Browsing All Posts By Daniel Attias
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Boxiana 6
Feb. 11, 1949: Pep vs Saddler II
There is a certain mystique to legendary fights of yesteryear, a nostalgia that speaks of a time when ‘The Sweet Science’ was larger than life and ruled supreme. ...
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Boxiana 3
Nov. 3, 2001: Tszyu vs Judah
The word ‘unification’ is magic to a boxing fan’s ears. It conjures up the ghosts of yesteryear, from a time when each weight class had a single champion ...
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Boxiana 4
Sept. 27, 1950: Charles vs Louis
There’s little doubt that Ezzard Charles is one of boxing’s most underrated champions. A skillful technician, he holds wins over a long list of great fighters and he ...
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Boxiana 0
May 15, 1920: Greb vs Gibbons II
The enigma that is Harry Greb has grown to mythical proportions in recent years and there is no doubt his accomplishments warrant inclusion in any discussion regarding the ...
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Boxiana 3
Fight City Legends: King of the Canebrakes
It’s October 3, 1933 and a young man, a fighter, lies close to death in a hospital bed in Macon, Georgia. The room is quiet, morose even, such ...
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Features 2
The Golden Door
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I ...
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Columns 1
Naoya Inoue: The Monster Invades America
The light shines an iridescent blue inside the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Dressed in blood red trunks and black gloves, a youthful looking challenger enters the ring. ...
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Columns 2
Adrien Broner: About Business And Little Else
I don’t know Adrien Broner personally but I’ve seen and heard enough to know that I don’t particularly like him. But chances are, despite any ill feelings that ...
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The Top Twelve 2
Top 12 All-Time Best Mike Tyson Quotes
Like a traffic jam caused by people rubber-necking the carnage from a massive pileup, boxing fans couldn’t get enough of the crazy circus that was the career of ...
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Fight Reports 6
Fight Report: Ward vs Kovalev II
Andre Ward is a fighter who continues to surprise boxing fans and that’s exactly what he did on Saturday night when he stopped the formidable Sergey Kovalev at ...
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Features 1
Lomachenko Is The Matrix
The MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland played host to arguably the most talented fighter in the game Saturday night in Vasyl Lomachenko, who, decked out in ...
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Columns 0
Crossroads for Yamanaka
By notching defense number 12 of his WBC bantamweight title earlier this month against little known Mexican Carlos Carlson, Shinsuke Yamanaka took another step towards equalling countryman Yoko Gushiken’s ...
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Features 0
The Weekend That Was
Bloody and Bruised: Berchelt and Miura Emerge Victorious. It’s not often that boxing fans get to witness two fights back-to-back that are so steeped in savagery that they likely ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Menayothin vs Juarez
Thailand’s Wanheng Menayothin (43-0) kept his undefeated record intact as the WBC minimumweight champion defeated his Mexican challenger, Saul ‘Baby’ Juarez (23-5-1) by unanimous decision in Chonburi, Thailand. ...
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Fight Reports 0
Tapales Tames Thai Champion
The Philippines has its fourth world boxing champion today as Marlon ‘The Nightmare’ Tapales defeated Thai champion Pungluang Sor Singyu by way of eleventh round knockout in a ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Moreno vs Sor Rungvisai
The Roberto Duran Arena in Panama City, Panama played host to a bantamweight showdown between two of the division’s finest fighters Saturday night as local favourite and former ...
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Features 0
2015 Round of the Year
Round of the Year Nominations: Akira Yaegashi vs Javier Mendoza – Round 11 Edwin Rodriguez vs Michael Seals – Round 1 Krzysztof Glowacki vs Marco Huck – Round ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fireworks in Japan
Ohashi Promotions put on a spectacular boxing card in Tokyo last night. The eight fight show was headlined by two world title fights, the first featuring ex-minimum weight ...
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Columns 1
The Myopic Return of Margarito
Gone is the fear that once chilled the hearts of his fellow fighting men. The aura that had surrounded the man and his name has dissolved. No longer ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Miura vs Vargas
Boxing at its very best is nothing short of awe inspiring and the courage and resolve displayed by both Takashi Miura and Francisco Vargas on Saturday night is testament ...
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Features 0
Miura vs Vargas: Ready To Wage War
The upcoming Miguel Cotto vs Canelo Alvarez match is being heralded as a modern day super fight, one to rival the glorious middleweight battles of yesteryear and to add an exciting ...
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Columns 4
Lomachenko’s Muse
What is art? And how do we evaluate it? Great minds through the centuries have pondered these questions, brooding over the subjective nature of aesthetic judgment. Must art ...
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Columns 6
The Magnificent Seven
The boxing world has a bad case of ‘Chocolatito Fever’ these days. The diminutive flyweight champion displayed spectacular form in dismantling an experienced and tough Brian Viloria on last ...
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Columns 0
“Bomber” Peden Looks Back
Boxing, like life, is all about seizing the moment, taking full advantage of the opportunities which come your way. After all, it takes just one punch to turn ...
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Columns 1
Chocolatito Reigns Supreme
There’s a new kid at the top of the charts. Floyd Mayweather has, at least for now, retired, and Chocolatito, the little Nicaraguan boxing maestro, was this week ...
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