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NEW ORLEANS — The good, the bad, and the catastrophic would best describe the journey that WBC junior welterweight champion Regis Prograis has endured on his road to finding success in boxing. From ...

The world champion boxer—winner of 29 bouts, collector of 24 knockouts and sufferer of only one defeat, delivered by another elite champion—understands his world. But despite all the baked-in machismo ...

Like I dare say most people in this business, Marty Corwin, the boxing TV producer who worked for two dons of industry, Don King and “The Bobfather” Bob Arum, for 43 years, didn’t mean to go into ...

Let’s get this straight: Women’s boxing is not a trend. It’s not a footnote or a feel-good novelty. It’s a fight-for-every-inch sport that’s lost its mojo a bit over the past 18 months—and The Promise ...

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"That put a chip on my shoulder," Sweeney said. "So, I was always getting in trouble; I was always fighting. ... She raised me the best she could, but I was always looking for a family." Sweeney ended ...