Category: Fight Like Sugar

I can’t recall a night of boxing that more starkly showed the difference between the sweet and the bitter of the fight game than Saturday’s “Boxing After Dark” on HBO.…

When either of these knockout artists step into the ring, you can’t look away from your screen. You can’t get up for a second drink. You can’t waste time on…

Time and again, those who watch the promos and recaps on HBO boxing have heard Jim Lampley’s enthusiastic praise of Manny Pacquiao, calling him a “a storm” and “blindingly fast.”…

At face value, Mikey Garcia isn’t a man to be feared. His quiet demeanor is paired with a thin, unimposing body and a rather soft countenance. By looking at him,…

Fidel Castro created the greatest amateur boxing training system the world has ever seen. Known as “La Finca,” the dilapidated boxing schools on Cuba have trained from early childhood some…

Only truth can be found inside of a boxing ring. Outside it, before the hot lights of fight night get turned on, when fighters posture and boast, and promoters hand…