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Longtime Boston Herald sports columnist and boxing writer George Kimball has died of esophageal cancer at age 67.

In a division stacked with talent and big names such as Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton, Juan Urango and Nate Campbell, Timothy Bradley is making a name for himself the old-fashioned way -- by wresting titles and winning fights.

Will Canadian fight fans come out to see Timothy Bradley take on Kendall Holt while another card takes place across town and they don't have a proverbial dog in the fight? It won't help that the fighters themselves seem to be looking past the bout.

Forget the glossy record: Undefeated or not, Johnathon Banks' chin was always suspect. Leave it to a no-nonsense vet like Tomasz Adamek to prove just how suspect by blasting out Banks on Friday.

When is a win not really a win? When you defeat your opponent but still lose your titles, as Nate Campbell did Saturday.

The deck seemed stacked in Herman Ngoudjo's favor: hometown fan support, a familiar ring and a one-dimensional opponent. So how is it that Juan Urango left the building with a junior welterweight title, while Ngoudjo was left to pick up the pieces?

Juan Urango wants in on the Manny Pacquiao sweepstakes. First, he'll have to carve a name for himself in the stacked 140-pound division. His chance to do that comes in a junior welterweight title tilt against Herman Ngoudjo in Montreal on Friday.

Though he excelled in both pursuits, Jose Chegui Torres wasn't merely a fighter or a journalist. Torres, who passed away Monday, leaves behind a legacy in boxing that stretches from Puerto Rico to New York -- and beyond.

Tomasz Adamek's thrilling, three-knockdown slugfest with Steve Cunningham might've come late in the year, but it must be considered as a potential fight of the year nonetheless, writes George Kimball.

Campaigning as a cruiserweight usually means a fighter is biding his time to make the leap or heavyweight, or he's just too lazy to make light heavyweight. Steve Cunningham is the exception: He's a cruiserweight by choice.

The main event between Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones might've delivered, but like so many pay-per-views before it, the undercard left a lot to be desired, writes George Kimball.

Saturday's battle between Roy Jones Jr. and Joe Calzaghe has been billed as the "Battle of the Superpowers," but is it a collision that would have been better served 10 years ago? Not so, say the fighters.

Friday's super middleweight showdown between Lucian Bute and Librado Andrade provided the fireworks and two-way action Montreal fight fans were hoping for, with one drawback -- a conclusive ending. George Kimball sifts through the controversy.

Saturday, 3 p.m. ET -- More on the "Four Kings" The guest panelists who discussed George Kimball's terrific book "Four Kings" shared some awesome inside stories. Emmanuel Steward on Tommy Hearns' loss to Marvin Hagler in 1985: "The night we lost t...

Blog | Conversation | October 18, 2008

Saturday, 2 p.m. ET -- The last great era of boxing? George Kimball's great new book "Four Kings" inspired a lively panel discussion at Caesar's. The book is about Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns and Roberto Duran, and how -- in nine ...

Blog | Conversation | October 18, 2008

Since the dawn of boxing, fighters have tried to make the leap from 160 pounds to 175 with varying degrees of success. Can middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik buck the trend when he fights Bernard Hopkins at light heavyweight Saturday?