By Thomas Hauser
On August 18th, I posted an article on this website entitled "Shelly Finkel's Packaging Fee". The article outlined the complex contractual relationship between Finkel, Showtime, Main Events, and a group of young fighters that led to Shelly receiving a "packaging fee" of $1,725,000 from Showtime. 
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By Thomas Hauser: The business of boxing is generally conducted behind closed doors. But on occasion, the veil of secrecy is lifted and some interesting truths are revealed.
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By Thomas Hauser
This is the political season. The United States is at war in Iraq. Those realities have become inextricably intertwined.
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By Thomas Hauser: When Mike Tyson steps into the ring for his annual public workout on July 30th, once again he'll be fighting a British citizen.
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By Thomas Hauser
Don King has done a lot of things in his life, but his latest venture is truly special.
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Thomas Hauser talks boxing with Main Event attorney Pat English.
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By Thomas Hauser
The definitive history of contemporary sports in America has already been written. It starts in 1962 and continues to the present day. It encompasses the rise of the black athlete, westward expansion, the explosion of big money, and the dominance of television. There are vivid portraits of Muhammad Ali, Arnold Palmer, and Bill Russell, and glimpses of Jackie Robinson, Joe Louis, and Babe Ruth. Its author is Jerry Izenberg.
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By Thomas Hauser Whenever a professional boxing match takes place in New York, a good-natured, 41-year-old mother of two who works for the United States Postal Service is likely to be involved in every second of every round.
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By Thomas Hauser
On April 22, 2004, this writer recounted reports that Joe Mesi suffered a subdural hematoma (bleeding on the surface of his brain) after his March 13th victory in Las Vegas over Vassiliy Jirov. Following the fight, Mesi complained of a headache. Later in the month, he went to a neurologist in Buffalo, who ordered various tests including an MRI.
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By Thomas Hauser:
Shortly before Bernard Hopkins and Robert Allen answered the bell for round one earlier this month, a tall, slender, impeccably groomed man wearing a tuxedo entered the ring.
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By Thomas Hauser: A fighter got old overnight this past weekend at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but it wasn't 39-year-old Bernard Hopkins.
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By Thomas Hauser
The high cost of drugs and lack of medical insurance for millions of Americans will be issues in the upcoming presidential campaign. But boxing has its own medical problems. If fighters are to be properly protected, the following issues must be addressed:
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By Thomas Hauser
There's a stylish edge to Roy Jones and nothing phony about him. He says what he thinks and does pretty much what he wants to do. His talent as a fighter has earned him that right.
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By Thomas Hauser
Requesting that the United States Government conduct an investigation is serious business. Before doing so, one should, at the very least, get the facts straight.
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By Thomas Hauser Requesting that the United States Government conduct an investigation is serious business. Before doing so, one should, at the very least, get the facts straight.
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By Thomas Hauser
Somewhere in America, there's an unknown fighter who, a year from now, will be more famous than any of today's heavyweight champions.
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By Thomas Hauser
When Lennox Lewis retired earlier this year, it triggered a feeding frenzy that will continue into the foreseeable future.
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Thomas Hauser on the rumors surrounding Joe Mesi's last bout
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By Thomas Hauser
When Chris Byrd and Andrew Golota face off against one another at Madison Square Garden on April 17th, the third man in the ring will be Randy Neumann.
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By Thomas Hauser
Last year, I wrote a column in which a dozen boxing luminaries reminisced about the first professional fight they ever saw. That led to a flood of memories from others in the boxing community.
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By Thomas Hauser
When Lamon Brewster steps into the ring on April 10 to face Wladimir Klitschko for the WBO heavyweight crown, a 48 year-old-man named Sam Simon will be on the cusp of fulfilling a dream.
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By Thomas Hauser
The term "boxing writer" is often a misnomer. There are people with press credentials who report on fights. Others write snippets. But there are few writers.
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By Thomas Hauser
Boxing has a lot of problems, and phony rankings are high on the list.
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By Thomas Hauser:
HBO is poised to enter the Mike Tyson sweepstakes. After more than a decade of condemning the Tyson circus, the cable giant has had preliminary discussions with Tyson's advisors and is considering a multi-fight contract.
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By Thomas Hauser:
In the early 1950s, there was a sign posted over the telephone in Stillman's Gym in New York. "Watch it, fellows," the sign read. "The cops may be listening."
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By Thomas Hauser
Late last year, two young men made their way through fourteen inches of snow in New York. They were familiar with harsh winters, having spent their early years in the Soviet Union. Then they'd left the cold behind and moved with their families to Israel. For a while, they'd lived under the same roof in Haifa. Later, they'd gone separate ways. Now one lives in New York and the other in London. They hadn't seen each other for four years.
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By Thomas Hauser
The current FBI probe into boxing has broadened to include a manslaughter investigation into the death of Bradley Rone.
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By Thomas Hauser
The major media has largely abandoned boxing. Twenty years ago, virtually every big-city newspaper had a writer whose primary responsibility was to cover boxing. Now some newspapers haven't staffed a fight since Lewis-Tyson. Many newspapers don't even print the results of championship fights anymore.
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By Thomas Hauser
On Tuesday, January 9th, a dozen FBI agents raided the offices of Top Rank, Bob Arum's promotional company, in Las Vegas. The raid was conducted pursuant to a sealed search warrant. The agents seized computers, boxing contracts, medical records, and financial documents.
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By Thomas Hauser This is the fifth year in a row that I've devoted a holiday column to some thoughts from George Foreman.
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By Thomas Hauser December 6 was supposed to be Joe Mesi's night.
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By Thomas Hauser
There are very few companies in professional boxing that are known for decency and competence and are universally liked.
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By Thomas Hauser Roy Jones Jr is the most gifted fighter of his time.
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By Thomas Hauser Okay, gang. Listen up. This is a good one.
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By Thomas Hauser In October of last year, Bill Cayton told me that he had inoperable cancer in both lungs.
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By Thomas Hauser Oscar De La Hoya versus Shane Mosley was the second most important fight in boxing last week.
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By Thomas Hauser Hello, Rocky. Big day coming up. On September 1, you'll be eighty years old.
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By Thomas Hauser There's a time-honored rite of passage in boxing. And it can be ugly. A great fighter gets old.
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By Thomas Hauser Kenneth Bentley is a professional fighter. At least, he says he is.
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By Thomas Hauser On October 4, James Toney will step into the ring with Evander Holyfield.
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By Thomas Hauser Two careers ended in Atlantic City on June 7th.
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By Thomas Hauser On June 7, 2003, Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward will face off for Part Three of their Club Fight Trilogy.
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By Thomas Hauser
Steve Smoger (pictured refereeing Hopkins vs Trinidad) is universally recognized as one of the best referees in boxing. In recent years, he has also been a municipal court judge in Ventnor, Margate, Port Republic, and Pleasantville, New Jersey. Therein lies the quandry.
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By Thomas Hauser Cedric Kushner (pictured in his prime) looks healthier these days than he has in years.
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By Thomas Hauser "In some ways, I'm a mass of contradictions," says Jim Lampley.
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By Thomas Hauser
Ron Scott Stevens has been designated by Governor George Pataki as the new chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission. For the past eight years, the commission has been widely viewed as a slush fund for the Republican Party and a dumping ground for political patronage employees.
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By Thomas Hauser Boxing has a lot of problems.
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By Thomas Hauser
Mickey Duff, the venerable British boxing promoter, once said of a fellow who was giving him a hard time, "You've heard of someone being too smart for his own good. Well, this guy is three smart."
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By Thomas Hauser For ten years, Roy Jones Jr. has been a dominant force in professional boxing.
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