As Bernard Hopkins tells it, he and trainer Naazim Richardson were a team for so long that they barely needed words to express their thoughts to each other. “We had a connection without even talking. Me and Naazim been around each other so much that...
Travis Kauffman could hear Naazim Richardson’s raspy voice in his head when he became emotional while training Friday in Houston. Kauffman couldn’t help but break down at times the day he learned his longtime trainer had died. The veteran heavyweight...
Naazim Richardson, a respected longtime trainer from Philadelphia, has died. The Boxing Writers Association of America confirmed Richardson’s death Friday morning. Richardson, a devout Muslim who answered to “Brother Naazim,” is most known for traini...
Veteran trainer Naazim Richardson is going to receive from criticism, after stating that he believes WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder might be the hardest punching heavyweight in history. Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) has knocked out every opponent th...
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As host, Ward brings his undefeated record and undisputed boxing expertise to The Contender. Throughout his incredible 13-year undefeated career, he’s held multiple world titles in two weight classes including, unified WBA (Super), WBC, Ring magazine...
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According to veteran trainer Naazim Richardson, he warned former world champion Bernard Hopkins about the possibility of suffering a vicious knockout loss. After Hopkins suffered a one-sided twelve round decision loss to Sergey Kovalev in their 2014...
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Naazim Richardson Video Interview - A Los Angeles-area fighter caused controversy Friday in Omaha, Nebraska, but there wasn’t any drama on the scales in Los Angeles. All four fighters made weight for the two championship fights Showtime is scheduled...
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North Bergen, NJ - Naazim Richardson is old school and by old school he means coming up in the era of same day weigh-ins. Richardson feels boxing has changed because of the weigh-ins taking place 24 hours prior to a fight, dieticians, and strength an...
North Bergen, NJ - Naazim Richardson has been in the corner of Steve Cunningham through many of his challenges. Come tonight as part of the Premier Boxing Champions broadcast, he hopes to guide Cunningham through another challenge in defeating Antoni...
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. - Fighters participating on Friday's Premier Boxing Champions on Spike event held a media workout Tuesday at Global Gym in North Bergen, N.J. before their August 14 fights at Prudential Center in Newark. Friday's main event pits An...
Much has been written about the 'Fight of The Century' - Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao - which took place on May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After five to six years of anticipation, it was going to be impossible to meet the expect...
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