Most professional boxers, for whatever reason, have nicknames. With as unadorned a given name as Mike Lee, you might think that the guy who on July...
BEVERLY HILLS-Rain and grey skies filled the Southern California landscape on Wednesday as Manny Pacquiao and fellow warriors met the media. Now 40 years old, Pacquiao...
Lou Savarese could hardly contain himself. There he was, just four years after his last professional boxing match, a Bronx-born, boxing behemoth bursting into the room...
Showtime’s widely-connected Jim Gray is the ultimate networker, insider, and friend to the stars (from Jack Nicholson to Kobe Bryant to LeBron James to Tom Brady...
The heavyweights are out there bucking for position as the weight class has more possibilities than we have seen in years. Three heavyweight fights have gotten...
This past Saturday night saw Deontay Wilder’s WBC world heavyweight title defense against Dominic Breazeale go down on Showtime. The fight lasted just 137 seconds as...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — This past Saturday, Naoya Inoue (18-0, 16 KO’s) punched his ticket to the bantamweight final in the World Boxing Super Series when...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Super welterweight prospect Serhii Bohachuk got his first taste of upper tier boxing from Mexico’s Freddy Hernandez and gave him his best Sunday punch to...
It’s been said — and it applies to all sports, but especially boxing — that in order to be great, one has to face great competition....
How much improvement can a fighter, any fighter, demonstrate in only 137 seconds? How many sandpaper-rough stylistic edges can be smoothed in that comparatively brief snippet...
HAWAIIAN GARDENS, Calif.-Undefeated Jonathan Esquivel attracted a large and lively crowd and they weren’t disappointed in his knockout win over Tavoris Teague on Saturday. Esquivel (10-0,...
Deontay Wilder vs. Dominic Breazeale figures to be entertaining for as long as it lasts said one pundit and he could not have been more prescient....
Semifinal matchups in the 118- and 140-pound tournaments of the World Boxing Super Series played out today, May 18, at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow,...
The Foxwoods resort in Connecticut hosted a number of important fights over the years, the sorts of fights that today would likely materialize at Barclays Center...
INDIO, CA. — It must be the season of the witch as two lightweights engaged in one of the most brutal and bruising battles of the...
There is a commonly accepted notion that “good things always come in threes.” The so-called “Rule of Three” principle suggests things that come in threes somehow...
Prize fights were slightly different back in the 20th century. When you entered a prize fight at the Olympic Auditorium circa 1987 your face would be...
Dominic Breazeale, who challenges WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder on Saturday, has adopted the nickname “Trouble.” The moniker would be a better fit for former...
Showtime Boxing delivers WBC world heavyweight title action this Saturday night live from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center as champion Deontay Wilder (40-0-1) defends his belt against mandatory...
To properly understand the mindset of the British boxing promoter, one could do worse than to heed the recent words of legendary fight-maker Frank Warren. “The...
