Eleider “Storm” Alvarez will take another step towards stardom when he faces WBC-ranked contender Ryno Liebenberg this Saturday. The match will mark a milestone for the Colombia-born Alvarez, ...
On October 24, 2014 / By Robert PortisBack in 2012, it seemed everyone was on the Nonito Donaire bandwagon and I have to admit, it felt a bit lonely standing on the dusty sidewalk, watching ...
On October 20, 2014 / By Robert PortisDespite the fact that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will exit this year with his undefeated record intact, and that 2015 promises him two more huge paydays, 2014 threatens to ...
On October 18, 2014 / By Robert PortisThus far, it has not been a banner year for Floyd Mayweather Jr. and it appears things are not going to turn around for “Money” anytime soon. Though ...
On October 14, 2014 / By Robert PortisIf you walked up to them and asked, no doubt two-division champion Timothy Bradley and former WBO junior welterweight titlist Ruslan Provodnikov would admit that, all things considered, ...
On October 12, 2014 / By Robert PortisIs there a more exciting division in boxing right now than the light-heavyweights? Last night Russian amateur star Artur Beterbiev added more heat to an already spicy mix ...
On September 28, 2014 / By Robert PortisStop me if you’ve heard this one before. An old fighter who should have hung up the gloves years ago is ignoring pleas to quit and trying to ...
On September 26, 2014 / By Robert PortisThe Event: Last night at the MGM Grand, Floyd Mayweather narrowly outpointed Marcos Maidana in 2014’s biggest event to date, “The Moment.” It was a frenetic and entertaining ...
On May 4, 2014 / By Robert PortisThe Event The logic seemed sound. Danny Garcia scores an upset and maybe the performance of the year over a truly formidable opponent and so the thinking was, ...
On March 16, 2014 / By Robert Portis“Why should I watch an overweight pothead riding his daddy’s name and fame?” This is the question a boxinghead recently posed to Ring Magazine’s Doug Fischer. The scribe’s ...
On February 28, 2014 / By Robert PortisBoxing fans got a heavy dose of what they love from Quebec City last night with plenty of knockouts and some great action. While those who tuned in ...
On December 1, 2013 / By Robert PortisHaving notched title defense number fifteen this past weekend, Wladimir Klitschko rolls on, seemingly unbeatable, arguably the most dominant heavyweight champion since Joe Louis. His reign is viewed ...
On October 9, 2013 / By Robert PortisThe Event On Saturday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, light welterweight champion Danny Garcia met “Super” Zab Judah in a grudge match. The bout was supposed to be ...
On April 29, 2013 / By Robert PortisAnd so ends for another four years, the Olympics and with it, Olympic boxing, the whole thing a ridiculous exercise in making huge sums of money at the ...
On August 12, 2012 / By Robert PortisBoxing has been plagued in recent years by rematches of great fights that, while attracting big audiences and high PPV sales, have failed to come close to the ...
On March 11, 2012 / By Robert PortisThe recent series of press conferences to hype the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr.–Miguel Cotto match generated no shortage of interesting quotes and quips, all of them from Mayweather ...
On March 3, 2012 / By Robert PortisHeavyweight contender Ron Lyle, who died this past Saturday from complications arising from a stomach condition, deserves to be remembered as both one of the best heavyweights to ...
On November 28, 2011 / By Robert Portis“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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