When a highly-touted prospect turns in a performance that is inconsistent with his build-up, certain vociferous folks are quick to claim that he was always over-rated....
The Sweet Science Rankings: Week of July 3, 2023 It’s all change at 154lbs this week as every fighter on the list gets a move. After...
ESPN, the self-styled “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” has been tightening its belt by laying off a significant fraction of its on-air talent. The versatile Max Kellerman,...
Two lives unknowingly became intertwined on February 25, 1964, at the Miami Beach Convention Center when Cassius Clay faced the reigning heavyweight champion Charles “Sonny” Liston,...
Top Rank was in Toledo, Ohio tonight showcasing two of the sport’s most dynamic heavyweights. It was a homecoming for Toledo native Jared Anderson who was...
In a brutal and somewhat sloppy fight Savannah Marshall defeated Franchon Crews-Dezurn to become the new undisputed super middleweight champion on Saturday. It was not picturesque....
The Sweet Science Rankings: Week of June 25th, 2023 There are major changes in the rankings at 115lbs this week. Jesse Rodriguez (USA) announced his plan...
If you believe everything that you read on the internet, then you were aware that Canelo Alvarez had picked Jermall Charlo as his next opponent. Even...
World champion Joshua Franco announced his retirement after eight years of trading blows with some of the best smaller weight fighters in the world. It was...
The Hauser Report: Boxing Notes and Nuggets Larry Goldberg promoted his fifth club fight card at Sony Hall in Times Square on Thursday night. I viewed...
Archie Moore’s Toledo Phase The most attractive boxing card on this weekend’s docket is being staged in Toledo, Ohio. Jared Anderson and Arslanbek Makhmudov, fast-rising heavyweight...
“Sivenathi is supposed to beat Suganob,” according to South African boxing kingpin Andile Sidinile. “Suganob has no power to scare off Sivenathi. He’s just a good...
This coming Fourth of July marks the 100th anniversary of one of the oddest promotions in boxing history, the heavyweight championship fight between Jack Dempsey and...
Jared Anderson was slated to fight Kazakhstan’s Zhan Kossobutskiy on July 1 on ESPN in a match emanating from the 9,000-seat Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio....
Sometimes a fight seems like a wake with the body in the ring. That was the feeling I had at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night...
Berlanga UD 12 Quigley in New York; Adames TKO 9 Williams in Minnesota Two major boxing cards went head-to-head tonight in the United States. Viewers had...
Super flyweights Kazuto Ioka and Joshua Franco fought to a draw in a spirited 12-round bout last New Year’s Eve. Tonight they went at it again...
Puerto Rico’s Edgar Berlanga meets Ireland’s Jason Quigley. It’s a perfect match. The search for the next great male Irish fighter has long been a goal...
The Sweet Science Rankings: Week of June 18th, 2023 “There are two changes to the TSS Rankings this week. Mexican Jaime Munguia has announced his intention...
Literary Notes: Jerry Izenberg and More (Book Reviews by Thomas Hauser) Long after he retired from baseball, Ted Williams (possibly the greatest hitter who ever lived)...
