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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Sergey Kovalev Aims to Run Over the Jean Pascal Roadblock Toward Adonis Stevenson It doesn’t really seem that long ago when Sergey Kovalev disposed of future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins rather easily.

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Mar 10, 2015

Tyson Fury: Wladimir Klitschko is Afraid Tyson Fury says Wladimir Klitschko doesn’t want to fight him.

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Feb 25, 2015

Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin Looking to Pass Another Test The numbers come spilling out and they’re tough to ignore: An 18-fight knockout streak; the 90-percent knockout ratio -- the highest of any...

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Feb 20, 2015

Boxing Opinion: Can Deontay Wilder Emerge as a Heavyweight Star? Each jab came with blunt force, as Bermane Stiverne’s neck bounced back and forth as if on a spring, keeping his head from falling off each...

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Jan 21, 2015

In Capable Hands Dating back to his days as a 20-something pro karate promoter, Scott Coker has put in place a strong foundation upon which to build Bellator MMA.

Joseph Santoliquito

Jan 15, 2015

Boxing: Can Chris Algieri Shock the World? The Long Island, N.Y., native will no longer be another face in the crowd if he dethrones Manny Pacquiao on Saturday in China.

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Nov 22, 2014

Boxing Opinion: There will Never be Another like Bernard Hopkins ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- He did it in a dignified manner, very complimentary of his opponent and very supportive of him, too. Bernard Hopkins had...

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Nov 12, 2014

Stephan Bonnar: Problem Solver Having taken great pride in meeting bullies head-on, “The American Psycho” takes aim at Tito Ortiz in the Bellator 131 main event.

Bellator 131

Joseph Santoliquito

Nov 11, 2014

Boxing: Bernard Hopkins Dislikes Being Cast in Favorite’s Role against Sergey Kovalev PHILADELPHIA -- He cringed for a moment. Bernard Hopkins, a future first-ballot hall of famer and current all-time great, did not like the word....

Boxing

Joseph Santoliquito

Oct 31, 2014

Boxing: Bernard Hopkins Walking into Time Capsule against Sergey Kovalev This is not Puerto Rico, and he has not grabbed a flag in front of a furious partisan crowd and stomped on it sending onlookers into a frenzy....

Joseph Santoliquito

Oct 30, 2014