Last year there were a number of things that caused fans to keep boxing in proper perspective. Among them, racism and the divisiveness of Charlottesville, the...
HOLLYWOOD, Ca.-In his Hollywood debut, Ali Akhmedov won by stoppage against Jorge Escalante in a cruiserweight fight on Wednesday evening in a bout filled with curious...
Later this month, on August 25, the semifinals of the WBC welterweight tournament will be held in Toronto. South Africa’s Chris Van Heerden (26-2-1) meets Ghana’s...
The talk of a possible clash between WBC heavyweight title holder Deontay Wilder 40-0 (39) and returning ex-champ Tyson Fury 26-0 (19) seems to be gaining...
Two Los Angeles-based promotion companies unfurl three fight cards in four days in both Hollywood and downtown L.A. 360 Promotions brings a bevy of prospects to...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — Like many who love this sport, I feel there are way too many belts and too many fighters who are considered champions....
This past weekend at the Hard Rock Casino in Atlantic City, WBA light heavyweight title holder Dmitry Bivol 14-0 (11) defended his title against former title...
In this month’s survey, we asked our regular cast of noted boxing buffs to identify the fighters -- active or retired, living or dead -- who...
PART ONE (A-K) OF A TWO-PART SURVEY — In this month’s survey, we asked our respondents to name the most overrated and most underrated boxers, active...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Until late Saturday night, most people probably knew McIntosh as the Binghampton, N.Y.-based manufacturer of high-end audio equipment. After underdog Eleider Alvarez’s...
PBC show at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, Long Island, New York, was a rather humdrum affair. The main go, a 12-round welterweight contest between veterans...
In an unprecedented development, the Boxing Writers Association of America has started a “watch list” to lift the curtain on ring officials who have “screwed up.”...
Rival boxing shows compete this Saturday as light heavyweight world titlists are featured in New Jersey while former world champion welterweights and middleweights tangle in New...
Manny Pacquiao isn’t quite ready to retire, and more big-money fights against high-level competition seem to be on the 39-year-old’s way. “I feel like I’m a...
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...
