complete with ...

THE PROFESSIONAL (338 pp.)—W. C. Heinz—Harper ($3.95). One of the remarkable facts about U.S. daily journalism is that its most talented practitioners write about games for boys —or, at any rate, ...