Research suggests that 10 to 12 percent of the world’s population is left-handed, but in the boxing ring, that small percentage has created big problems for their right-handed opponents.

Boxing movies have recognizable characteristics that are usually integral to their story. They stick to what works best by following a flawed protagonist who has to fight inside and outside the ring ...

Boxing drama “Southpaw” doesn’t spare the pain. Physical pain, frequent and stinging, is all over the screen, especially on actor Jake Gyllenhaal’s bloody face. A flood of emotional pain appears, too, ...

To play a boxing star in “Southpaw,” Jake Gyllenhaal had to transform himself into a bulked-up bruiser who could convincingly go twelve rounds with the fiercest and meanest guys in the ring.

SPRINGFIELD — As Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless The U.S.A.” resonated through the Butova Gym on the campus of American International College, Todd “The Punisher” Poulton made his entrance for the final ...

Frank Martin is looking to turn over a new leaf when he faces former champion Rances Barthelemy on December 6 in ...

Duluth boxer Al “The Haitian Temptation” Sands has earned a reputation as a knockout king, but when people think of knockouts they generally think of them in the tradition sense, with shots to the ...

PITTSFIELD — Worn gloves and title belts. Newspaper clippings and autographed photos. In the basement of the Berkshire Nautilus, walls are lined with memorabilia from The Champ. Speed bags and ...