Every passionate fight fan remembers what sparked their love for The Sweet Science. For some it was watching Rocky or When We Were Kings, or coming across a ...
On April 4, 2021 / By Jamie RebnerIt has been over a year since the calamity that is COVID-19 upended our lives and shook the world. Every corner of the globe has been affected by ...
On April 4, 2021 / By Jamie RebnerFew deny that Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all-time, perhaps even “The Greatest,” and a major part of the evidence for that claim ...
On March 31, 2021 / By Jamie RebnerI appreciate boxing skill as much as anyone, but no one can deny that a furious slugfest keeps eyes fixated on the screen, while a technical masterpiece rarely ...
On March 23, 2021 / By Jamie RebnerTo state the obvious, fight fans have always been attracted to thunderous power punchers. The sheer violence of a sudden, dramatic knockout is a major part of boxing’s ...
On February 27, 2021 / By Jamie RebnerAs a new year begins, professional boxing struggles to stay alive amidst a raging pandemic that shows few signs of abating anytime soon. However, many of the game’s ...
On January 27, 2021 / By Jamie Rebner“We were Jews living in an Irish neighborhood. You can guess the rest. I used to fight four, five, ten times a day.” Abraham “Abe” Attell was born ...
On January 19, 2021 / By Jamie RebnerKnockout Of The Year Nominations: Alex Povetkin TKO5 Dillian Whyte Gervonta Davis KO6 Leo Santa Cruz Eleider Alvarez KO7 Michael Seals Naoya Inoue KO7 Jason Moloney Joe Smith ...
On January 7, 2021 / By Jamie RebnerThe time had come for the arrogant, fast-talking pugilist they called “The Prince” to conquer the most famous arena in boxing history. The gifted power-puncher had already become ...
On December 19, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner“At first, I hated it because, like anyone, I wanted to be undefeated. I wanted to have a perfect record. But when it doesn’t happen, what are you ...
On November 19, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerRecent years have demonstrated, with great success, the viability of the tournament format for professional boxing. The World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) has so far staged five elimination ...
On November 17, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerBoxing, they say, is a young man’s game. An obvious fact, one would think, especially for a sport as rough and dangerous as pugilism. But on the other ...
On November 5, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerThe legend of “The Monster” continues to grow. Naoya Inoue (20-0) emphatically defended his bantamweight titles last night in “The Bubble” at the MGM Grand to make his ...
On November 1, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner“Jeffries number one? No, sir. Give me Joe Choynski anytime. I faced both and should know. Jeffries had a powerful wallop, but Choynski had a paralyzing punch. His ...
On October 23, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerThe Event: Vasiliy “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko (14-1) has dazzled fans with sublime footwork, mesmerizing combination punching, and Matrix-like movement since he burst onto the pro scene in 2013 after ...
On October 17, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerQuebec fight fans, this is the moment you’ve been waiting for, the return of real professional boxing. And while you will not see the punches fly in person, ...
On October 8, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerIn the biggest boxing event of the pandemic era thus far, Showtime Boxing gave us a unique pay-per-view show, with both Charlo brothers headlining their own mini-card. While ...
On September 27, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerRemember when Britain’s Kell Brook tried to shake up the sports world by challenging knockout puncher Gennady Golovkin? Brook was a big underdog as he moved from welterweight ...
On September 27, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerWhen Julian “The Hawk” Jackson challenged Mike “The Body Snatcher” McCallum on this day in 1986 for the latter’s WBA junior middleweight strap, it was more than just ...
On August 23, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerPeople are a product of their environment; where and how you grow up shapes what you become. The same is true for boxers and how they box. Cuban ...
On August 22, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerIt doesn’t seem that long ago and yet the time has gone so fast. And so much has changed. Ten years later, it’s a pandemic and combat sports ...
On August 14, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerI have never agreed with those fight “fans” who judge boxers harshly for quitting. Any man or woman who enters the ring possesses courage that distinguishes them from ...
On August 7, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerFighting families are not exactly unique in boxing. Indeed, the history of prizefighting is filled with siblings who shared the profession, such as Max and Buddy Baer, Leon ...
On June 27, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerWhether it be the consistently absurd behavior of the alphabet bodies, or the numerous promotional feuds that have prevented so many great fights from happening, the sport of ...
On June 3, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerThe final bell rings, the crowd roars, and the two warriors immediately embrace and then raise each other’s hands. This is the part of boxing that typically perplexes ...
On May 18, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerNot often does a boxing match with a definitive and resounding conclusion result in a rematch. There’s a reason why Mike Tyson never fought Michael Spinks twice. Ditto ...
On May 13, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner“Ron had a big-time joie de vivre. He loved people, and he loved his boxing. When it came to training, he had a ton of patience. He was ...
On May 6, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerLike so many ring greats, Roy Jones Jr. found it very hard to say goodbye to boxing, fighting on long after it was obvious to all that his ...
On April 25, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerThe Montreal Casino turned into “The Tiger’s Den” last night as Eye Of The Tiger Management staged another showcase card featuring several younger prospects from their huge stable ...
On January 26, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerThe Event Heading into last night’s fight card in Costa Mesa, California, Montreal’s Yves Ulysse Jr. (18-2) was the A-side against Ismael Barroso (22-3-2), the grizzled Venezuelan veteran ...
On December 6, 2019 / By Jamie Rebner“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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