In the 1970s and ’80s broadcast television promoted and aired major boxing main events. I became a boxing fan growing up watching Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini perform on CBS, his first-round smashing of Arturo Frias to win the WBA lightweight championship and successful title defense turned tragic with the death of Duk Koo Kim come [...]

Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos

World Extreme Cagefighting kicked off an important year with a banner WEC 46 January show in Sacramento, where Ben Henderson became lightweight champion and the company’s newest superstar while Urijah Faber flaunted his star power on his turf. Reed Harris is frequently pestered with questions about a merger with parent promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship. If [...]

Brock Lesnar, Cain Velasquez, Frank Mir, Jens Pulver, Reed Harris, Urijah Faber, WEC