Book Review by Thomas Hauser — Carlos Monzon was born into extreme poverty in Argentina on August 7, 1942. He was mean, violent, surly, brutal, arrogant,...
Tonight’s PBC show at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino, billed as a “Showtime Special Edition,” was to feature Sergey Lipinets against Kudratillo Abdukakhorov in the main event....
WBC super flyweight world titlist Juan Francisco Estrada led a triumvirate of world title fights with a sizzling knockout victory over Mexican rival Carlos Cuadras to...
Boxing Odds and Ends: Fury’s Next Opponent, Lomachenko Redux and More It wasn’t long ago that Bob Arum was talking about potting Fury-Wilder III at Las...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 110: Chocolatito, Lipinets and More In the middle of the former Aztec Empire, now called Mexico City, a series of super flyweight world...
The Top Ten Flyweights of the Decade: 2010-2019 As we near the end of a lengthy series, a reminder of our criteria. These are decadal lists,...
Some years ago, Matt Podgorski (a former boxing official) came up with a formula for evaluating the performance of boxing judges worldwide by determining the percentage...
“—C’mon!” said Teofimo Lopez with two seconds left in the 12th round. It was a Brooklyn thing to say on a Brooklyn-type Saturday night, and Lopez...
Boxing is back! Okay, boxing had technically been back for a few months now. But didn’t it seem to be more fully back to normal with...
Teofimo Takes Over: Upsets Lomachenko Four belts were at stake tonight when Vasiliy Lomachenko locked horns with Teofimo Lopez at the MGM Grand Bubble. There were...