McCluskey’s Dozen: Thirty Years Of Talent
Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time
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Nicholas Walters
April 1, 2000: Klitschko vs Byrd
When a prizefighter decides he has had enough for the night and signals surrender, a variety of attitudes and opinions
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Fight Report: Lomachenko vs Walters
The Event It was one of the most anticipated matches of the year, ostensibly a battle between two of the
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Lomachenko vs Walters: The Picks
Lomachenko vs Walters. Two of the very best in the world at 130 pounds, both facing their biggest challenge and
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Hi-Tech’s Tricks
Last Saturday we had a showdown between two of the best boxers, pound-for-pound, in the world. And guess what? This
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PBC Is Back: Early Picks
When it comes to boxing on Showtime and the Premier Boxing Champions network, we know who’s in charge, right? It’s
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The Doctors Are Wrong
Nothing will kill boxing and nothing can save it. — Larry Merchant The doctors shake their heads as they
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Vasyl Lomachenko: The Tricks
Having already gifted us excellent videos on virtually every top technical pugilist in the game today, including Roman Gonzalez, Gennady Golovkin,
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#NoTrump: The Rise of Oscar Valdez
Let’s be honest: 2016 has been far from an exciting year for boxing with few truly compelling matchups. This Saturday
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2015 Robbery of the Year
Robbery of the Year Nominations: Nicholas Walters D10 Jason Sosa Jean Pascal UD10 Yunieski Gonzalez Johnny Muller W10 Mateusz Masternak
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The Weekend That Was
We got heavyweight action, a mild upset at 160, and — surprise, surprise — another set of inexplicable scorecards. Time
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Boxing’s Shame
No one, of course, should have been surprised. Sadly, though, all of us were. Just as we are, each and
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Lomachenko’s Muse
What is art? And how do we evaluate it? Great minds through the centuries have pondered these questions, brooding over
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Whatever Happened to Ambition?
Why isn’t Deontay Wilder screaming for a fight with Wladimir Klitschko? Why isn’t Leo Santa Cruz calling out Guillermo Rigondeaux? Or
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The Axe Man Cuts Down Another Tree
For the second week in a row, an HBO main event had its shine stolen by weight issues and ‘what
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Mark Your Calendar
If the month of May was a woman then the first date didn’t go so well. Floyd Mayweather vs Manny
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Pray to the Boxing Gods: Our 2015 Dream Fight Wish List
Good riddance to the cesspool of mismatches, robberies, and lack of appealing fights that was 2014! The new year is
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The Jackal Is Relegated to Japan
On the last day of one of boxing’s lamest years, its master craftsman, Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux (14-0), steps into
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