Outside the door, I heard a flurry of thudding that reverberated back through the floor. I looked at my friend, then stepped in behind her. The room was damp and stuffy, despite a fan droning loudly ...

BANGKOK, Thailand – Any well-trained boxer will tell you that, come fight night, the hard work has already been done. The contest, for however long it lasts, should be easy by comparison to the weeks ...

Everyone asks the same question: What did it feel like getting punched by Mike Tyson in his prime? Across a 40-year boxing career, Alan Blyweiss’ few sparring rounds with Tyson in the 1980s and early ...

A 16-year-old boy died after sparring at Pullman's Gym in Burbank on Thursday evening. The cause of death was not immediately known. The unidentified North Hollywood teen was pronounced dead at ...

The combat sports world turned on a boxing coach who posted a photograph that showed two bloodied 10-year-old children who had allegedly been sparring one another. It reignited an age-old debate ...

A boxing club in Georgia should be shut down, said Hall of Fame promoter and longtime TV exec Lou DiBella. DiBella was reacting to training footage that showed uncommon, "disgusting" violence. The ...

It has been almost two months since the U.K. went into lockdown, forcing boxing gyms to close their doors. A lucky few have access to a private facility (Conor Benn and Josh Taylor, to name two) but ...

Conor McGregor lambasted UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira after sparring with a South Korean boxer. UFC superstar Conor McGregor wasn’t impressed with Alex Pereira‘s recent sparring session ...