This probably isn’t how Sadam Ali pictured his headlining gig at Madison Square Garden, but things seldom go according to plan in a boxer’s career. If it was the Hollywood version of this Brooklyn ...

Following Liam Smith’s November victory in the rematch against Liam Williams he became first in line to challenge for his old WBO super welterweight title. Sadam Ali tore up the script to win the belt ...

BEIJING – He came out of the locker room dancing, firing punches into the air, moving jauntily in a blue robe. How often does a kid from Brooklyn get to make this sort of entrance? To walk into a ...

2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Rising welterweight contender Sadam Ali has fought many of his fights ...

Welterweight contenders Sadam Ali and Jessie Vargas, both young, both experienced, and both highly confident, believe they have what it takes to claim a vacant world title when they fight on Saturday ...