Sports
August 9, 2023
Dispatch From Hell: Jake Paul Versus Nate Diaz Lands in Dallas
A night at the YouTube-influencer circus fights.
Boxing
Film & TV
October 18, 2022
The ‘Creed III’ Trailer Sent a Chill Down Our Texan Spines
The ninth installment in the Rocky franchise puts honorary Texan Michael B. Jordan and official Texan Jonathan Majors in the ring, and we are here for it.
Sports
January 22, 2022
Director Eva Longoria Bastón Opens Sundance With ‘La Guerra Civil’
For the Corpus Christi native, the story of the 1996 championship bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Julio César Chávez was also her story.
Sports
September 3, 2021
El Paso Boxer Jennifer Han Has a Chance to Pull Off the Upset of the Year
The 38-year-old contender comes from a fighting family and faces 2012 Olympic champion Katie Taylor on Saturday in England.
Sports
April 13, 2021
Texas Amateurs Shake Off Ring Rust at USA Boxing National Championships
El Paso’s Kayla Gomez and Houston’s Jarvis Winn returned to the ring after COVID-19 upended amateur boxing for nearly all of last year.
Sports
December 10, 2020
This Texan Rhodes Scholar Says Boxing Taught Her “Grit and Resilience”
A nationally competitive boxer and Rowlett native, she’s one of three Texans to earn the elite scholarship this year.
Sports
December 7, 2020
Why Boxing’s Biggest Events Have Found Their Way to Texas During the Pandemic
The answer can be found in the large crowd that attended DeSoto native Errol Spence's win over Danny Garcia.
Sports
September 20, 2017
Punching Through at the Alpine Boxing Club
For these young boxers in West Texas, learning to fight means more than throwing a punch.
Sports
January 6, 2016
Here Are Some Texas Athletes Who Should Have Been On The Forbes 30 Under 30 List
The business magazine’s ”30 Under 30” lists were released yesterday—and its sports list surprisingly included two Dallas Stars.
Sports
June 11, 2015
The Three Burials of Tony Ayala Jr.
The long, unstoppable decline of the most fearsome boxer to ever come out of San Antonio.
Sports
January 14, 2015
The Fight of His Life
Half a century ago, Terry Daniels was an SMU undergrad majoring in political science who had taken an interest in boxing. Then he found himself in the ring with the heavyweight champion of the world.
The Culture
October 14, 2014
“I Just Want to Hit Somebody Really, Really Hard.”
And now, thanks to the establishment of the National Amputee Boxing Association, civilian amputees—who have very few opportunities for athletic competition—can.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Sun Bowl Boxing Match is Back On
University of Texas system chancellor Francisco Cigarroa relents on the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Andy Lee fight at the Sun Bowl, with a few conditions.
Sports
January 20, 2013
And Still Champion
The first black man to hold boxing’s heavyweight title is finally getting the respect he deserves. Now all he’s owed is a presidential pardon.
The Culture
June 28, 2012
Willie Nelson v. Ann Wolfe
The country singer battled former world champ boxer Ann Wolfe for bragging rights in dominoes. So who took home the title?
Sports
April 24, 2012
UT Chancellor KOs Sun Bowl Boxing Match
A middleweight championship bout will not happen in El Paso because of "high security concerns," but some claim this was a racially motivated decision.
Sports
December 1, 2004
The Shot Not Heard Round the World
Elmo Henderson’s entire life story can be summed up in a single moment: when he stepped into the ring in San Antonio one night in 1972 and knocked out Muhammad Ali. At least that’s the way he tells it. And tells it.
Sports
April 1, 1998
The Contender
He may soon compete for the super featherweight championship of the world, but for now Austin boxer Jesus Chavez is in the fight of his life—with federal immigration officials.
Sports
January 1, 1998
Guy Mezger
HE’S BEEN A WORLD-CLASS practitioner of the martial arts and a champion of the famously brutal “ultimate fighting,” but these days Dallasite Guy Mezger gets his kicks from a sport that is somewhere in between the two. In pancration fighting, combatants can draw on any martial arts technique, and only
Sports
November 1, 1996
Ring Class
A knockout boxing program in West Texas.
Media
July 31, 1996
Spiel Burg
A Spielberg-backed cyberguide comes to Texas.
Sports
April 30, 1996
Blow by Blow
The art of throwing punches, the science of skipping rope, and other reasons why boxing is a hit with me.
Sports
February 1, 1995
Big
In heavyweight boxing—and in the glare of media lights—it helps to be larger than life. Ask George Foreman, 1994’s comeback kid.
Sports
February 1, 1992
Border Brawlers
Quick: Name the Laredo brothers who were world bantamweight champs at the same time.
Sports
May 31, 1991
The Real Deal vs. The Real Meal
Boxing caught its second wind when George Foreman went the distance with the champ, Evander Holyfield.
Sports
July 1, 1987
Donald Curry vs. the World
All boxers are wary in the ring, where defeat is only a well-placed punch away. But Donald Curry knows that the real terrors of boxing lie beyond the ropes.
Sports
March 1, 1980
Termite Watkins and the Fatal Pancakes
In a big fight you can outwit, outhit, or outlast your opponent. But you’d better not try to outeat him.
Sports
June 30, 1974
James Helwig is the Heavyweight Champion of Texas
Boxing is the real school of hard knocks. James Helwig, the Texas Heavyweight Champion, hopes he’ll be able to graduate in time.