Remillard-Hernandez in WBC Youth boxing title fight

Unbeaten prospect Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard moves up in weight to fight undefeated Jose Hernandez for the vacant WBC Youth super featherweight championship September 23 in the 10-round “Night of the Rising Stars” co-feature at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. “Night of the Rising Stars,” promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s …

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Woozel, Boxing, and Me

Woozel, Boxing, and Me is Rusty Rubin’s most recent book. Over the past two years, the industrious Mr. Rubin has written three books. (I should forewarn the readers that I co-authored Mr. Rubin second book, Billy Soose, The Champion that Time forgot. I also contribute to Mr. Rubin magazine.) This …

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Boxing News: Joan Guzman

As Joan Guzman plows through another grueling sparring session, his body is soaked with sweat each time the bell sounds ending a round. But rather than use a towel to dry the undefeated former world champion, Guzman’s trainer uses an American Express card as a make-shift squeegee–and a motivational tool. …

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Gotthard Hinteregger Continues Unlikely Boxing Comeback

“Knezevic Scared Of Another Hiding!” says Manager “Old cougars hunt best,” smiled newly crowned Austrian superwelterweight champion Gotthard “The Cougar’ Hinteregger and the 39-year-old continues his comeback with an appearance at Vienna’s City Hall on October 28. Hinteregger’s fight will constitute the main attraction of an amateur meeting, but further …

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