Sugar Ray Leonard discusses the star power of television
Editor's note: Hall of Fame boxer Sugar Ray Leonard will do ringside analysis of NBC's coverage of the Premier Boxing Champions series, and he'll also share his personal thoughts about the sport on the PBC website. In his first post here, Leonard talks about the impact television can have on a fighter's career.
Fallen trainer Ben Getty never far from Keith Thurman's thoughts
Keith Thurman was just a seven-year-old kid walking around the halls of Belleair Elementary in Clearwater, Florida, when head janitor Ben Getty found him.
Celebrating Black History Month: Muhammad Ali
There will be other great fighters, but none could ever be The Greatest. That appellation is reserved squarely for one man: Muhammad Ali.
Corner to Corner makes splash with the fans
NBCSN aired its Corner to Corner special last night, following the co-headliners on Premier Boxing Champions' March 7 card as they prepare to kick off the series, and boxing fans around the Twittersphere and media took notice.
Greatest Hits: Adrien Broner looks back at his top 3 fights
Adrien Broner is already a three-time world champion—and he's only 25 years old.
Peter Quillin makes acting debut in boxing biopic
Peter Quillin packs a big punch that will soon be coming to the big screen. Grab some popcorn—and perhaps an enswell.
Celebrating Black History Month: Larry Holmes
With a left jab powerful enough to fell a redwood, Larry Holmes became one of the most dominant heavyweights of his era—or any other—beginning in the late 1970s.
Family and boxing go hand in glove for Robert and Ruben Guerrero
There’s a long and occasionally contentious history of fathers training their sons in boxing. Books could be written about the relationship between Roy Jones Jr. and Sr. Shane Mosley fired his father, Jack, twice. For Robert and Ruben Guerrero, though, the seas that were stormy for others have been placid in Gilroy, California.
