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Muhammad Ali: The Fighter

1. What tactics or skills were most crucial to the boxing success of Muhammad Ali? Distance and Timing: By leaning forward at the waist, Ali could, almost at ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Lee Wylie
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Sun Tzu, Musashi, & The Pound-For-Pound Five

It’s a never-ending debate among hardcore boxing fans: just who are, pound-for-pound, the very best ring warriors active today. Various criteria are at play and the answers are ...
On December 22, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Henry Armstrong: Calculated Chaos

When Henry Armstrong invaded the featherweight division and assumed its pinnacle before going on to seize the crowns of the lightweight and welterweight divisions, professional boxing operated quite ...
On December 12, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Happy Birthday To The Old Master

Joe Gans was one of boxing’s first true masters. He pioneered many now common boxing techniques and his crafty ways and unmatched ring intelligence earned him the nickname ...
On November 25, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Canelo The Killer

It’s been almost two weeks since Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev met in a ring in Las Vegas in what fight fans had hoped would be ...
On November 19, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Canelo vs Kovalev: The Tactical Overview

All boxing matches are, to some degree or other, worthy of study in terms of strategy and tactics. Of course the more capable and sophisticated the pugilists, the ...
On October 28, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Willie Pep: Subtle Sophistication

Today is the anniversary of the birth of one of boxing’s singular champions, the greatest featherweight of all-time and a true original, Willie Pep. And while he passed ...
On September 19, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Napoles and Louis: Practical Precision

Technically sound footwork in boxing is about moving just enough to accomplish a purpose. And two of the best at this balletic art of balance and precision were ...
On September 11, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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ALI ’66

After he had won the heavyweight championship of the world a record third time and announced his retirement (which proved a hiatus lasting little more than a year), ...
On August 26, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Benny Leonard: Ring General

Some while back, Lee Wylie offered another of his excellent analysis videos, this one a tribute to the one-and-only Benny Leonard. But like the artist he is, Wylie ...
On July 30, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Portrait Of A Genius: Wylie On Locche

As all admirers of Lee Wylie are no doubt aware, he is an aficionado of the finer points of boxing technique, the often overlooked subtleties and arcane methods ...
On July 14, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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The Tao Of Roberto Duran

Lee Wylie is one of the most insightful analysts in boxing but he’s also a fan and makes no secret of the fact that Roberto Duran is his ...
On June 16, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Didn’t Forget: Wylie On Superman

If boxing videos by Lee Wylie highlight the subtleties and nuances of ringcraft, they also inspire requests from avid watchers. One pugilist who more than a few ardent ...
On May 13, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Corrales vs Castillo: The Boxers

“Not my usual thing,” wrote Lee Wylie when he posted this video, “but I felt inspired.” Those who are regular viewers of Mr. Wylie’s creations know he is ...
On May 7, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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The Genius Of Sugar Ray Robinson

For fans of “The Sweet Science,” today should be a very special occasion, if not a national holiday. It’s Sugar Ray Robinson’s birthday and everyone who loves the ...
On May 3, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Jose Napoles: Artful Aggression

At its technical height, the skill of boxing is all about making offense and defense blend together into one seamless athletic act. No matter where you rank Jose ...
On April 13, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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The Fighter Of The Decade, Part Four

In our final look at the top candidates for Fighter Of The Decade, we consider Roman Gonzalez, aka “Chocolatito,” who, it should be remembered, was at the top ...
On March 11, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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The Fighter Of The Decade, Part Three

Whether or not he deserves consideration as “TBE,” when all is said and done, Floyd Mayweather Jr. definitely deserves consideration as one of the very best pugilists, pound-for-pound, of the ...
On March 9, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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The Fighter Of The Decade, Part Two

He won a major title in 2010 and then bludgeoned his way into the consciousness of serious boxing fans the following year in his stateside debut. What followed ...
On March 7, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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The Fighter Of The Decade, Part One

There are still many months left in 2019 but the discussion and debate is already heating up as to who are the front-runners for Fighter Of The Decade. ...
On March 6, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Salvador Sanchez: Counterpunch

“I’m convinced that Salvador Sanchez was the best Mexican fighter of all time. Even better than Julio Cesar Chavez.” — Wilfredo Gomez “The greatest Mexican fighter of all-time ...
On January 26, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Roberto Duran: Control

Any intelligent ranking of the greatest boxers to have ever lived, pound-for-pound, will be dominated by names from the past as the simple fact is that the Golden ...
On January 18, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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Ali vs Foreman: Busting The Myth

Ever since Muhammad Ali’s stunning 1974 triumph in Zaire, a simplistic yet popular myth has persisted, that being the so-called “Rope-a-Dope” strategy. In the decades since that great ...
On October 31, 2018 / By Lee Wylie
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Terence Crawford: The Complete Boxer

These days, when conversation among boxing fans turns to the question of who is currently the best practitioner of “The Sweet Science,” pound-for-pound, any number of names could ...
On October 19, 2018 / By Lee Wylie
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Joe Louis: Mechanical Wonder

“I could have struggled up once more, but when I get executed, people are going to have to pay more than twenty-five dollars a seat to watch it.” ...
On September 25, 2018 / By Lee Wylie
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Canelo vs Golovkin II: The Tactical Overview

It seemed to take forever for Gennady Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to finally get in the ring and try to settle the question of who was the ...
On August 24, 2018 / By Lee Wylie
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Linares vs Lomachenko: The Tactical Overview

On May 12, WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares defends his championship against boxing phenom Vasyl Lomachenko and while one can argue there are even better, even more tantalizing ...
On April 24, 2018 / By Lee Wylie
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Loma vs Rigo: The Tactical Overview

It’s a match many hardcore fight fans never thought would happen, one they scarcely dared to hope for. “Hi-Tech” vs “El Chacal.” Loma vs Rigo. Two supreme ring ...
On December 1, 2017 / By Lee Wylie
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Canelo vs Golovkin Stalemate: Lee Wylie’s Take

Because of Canelo Alvarez’s defensive craft and ring smarts, Golovkin never came close to scoring a knockout, but because of “GGG’s” pace, pressure, and insane durability (is there ...
On September 17, 2017 / By Lee Wylie
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Canelo vs Golovkin: Lee Wylie’s Pick

One week from today, we will see arguably the best match-up of the year, which is saying something considering how 2017 has already been a truly excellent one ...
On September 9, 2017 / By Lee Wylie

The Fight City

Montreal is The Fight City. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other. Montreal is The Fight City.

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