The question for the third quarterly survey of 2019 was “Where do you see the sport/business of boxing 10 years from now?” Thirty-six noted boxing buffs...
This past Saturday there were big shows in Houston and in Providence, Rhode Island, that went head-to-head on Showtime and DAZN respectively. Lost in the shadows...
This coming July 4th marks the 100th anniversary of the Dempsey-Willard fight. More than a big fight, Dempsey vs. Willard came to be seen as the...
Jermall Charlo’s Houston homecoming at NRG Arena went longer than most people probably expected it would. Still, in the end, the local champ earned the hard-fought...
Tonight’s show in Providence, Rhode Island, promoted by Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sports, had a strong international flavor. A Pole, a Dominican, a New Zealander, an Aussie,...
IBF champion Richard Commey couldn’t lose his world lightweight title, but still found former champion Raymundo Beltran, who didn’t make weight, one tough customer before winning...
Ajagba vs. Joyce: A Heavyweight SuperFight on Track for 2021 Every successful speculator, from P.T. Barnum to Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg to today’s pitchers of...
If someone is wildly passionate about boxing and has followed it for years, he or she just might be an aficionado; that is, an enthusiast, addict,...
Statistically speaking, Joseph Parker is involved in the wrong sport. Yes, the 27-year-old Parker is a former WBO heavyweight champion, not so very long ago widely...
Small town guys from Southern California wrapped up world title belts recently. Who’s next? Riverside’s not exactly Blythe or Imperial, Calif. but when it comes to...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — After what was in essence a bye week in the sport, the schedule ramps up again this weekend with several high-profile cards...
No matter what, Alfonso Lopez won’t stop chasing his dream. It doesn’t matter how many fights he has to take. It doesn’t matter whether they’re on...
The great Sugar Ray Leonard, he of the five retirements from boxing that didn’t stick, was musing about the reasons why aging boxers of all levels...
Sunday was not a good day for Mexican fighters in Las Vegas. Former WBC 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo rebounded from his first pro loss with a...
As the dust settles on a quite extraordinary month in the heavyweight division, as the plans of Matchroom Promotions and the once pre-eminent Anthony Joshua lie...
Gerry Cooney’s life is a cautionary tale that, with a lot of effort on his part, has taken a happy turn. Beaten physically and emotionally in...
(By special correspondent Tarrah Zeal) INDIO, Ca.-Andrew Cancio showed the boxing world his first win over Alberto Machado was no fluke. Cancio (21-4-2, 16 KO)s retained...
Throughout recorded history, mankind’s deep thinkers have always been fascinated by the living, breathing copies of one another that are identical twins. Psychologists have written scholarly...
During the early morning hours Andrew “Chango” Cancio wields a jack hammer and breaks up concrete with a small crew before the temperatures rise too high....
Dr. Margaret Goodman, the Las Vegas-based neurologist and former chief ringside physician for the Nevada State Athletic Commission, has never seen the tape of the first...
