With pro sports in a deep freeze due to the coronavirus pandemic, now is a good time to re-feature some great articles from the recent past. Here is ...
On June 7, 2020 / By Eliott McCormickIt took our own Mr. Portis a few days to collect his thoughts on last Saturday’s huge fight, and while at first he handed in roughly ten thousand ...
On September 21, 2018 / By Robert PortisIn the wake of Gennady Golovkin’s return to knockout form last May, there was much fanfare regarding his purported achievement of matching Bernard Hopkins’ record of 20 consecutive ...
On September 11, 2018 / By Matt O'BrienTo state the obvious, fight fans have always been attracted to thunderous power punchers. The sheer violence of a sudden, dramatic knockout is a major part of boxing’s ...
On March 13, 2018 / By Jamie RebnerAlthough Spain has never been exactly a hotbed for professional boxing, emerging prospect Jon Fernandez appears poised to take up the prizefighting torch for his homeland. Indeed, the mantle ...
On February 6, 2018 / By Zachary AlapiOn Saturday night in Madison Square Garden, Miguel Cotto proved the truth of the old cliché, winning isn’t everything. After being soundly beaten by the younger, faster Sadam ...
On December 5, 2017 / By Sean CroseThe Fight City is proud to be the home of Lee Wylie and as part of our special coverage in advance of an historic clash of champions, Cotto ...
On November 17, 2015 / By Lee WylieThere’s more to boxing than meets the eye and there’s more to Cotto vs Canelo than just another exciting Puerto Rico vs Mexico showdown. This is without question ...
On November 13, 2015 / By Lee WylieAnother Floyd Mayweather fight, another 12 round exhibition of defensive boxing tactics. Andre Berto, as expected, lacked the skills or the athletic gifts to challenge Mayweather and fight ...
On September 13, 2015 / By Robert PortisMiguel Cotto made short work of Daniel Geale this past Saturday night and in emphatic fashion and I’m still trying to get the bad taste out of my ...
On June 12, 2015 / By Robert PortisOne of the biggest criticisms of the Cotto-Geale showdown was the installation of a catchweight limit and weight became a major talking point throughout the HBO World Championship ...
On June 7, 2015 / By Zach DunnChavez Jr vs Fonfara Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions takes a break this week, but that doesn’t mean fight fans will have Saturday night off. In fact, boxing aficionados ...
On April 17, 2015 / By Rafael GarcíaIn the coming weeks, Julius ‘The Chef’ Jackson (19-0 15KO) will be heading out to Big Bear, California, to help Gennady Golovkin prepare for his May bout against ...
On March 26, 2015 / By Sherif DhaimishGennady Golovkin is, without question, the best middleweight in the world. Miguel Cotto may be the lineal champion, but he will be a huge underdog if that match ...
On February 22, 2015 / By Michael CarbertMonte Carlo, known for its extravagant displays of wealth, will see a different form of pageantry when Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin fights Martin Murray tomorrow. Golovkin is a fighter ...
On February 20, 2015 / By Eliott McCormickOn the eve of one of the best matches the middleweight division can offer, and yet, despite this, a fight many are not expecting to be particularly competitive, ...
On February 20, 2015 / By Michael CarbertNo sport is home to more tragedy than boxing. Death, career-ending injury, brain damage. These can be the legacy of the cruelest of sports. But a different kind ...
On January 27, 2015 / By Robert PortisThe middleweight division has for the past year been as tantalizing and frustrating as watching an X-rated video on a patchy internet connection: you know the content is ...
On September 5, 2014 / By Rafael García“Why should I watch an overweight pothead riding his daddy’s name and fame?” This is the question a boxinghead recently posed to Ring Magazine’s Doug Fischer. The scribe’s ...
On February 28, 2014 / By Robert PortisThis year boxing had a particularly busy Mexican Independence weekend, but hardcore fight fans focused on the battle for middleweight supremacy between Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. ...
On September 16, 2012 / By Rafael García‘Son of the Legend’ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is scheduled to defend his middleweight WBC belt against fellow Mexican Marco Antonio Rubio on February 4th in San Antonio, ...
On January 16, 2012 / By Rafael García“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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