Boxing's Forgotten Warriors: The Strawweights

By Derek Bonnett: Due to their diminutive stature and seemingly forced exile from televised boxing cards after the retirement of Ricardo Lopez, the strawweight division (105 pounds) is boxing?s largest overlooked weight pigeonhole now more than ever.

Boxing: Indians assured of 2 medals in Russia
Indians were assured of at least two bronze medals at Magomed-Salam Umakhanov Memorial Boxing Championship after Amandeep Singh (48kg) and Manpreet Singh (91kg) precocious to the semi-finals of the event in Makhachkala, Russia.

Ali Funeka Wants The Angulo vs Romanov Winner
By Mark Vester Lightweight contender Ali Funeka (32-2-2, 25KOs) is ready to get back in the mix after sitting on the shelf since his close decision loss to Nate Campbell in February.


Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot.
- Dutch Proverb, sometimes attributed to William C. Hazlitt