The billboards adopted Gennady Golovkin’s “Big Drama Show” catchphrase and the fight lived up to its billing. When the smoke cleared, GGG prevailed on a unanimous...
Linda Peltz, J Russell Peltz’s wife of 42 years, said her husband has “been dropping hints for 15 years” about permanently relocating to Florida and doing...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — Long time former middleweight kingpin Gennady Golovkin (39-1-1, 35 KO’s) will look to recapture a middleweight title belt when he faces Sergiy...
Almost a decade has passed since the mighty Gennady “GGG” Golovkin arrived in Southern California to give the sunny region a try. Most people who arrive...
Claressa Shields, considered the most dominant female fighter in the world, was scheduled to fight Croatia’s Ivana Habazin tomorrow, Oct. 5, for the vacant WBC/WBO 154-pound...
Madison Square Garden sits less than two miles from the headquarters of the United Nations. The proximity is apropos. Saturday’s eight-bout fight card at Madison Square...
The times they are a’changing. Some would say that, in terms of professional boxing at the international level, they already have changed, and for the better....
The question for our final quarterly survey of 2019 was this: “If you were to make a boxing movie, what would the subject be? How might...
Tales from L.A. One of the best welterweight title clashes in recent years took place as Errol Spence Jr. connected with a single sidewinder left cross...
On Monday of this week, voting members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, which includes an international panel of boxing historians, received the ballot for...
The Fourth Quarterly TSS Survey: Part One (A-K) — The question for our final survey of 2019 was not an easy one. “If you were to...
The Heavyweight Scene The heavily hyped welterweight showdown between Errol Spence Jr and Shawn Porter at the L.A. Staples Center was as good as advertised. It...
LOS ANGELES-Sometimes long shots pay off but not this time, as heavily favored IBF welterweight titlist Errol Spence Jr. eked out a victory over Shawn Porter...
The Fifty Greatest Flyweights of All Time: Part Two 40-31 In Part One we talked about Brian Viloria and his momentous confrontation with Juan Francisco Estrada. ...
Japanese sensation Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire clash on Nov. 7 in suburban Tokyo at the Saitama Super Arena in the bantamweight finals of the World...
The Avila Perspective, Chap 66: Can Spence-Porter equal De La Hoya-Mosley? LOS ANGELES-Nearly 20 years ago one of the best welterweight world title fights and pay-per-view...
Groundswell Builds to Send the Late Dan Goossen Into the Boxing Hall of Fame In New Orleans, some funerals are never a cause for tearful mourning....
On Saturday, two Southern California prizefighters with similar journeys finally intersect when Riverside’s Josesito “Riverside Rocky” Lopez (36-8, 19 KOs) clashes with John “The Gladiator” Molina...
Earlier this month, 365 boxers from 78 countries gathered in Ekaterinburg, Russia for the 2019 AIBA men’s world championships. Prior to 2016, this annual event was...
McFarland & Company publishes books about boxing on a regular basis. Some of them are solid works that contribute to the historical record of the sport....
