Joseph Santoliquito

Joseph Santoliquito Joseph Santoliquito is the president of the Boxing Writer's Association of America and a frequent contributor to Sherdog.com's mixed martial arts and boxing coverage. He is also an award-winning writer who has written for ESPN The Magazine, Sports Illustrated, SI.com and ESPN.com. He's a two-time Emmy Award nominee in 2006 for feature stories for ESPN/ESPN.com on blind baseball and ESPN SportsCenter/HBO Real Sports feature on high school wrestler A.J. Detwiler. He was formerly a long-time sportwriter for the Philadelphia Daily News and Managing Editor of Ring Magazine for 14 years, where he began in October 1997. He has been a contributing feature writer for Sherdog since September 2011.

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The Permanent Scars of Mirsad Bektic Every few steps, Mirsad Bektic would stop, squat down and paw at the engraved inscriptions. Peering through squinty eyes, he saw the names of...

Joseph Santoliquito

Aug 18, 2015

Steve Cunningham Intends To Knock The Words Out of Antonio Tarver It’s hard for Steve Cunningham to dislike someone, even if that someone happens to want to take his head off in the ring. It’s just not part...

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Aug 14, 2015

Boxing: Antonio Tarver ‘Looking Straight Through’ Steve Cunningham Ahead of Crucial Bout Antonio Tarver is a very good salesman. “The Magic Man” has always gotten by on a mix of guile, oral dexterity in and out of the ring,...

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Aug 14, 2015

Stories from the Road: Pat Miletich Whether it was as the first UFC welterweight champion or as trainer to the stars, “The Croatian Sensation” has seen the good, the bad and...

Joseph Santoliquito

Aug 12, 2015

Boxing’s Ukrainian Tsunami The former Soviet republic has begun to emerge as a burgeoning talent base for pros and amateurs in the Sweet Science.

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Aug 12, 2015

Boxing: Dmitry Mikhaylenko Impressive In Tearing Through Johan Perez As he bore in, hands held tight like earmuffs to his head, Dmitry Mikhaylenko wasn’t afraid of any angle or distance as he flew at Johan Perez...

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Aug 08, 2015

Don’t Rule Out Paulie Malignaggi Against Danny Garcia Paulie Malignaggi can’t escape it. The “Magic Man” has carved another productive, exceptional career for himself through boxing, as a...

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Jul 31, 2015

Edmond Tarverdyan: The Reluctant Ronda Rousey Benefactor Working with the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight champion was not always an attractive proposition for the Glendale...

Joseph Santoliquito

Jul 29, 2015

Danny Garcia Looking to Get Right Against Paulie Malignaggi Danny Garcia wears a pensive look, furrowing his brow as he ponders the question: Where has he been the last few years?

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Jul 27, 2015

Boxing: Beibut Shumenov Gets Unanimous Nod Over B.J. Flores in PBC Headliner He moved in and out, seemed to bounce up and down sometimes, and even feigned a bolo punch or two.

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Joseph Santoliquito

Jul 25, 2015