At some point in every highly successful boxer’s professional life, there is a subtle, sometimes imperceptible change where he begins to stop being who he had...
The first upset of last weekend occurred in an undercard bout on the big show at London’s O2 Arena. David Allen, a journeyman with a 13-4-2...
“He refused to take ‘no’ for an answer.” That comment, offered in praise of Les Moonves for the pivotal role the chairman and CEO of CBS...
When WBA/WBO super featherweight champion Acelino “Popo” Freitas met Jorge Rodrigo “Il Hiena” Barrios in Miami on August 8, 2003, there was more on the line...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — Vaughn Alexander (12-0, 8 KO’s) turned pro in 2004 and was once considered a very promising prospect. He was featured in his...
Masayuki Ito proved why Japan dominates the super featherweight division with an impressive decision victory over Puerto Rico’s Christopher Diaz to win the WBO world title...
The boxing boom has continued into 2018 and we're being treated to outstanding competitive bouts and in the process we're also seeing titles becoming unified. This...
RINGSIDE REPORT BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TARRAH ZAEL -Four-division world champion Mikey Garcia dominated Robert Easter Jr. with a machine-like performance to unify the WBC and IBF...
Matchroom Boxing head honcho Eddie Hearn put on a great show tonight at sold-out O2 Arena. There was plenty of action and plenty of drama and...
UNDERCARD NOTES BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TARRAH ZAEL -- WBC title holder Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KO) and IBF title holder Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KO)...
Long have Japanese prizefighters dominated in the super featherweight division (aka junior lightweight) division. Whatever it’s called, the 130-pound division has been a stronghold for Japan.
CRUISIN’ FOR A BELLEWSIN’ - After his impressive victory against Murat Gassiev, it didn’t take long for Oleksandr Usyk’s possibilities as a heavyweight contender to become...
Under the hot metal roof of the hilltop boxing gym, the team of Mikey Garcia watches him run through his routine from wrapping hands to shadow...
There’s a heavyweight bout this weekend between two of the top contenders in the division, Joseph Parker and Dillian Whyte, and it probably has gone under...
First there was Nardico-Norkus I in January of 1954. Then there was Moore vs. Durelle. Their first fight in 1958 was arguably the greatest fight of...
In becoming the first undisputed cruiserweight champion since Evander Holyfield achieved the feat in 1988, Oleksandr Usyk 15-0 (11) put on the best boxing exhibition
Boxing’s seemingly ageless wonder, Bernard Hopkins, once observed that “history lasts forever,” but that is only partially true. History is, like almost everything else, a perishable
RINGSIDE REPORT BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TARRAH ZAEL – Not one round went unnoticed in the main event as Mexico’s Jaime Munguia brought the noise to the...
