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Since being established by the major sanctioning bodies in the mid-80s, the super middleweight class has produced some classic contests. I was fortunate to grow into an avid boxing fan in the midst of the division’s heyday for
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The amazing Old Man Hopkins show continued, but did anyone really want to keep watching it? Hopkins vs Cloud had The Barclays Center in Brooklyn little more than half-full, but no one should have been surprised. There was
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Local pro boxing cards where I come from are a chance to watch young fighters hone their craft and gain valuable experience in the hopes of one day seeing them perform on the big stage. Since recently returning
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The other week saw one of the most compelling match-ups boxing has to offer finally happen: “Supremacy” — Gennady Golovkin vs Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. The significance of this long-awaited bout rested largely on the fact that everyone knew
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“The times, they are a changin’.” These lyrics, so endlessly applicable, are what serenaded David Lemieux’s ring walk on Saturday night. Dylan’s poetry ostensibly heralds a changing middleweight division through Lemieux’s rise, while, at a more personal level,
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Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor is a middleweight champion again, which proves the boxing world eats its young and then recycles them. Last night in Biloxi, Mississippi, he outlasted champion Sam Soliman to win the IBF belt by unanimous
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On Wednesday, Arkansas native Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor will battle Australia’s Sam Soliman for the IBF world super-middleweight title in Biloxi, Mississippi. It’s rare that anything in boxing can be considered normal, but even by the sport’s bizarre
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