Articles

Musical of Rocky Heading to Broadway
It's been a knockout in Germany. Now Sylvester Stallone hopes a musical based on his beloved boxing film Rocky will also be a hit on Broadway.

The Brain of a Bomber: Did Damage Caused By Boxing Play a Role in the Boston Bombings?
Questions about traumatic brain injury and bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev begin to surface

The Great Chinese Hope: Is Zou the Next Boxing Phenom?
The rest of the world may not have heard of him but Zou Shiming may just change the global economics of the sport

Is Manny Pacquiao’s Legend Gone For Good?
Entering his fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez, Pacquiao looks more vulnerable than ever

Orlando Cruz: First Openly Gay Professional Boxer Comes Out
Stereotypes are TKO'd as the Featherweight Olympian announces his sexuality

Olympic Women’s Boxing Has Its First Champions, and a Generation of Girls Have New Role Models
One by one they shadow-boxed their way into the darkened Excel Arena, spotlights trained on them as if they were heavyweight champions of the world. Six...

WATCH: The Philippines’ Beat-Boxing Miss World Contestant
We’ll say one thing for Queenierich Rehman: she can sure drop a beat. During the talent segment of the Miss World 2012 competition, Miss Philippines strode out...

Million Rupee Baby: India’s Mary Kom Could Be the Olympics Most Unlikely Champion
She is a petite female boxer from a country largely run by men, a Christian from a land dominated by Hindus and Muslims, a member of a hill tribe from a tiny...

The Challenger
Sadaf Rahimi looks like a boxer; bouncing on the balls of her feet as she saunters into the gym, fist bumping her coach in a silent salute. She dresses like a...


