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Seems like everyone I come across is impressed with Marcus Browne's progress as a pro thus far. The Staten island hitter, a light heavyweight, rose to 4-0 with a KO2 takeout of Taneal Goyco at Barclays on Saturday night. I asked the lefty, who rep...

Monte Barrett has known Zab Judah for practically forever and while I think it's fair to note that Barrett could be biased, because he's friends with Judah, the heavyweight did tell NYFightbog that he thinks Judah is on message, and ready to rock ton...

Laypeople consistently underestimate how difficult it is to be a prizefighter. You see evidence of this when, every couple of years, this football player or that basketball player decides that he could be the next heavyweight champion of the world an...

Bronx resident Greg Leon works as an adviser to Quebec-based Jean Pascal, an ex-light heavyweight champion. Leon seems to have a bit of the promoter in him, as well. He had NYFightblog champing at the bit to see his guy Pascal face off with Romanian ...

The ballots have been counted, and the results are in. All-time heavyweight great Jack Dempsey and promoter Bob Arum top the second New York State Boxing Hall of Fame class, and they'll be feted during an induction dinner on Sunday, April 28. "Thi...

He has one of the best names in boxing, and now fight fans will get a better sense if Tyson Fury has what it takes to possibly challenge the Klitschko brothers' chokehold on the heavyweight division. Fury, a 20-0 Brit, will fight Steve Cunningham,...

The last time Radio City Music Hall was graced by the presence of pugilism, pound-for-pound ace Roy Jones was on center stage. He battled out-of-his-depth David Telesco, in a light heavyweight title defense, on Jan. 15, 2000, and won a unanimous deci...

Several times throughout the Wednesday UFC media luncheon put on to hype the April 27 clash between light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, a New York native, and challenger Chael Sonnen, I found myself pausing after taking in a Sonnen soundbite, and a...

Seanie Mongahan did his job at the ticket sales office, and in the ring, on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden Theater. The Long Beach, Long Island light heavyweight turned away the slowish but stubborn Roger Cantrell in an eight rounder und...

Early last year, really no one had heard of Bryant Jennings. This year, he is at the top of the heap among American heavyweight hopefuls. I asked promoter/matchmaker Russell Peltz, who is with Main Events, promoter of Jennings, what's next for the ne...

Heavyweight prospect Joe Hanks was set to headline at the Times Union Center in Albany on Feb. 2 against Richard Carmack. But the 29-year-old Hanks -- a 21-0 resident of Newark, N.J. -- hurt his hand Wednesday in training. Refunds are available for t...

Tom Loeffler of K2, the promotional outfit named for the fighting Klitschko brothers, the heavyweight standouts Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, spoke to ESPNNewYork.com today about what's next for the Brothers K. Loeffler was at Kingsway Gym with h...

Will Rosinsky headlines against Otis Griffin at the Roseland Ballroom Wednesday night. Rosinsky, a 16-2, Queens-based fighter, is a master juggler, working as an EMT in East New York in addition to being a solid light-heavyweight prospect. He offe...

A fight card to benefit those struck hardest by Sandy will run Wednesday night at the Roseland Ballroom. The Lou DiBella promotion is headlined by Will Rosinsky, who will take on Otis Griffin in a light heavyweight scrap. Gabriel Bracero and Ivan Red...

Staten Island prospect Marcus Browne looks to rise to 2-0 when he gloves up on a Dec. 15 card at the LA Sports Arena in Los Angeles. The light heavyweight Browne is keeping his fingers crossed that his fight will be shown on CBS, which will televi...

Mike Tyson took part in a Monday conference call to hype his nationwide one-man stage show, "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth." The ex-heavyweight champion and baddest man in the planet, once destined to burn out and fade away, is today a stunning tour d...