By Matthew Hurley

The accolades Bernard Hopkins is now receiving for his master class performance against Kelly Pavlik are all warranted. The wily old veteran proved most of us wrong yet again.

By Matthew Hurley

In the weeks leading up to the WBA welterweight world boxing championship bout between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito rumors abound as to whom Oscar De La Hoya would choose as his dance partner in what was alleged to be his final fight in December.

By Matthew Hurley

This past Sunday at Nuff Ced McGreevy’s Third Base Saloon on Boylston Street in Boston, USA legendary writer George Kimball signed copies of his superb new boxing book Four Kings. Kimball has written for the Village Voice, the Phoenix, Rolling Stone and the Boston Herald from which he retired in 2005 after twenty-five years.

By Matthew Hurley

As Shane Mosley concludes preparations for his September 27th bout with Ricardo Mayorga the fighter who brazenly adopted the nickname ‘Sugar’ realizes that he is in the final stages of a hall of fame worthy career.

By Matthew Hurley: Every few weeks I make my way to the local Barnes and Noble to pick up the latest boxing magazines and then I make a quick check in the book section to see if any new selections have been published. Usually the boxing book shelf is filled with countless tomes on Muhammad Ali, most of them telling the same stories we’ve all heard many times over. But every so often an author takes on a new, interesting subject that hasn’t been tackled before.

By Matthew Hurley

“Kelly got the championship the right way. He earned it. I became a fan because of that.” So said Bernard Hopkins in regards to his October 18 opponent, WBC/WBO middleweight world champion Kelly Pavlik.

By Matthew Hurley

Yes, it was that good. Going into the welterweight showdown between WBA champion Miguel Cotto and challenger Antonio Margarito boxing fans were salivating over a match up that guaranteed fireworks.

By Matthew Hurley

As his July 26 showdown with Antonio Margarito approaches, WBA welterweight world champion Miguel Cotto now finds himself on the cusp of greatness.

By Matthew Hurley

Back in April of 1985 there was a fight contested for the WBA heavyweight crown between Greg Page and the aptly named Tony Tubbs that immediately went down as one of the worst fights ever contested for a belt in boxing’s premier division.