You can make the case that this match-up should have happened a while ago. You can also point out that one of the two combatants didn’t look very ...
On September 25, 2019 / By Neil CraneI’m moving up two weight divisions, and not just to fight any welterweight, but Errol Spence. At first glance, it seems nuts. –Mikey Garcia Four-division titlist and counter-puncher ...
On March 15, 2019 / By Rafael GarcíaAs one of our contributors discussed not that long ago, the current version of the welterweight division has all the necessary ingredients to give boxing fans plenty of ...
On September 5, 2018 / By Neil CraneThe Event It is easy to forget that Pacquiao vs Matthysse is a match that fight fans have been waiting for since 2013. Before Lucas Matthysse’s trail of ...
On July 15, 2018 / By Alden ChodashYes, it’s hard to believe, but it’s July of 2018 and, for better or for worse, it’s another Manny Pacquiao “Fight Week.” Pacquiao vs Matthysse. It’s going down, ...
On July 10, 2018 / By Neil CraneCamille Estephan always makes eye contact. Standing on the press conference podium, his bulky musculature sheathed in a fitted suit jacket, the Eye of the Tiger promoter will ...
On April 28, 2018 / By Eliott McCormickSports is about passion. It’s what fills the stands and sells the tickets. I’m from West Virginia, and the University Mountaineers football and basketball games can reduce people ...
On March 22, 2018 / By Jeffrey FussSome call them “fanagers.” Others just call them annoying. I’ve always referred to them as boxing’s “new breed of fan.” No matter, it all means the same thing. ...
On January 23, 2018 / By Sean CroseThis Saturday night, Lamont Peterson of Washington, D.C. will be in Brooklyn, New York to face Errol Spence Jr. for the IBF world welterweight title. While the welterweight ...
On January 18, 2018 / By Jeffrey FussTime to look forward, fight fans, as we turn the corner with great expectations for a new year of boxing action that will, we hope, at least come ...
On January 11, 2018 / By Neil CraneOn Monday, a judge sentenced Montreal boxer Dierry Jean to 15 months in prison for violently robbing a woman in search of drug money. In the incident, which occurred ...
On April 7, 2017 / By Eliott McCormickSaturday night in Brooklyn, WBA champion Keith Thurman and WBC boss Danny Garcia will unify the same welterweight titles Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns fought over in ...
On March 2, 2017 / By Zachary AlapiDear Paulie, When I first learned you were fighting Danny Garcia, my concern for you almost matched my disappointment in Danny. After all, and despite his recent lackluster ...
On July 31, 2015 / By Robert PortisI have to be honest here – I’m not big on disliking people. I’m just not. I’m not saying this to make myself out to be some kind ...
On July 28, 2015 / By Sean Crose“I was not only the coach, I was the jailer. I sat there with a baseball bat. I was only joking, but I told them that if anyone ...
On June 19, 2015 / By Patrick ConnorThe Good Rafael Garcia: The best thing about last night, in my eyes, was the fact there was a little bit of everything for fight fans. The non-title fight ...
On April 13, 2015 / By Rafael GarcíaIf you didn’t yet believe boxing is the greyest of sports, you need look no further than this Saturday’s main event in Brooklyn, NY. At Barclays Center, 140-pound ...
On April 10, 2015 / By Robert PortisAmir “King” Khan is in vogue this week. He easily beat Devon Alexander last Saturday in a performance which convinced some he’s the man to beat Floyd Mayweather. Is ...
On December 18, 2014 / By Eliott McCormickMontreal’s Dierry “Dougy Style” Jean stopped Daniel Ruiz in the fifth round Saturday at the Bell Center, his second win since losing to Lamont “Havoc” Peterson in January. ...
On September 30, 2014 / By Eliott McCormickThe Event Last night’s Showtime card at the DC Armory was headlined by a light-welterweight scrap between Washington’s Lamont ‘Havoc’ Peterson and Montreal’s Dierry ‘Dougy Style’ Jean. At ...
On January 26, 2014 / By Eliott McCormickThe Event Last Friday night, IBF junior lightweight titlist Lamont Peterson returned to the ring after a 14 month hiatus. He faced former WBO champion Kendall Holt in ...
On February 26, 2013 / By Eliott McCormick“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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