According to the British Boxing Board of Control the World Boxing Council has contacted them in support of their decision not to sanction the July 14 heavyweight showdown between David Haye and Dereck Chisora in London.

By Gabriel Montoya: In 2000, during the Elian Gonzalez controversy, New York-based author and boxing trainer Brin-Jonathon Butler made his first trip to Havana, Cuba. It was a trip that began a love affair with an island cut off from the rest of the world. Among those fighters is Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux, A 122 pound artist of a southpaw with dynamite in both hands, a strategist’s mentality who possesses one of...

By Danny Winterbottom: Merseyside has a long and rich history in the fight game. Over the last century the region has produced many great champions from Alan Rudkin to John Conteh but never a British champion in the heaviest division of all. In a bout that promoter Frank Maloney has called a “fight between two gentlemen” David Price will be...

By Steve Kim: The recent firestorm caused by what Manny Pacquiao said (and ultimately didn’t say in quoting scripture) regarding gay marriage brought to mind the famous quote of another iconic athlete associated with Nike. During his heyday, Michael Jordan was asked why he wouldn’t give an endorsement to Harvey Gantt, a well-liked African-American who...