Zach Arnold

Bad arithmetic equals mega bucks for UFC

By Zach Arnold - Boxing fans have long put up with controversial judging decisions in their sport. Talk to a casual sports fan and some of the first phrases that pop into their heads about boxing are 'screw jobs' and 'scorecards.'

Boxing, MMA and The Signature Drug Scandal

By Zach Arnold - Last week was hell week for World Wrestling Entertainment, featuring numerous wrestlers named in news reports from The New York Daily News, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN as online clients of Signature Pharmacy in Orlando. The Pharmac...

How boxing should respond to the rise of MMA

By Zach Arnold - Last week, ESPN Radio host Colin Cowherd observed that UFC had reached the 'tipping point' with the mainstream media by gaining national coverage for their product in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN The Magazine. Th...

Boxing’s All Mixed Up In Martial Arts

By Zach Arnold - In the mid-1970s, Japanese pro-wrestling legend Antonio Inoki had a plan to make himself and his company, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, famous worldwide. Inoki embarked on a series of worked fights against martial artists called the “worl...