Yesterday the late, great Pernell Whitaker would have turned 57, but he was taken from us in 2019, far too soon, but boxing will never forget his talent and ...
On January 3, 2021 / By Neil CraneYou can call him, as we do, the best southpaw in boxing history. Or you can call him, as we do, the best boxer of the 1990’s. Or ...
On January 2, 2021 / By Lee WylieMy earliest memory of boxing is a poster for Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks from back in 1988, the big heavyweight superfight that lasted exactly 91 seconds. The poster ...
On December 28, 2020 / By Joshua IsardLet’s raise a glass and give a heart-felt salute to Bert Cooper, may he rest in peace. He went on to that big ring in the sky in ...
On November 23, 2020 / By Robert PortisIntimidation. From the jungles of our primitive ancestors, to the boardrooms of today’s suit-and-tie warriors, the ability to demoralize an antagonist without resorting to physical violence remains a ...
On November 9, 2020 / By Michael CarbertThe glorious second coming of Evander Holyfield had manifested itself a full year previous to his rematch with Michael Moorer, but it remained for some boxing fans a ...
On November 8, 2020 / By Robert PortisIt was on this day in 1994 that the “impossible dream” was fulfilled. At age 45, former heavyweight champion George Foreman became the oldest man to win the ...
On November 5, 2020 / By Alden ChodashFollowing Leon Spink’s huge upset victory over Muhammad Ali in 1978, the heavyweight championship belt was torn in two. The World Boxing Council soon stripped Spinks of their ...
On October 25, 2020 / By Michael CarbertIt’s an interesting time to be a Mike Tyson fan. More than fifteen years removed from his final fight, we’re long past him being “The Baddest Man On ...
On October 22, 2020 / By Joshua IsardMost boxing fans are familiar with the ancient chestnut, “As the heavyweights go, so goes boxing,” and it would be difficult to argue that the old saw bears ...
On October 18, 2020 / By Robert PortisIt is 1987 and nothing and no one can stop heavyweight wrecking machine Mike Tyson. The year before he had blown away Trevor Berbick in two rounds to become ...
On October 17, 2020 / By Michael CarbertBack in 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvelous Marvin Hagler threw down in a highly-advertised middleweight championship fight in Las Vegas, a glorious spectacle which captured the attention ...
On October 9, 2020 / By James SimpsonThe ring, like the arena that housed it, was filled to capacity. The final bell had rung and dozens of people climbed through the ropes for the rituals ...
On September 12, 2020 / By Rafael GarcíaFor the heavyweight division, the 1990’s were total chaos. A complete chronicle of that bizarre decade for the game’s big men reads like a season-long script for a ...
On September 2, 2020 / By Michael CarbertAs the world of sports and live entertainment ground to a halt this year, boxing fans endured months without any ring action at all, as some excellent scheduled ...
On August 27, 2020 / By Matt O'BrienMike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr. The former “Kid Dynamite” vs the former “Captain Hook.” Is it really going to happen? This most unlikely of comeback matches between ...
On August 19, 2020 / By Andrew RihnWe got some bad news, fellow fight fans: looks like COVID-19 isn’t going anywhere, at least not for quite a while. So, depending on where you reside, you ...
On July 14, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskeyGolota gets eleven stitches, his head smashed open with a two-way radio. His trainer, 74-year-old Lou Duva, leaves the ring on a stretcher and is taken to hospital. ...
On July 11, 2020 / By David ComoTwenty three years ago today, one of the most savage moments in boxing history took place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. In perhaps the biggest sporting ...
On June 28, 2020 / By Alden ChodashIt was the summer of 2000. Still drunk on the optimism of the New Millennium, the world seemed a happier, less volatile place. The social media giants that ...
On June 17, 2020 / By Matt O'BrienTime for a new edition of our podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash as he and site contributor Eliott McCormick discuss some of the latest boxing news, ...
On June 16, 2020 / By Alden ChodashMike Tyson has held the fascination of sports fans since he first began annihilating opponents in the spring of 1985 when all saw he was a compelling tour-de-force, ...
On June 11, 2020 / By Andrew RihnLegitimate superfights in boxing tend not to just happen spontaneously, but instead are built up over time. The first bout between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali was years ...
On June 8, 2020 / By Patrick ConnorThirty-five years ago today a crime occurred. It went largely unnoticed outside the world of boxing, but that doesn’t change the fact that it happened. Or that nothing ...
On May 20, 2020 / By Michael CarbertAn immediate return match after a tough loss can be a risky proposition. There is no physical reason for this; after a few weeks the body repairs itself ...
On May 15, 2020 / By Michael CarbertNot 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 RebnerWe know you’ve barely started sampling all the great battles we listed yesterday in Part One of this list, but we promised, and so we deliver: here’s the ...
On May 13, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskeyThe creation of history can be as forgettable as it is memorable. On April 22, 2001, in Carnival City, South Africa, American heavyweight Hasim Rahman knocked out Lennox ...
On April 22, 2020 / By Eliott McCormickWhen news came in 1987 that former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who had retired ten years before to become an evangelical pastor, was embarking on a wholly unexpected ...
On April 19, 2020 / By Michael CarbertMike Tyson marries Robin Givens in February of 1988, then boards a plane to Tokyo, fulfilling a promise he made two years prior to defend his title for ...
On March 21, 2020 / By David Como“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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