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 CraneMy 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 IsardSo much has changed since September of 2018 that we might as well have been living in a different world. Come to think of it, I guess we ...
On December 17, 2020 / By Rafael GarcíaThis was the beginning, the dawn of the legend that was to become Arturo “Thunder” Gatti. It was on this day that the world discovered a boxer who ...
On December 15, 2020 / By Robert Portis“My heart will explode before I leave him alone for one second,” Ricky Hatton had promised prior to his showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. As it turned out, ...
On December 8, 2020 / By Matt O'BrienNo matter how you break it down, Errol Spence vs Danny Garcia has one major thing going for it: it’s one of the best matches that can currently ...
On December 4, 2020 / By Rafael GarcíaWhen boxing fans hear the moniker “The Golden Boy,” they of course think of Oscar De La Hoya, but some four decades before Oscar became one of the ...
On November 14, 2020 / By Robert PortisAs 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'BrienLet us get you up to date on all the weekend boxing results as Alden Chodash and Jeffrey Fuss recap the major action happening in front of rows ...
On August 16, 2020 / By Alden ChodashPlaster of Torrance: Unwrapping the Meaning of Antonio Margarito, Part Two. Excerpted from The Bittersweet Science. There are times when boxing matches resemble more a bullfight than they ...
On July 30, 2020 / By Rafael GarcíaWe 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 McCluskeyIt 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'BrienLooking back it’s difficult not to feel some measure of regret for Pernell Whitaker, which is absurd given that the man won six world titles in four divisions ...
On February 18, 2020 / By Michael CarbertTalent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. ...
On January 23, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskeyOur ratings of the all-time greatest fighters in each of the traditional eight weight classes continues with a look at the storied ranks of the welterweight division. As ...
On November 13, 2019 / By Robert PortisIt was an unlikely and unexpected event before it became one of the most anticipated showdowns of the year. Canelo vs Kovalev: a crossroads fight with major implications ...
On November 3, 2019 / By Robert PortisTime for a new edition of our podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash! This week he and site editor Michael Carbert recap the great battle that was ...
On October 28, 2019 / By Alden ChodashFor a while now I’ve been wondering what’s going on with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. First, for many months he’s been insisting a third match with his arch-rival, Gennadiy ...
On October 20, 2019 / By Ralph M. SemienFrom the outside, the industrial building where the Macon Bibb United Boxing Club can be found looks nothing like a place for the serious pursuit of the brutal ...
On September 4, 2019 / By James SimpsonAt this point it’s anybody’s guess how much longer ring legend Manny Pacquiao will continue boxing, but what is known is that the Pacman scored a huge win ...
On July 21, 2019 / By Rafael GarcíaWhen the United States Olympic Boxing Team sauntered away with a staggering nine gold medals in 1984, Pernell Whitaker was actually lost in the shuffle. First came an ...
On July 15, 2019 / By Patrick ConnorSpeaking for fans of a certain vintage, we all have a special set of boxers, the ones that forged our love for the sport, the ones on those ...
On April 29, 2019 / By Matt O'BrienRocky is a great movie, and Creed was pretty good, but they get my town all wrong when it comes to boxing. The films portray Philadelphia as a city ...
On February 8, 2019 / By Joshua IsardWhen you walk up the stairs leading to Club De Boxe Champions on Belanger Street in the Saint-Michel district of Montreal, you are climbing the same steps that ...
On December 14, 2018 / By Michael CarbertHere’s the thing: No one really knows why Floyd Mayweather abruptly made it clear that he would not be facing kickboxing and MMA phenom Tenshin Nasukawa in Japan ...
On November 10, 2018 / By Sean CroseMany times my dad repeated this old saw in my presence: “A wise man keeps his ears open and his mouth shut.” Not that I ever listened or ...
On October 10, 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 ChodashSports 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 FussWhen we hear the term “ring announcer,” HBO’s Michael Buffer and his iconic catch phrase “Let’s get ready to rumble!” is probably the first thing that comes to ...
On November 27, 2017 / By Simon TraversyIt’s been nearly 12 years since the city of Portland, Oregon played host to a professional boxing card. Few people around the “Rose City” actually remember its bustling ...
On October 23, 2017 / By Patrick Connor“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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