Amateur boxer, Medfield gym make 1-2 punch to fight cancer

As of 11 p.m. on May 7, almost 50 people had donated a total of $9,210 to see Peter Goodall get punched in the face. For charity. Since January, Goodall, 53, has been training for Haymakers for Hope’s second annual Rock’n’Rumble, an charity amateur boxing event raising money for the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber; on May 17, he’ll have a chance to show what he’s learned to a packed House of Blues ...

Dan Campbell moves past a battered legacy as USA Boxing coach

He presided over the worst showing by a U.S. Olympic team, a solitary bronze medal at the Beijing Games, but remains interested in the program and chooses to not really swing back at critics. Many days, Dan Campbell can be found standing, arms folded, in the center of the noisy boxing gym at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The smack of leather gloves against raw flesh ...

Malaya Business Insight

BAGUIO CITY. – Impressed by Manny Pacquiao’s impressive training regimen the past few days, trainer Freddie Roach has decided to give the Filipino boxing superstar a break before he starts his tedious sparring session against a Russian fighter.

Timothy Bradley determined to beat Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao, left, and Timothy Bradley pose at a news conference to promote their June 9 welterweight boxing match in Las Vegas. ( Reed Saxon / Associated Press / May 16 , 2012 )

Jose Ramirez, U.S. Boxing Phenom, Qualifies For London Olympics

Nineteen-year-old phenom boxer Jose Ramirez is officially heading to the London Olympics to represent the United States in the 132-pound class. For Ramirez, who has a decorated amateur career of 143 wins, 11 national titles and six consecutive USA Golds, it has been a wild -- and highly unstable -- ride of qualifying for the games.