In a bout billed for the WBO interim heavyweight title with the winner theoretically next in line for Oleksandr Usyk, Joe Joyce (WBO #1) dominated and...
Shakur Stevenson had his WBC and WBO 130-pound titles stripped from him when he failed to make weight for tonight’s bout with Robson Conceicao and it...
Fresh off a super featherweight title unification victory Shakur Stevenson returns and this time avoids a battle against Brooklyn’s great Amanda Serrano for viewership and ticket...
Is Boxing Governed by Murphy’s Law? Organizers of boxing events need a thick skin because the sport is governed by Murphy’s Law: anything that can go...
A meeting at the crossroads is one of the most oft used cliches in boxing, but for a reason. Contests which will help define two careers,...
Manny Pacquiao began his ring career in relative obscurity fighting at 106 pounds as a flyweight, but became a global sensation and arguably one of the...
Canelo is Still Mostly the Canelo That We Remember, but GGG is Another Story A fat and seemingly overly optimistic George Foreman, upon launching a boxing...
LAS VEGAS, NV –After four long years, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Genndiy Golovkin renewed acquaintances tonight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In their first...
Canelo-GGG III: Odds and Ends It’s Mexican Independence Day Weekend and I am in Las Vegas so this must be boxing. Indeed, for most of the...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 203: Canelo-GGG 3 and More Prizefighting in the middleweight division is best described as ferocious throughout boxing history from Bob Fitzsimmons to Harry...
Tomorrow, Sept. 15, marks the 117th anniversary of the first big fight in Goldfield, Nevada. No, we’re not talking about the first fight between Joe Gans...
Elite Trainer Jesse Reid Has Schooled Some of Boxing’s Most Mercurial Champions In olden days, the boxing coach of an athletic club was invariably called a...
Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t a boxing fan. But she did something that no other British monarch ever did. She bestowed knighthood on a professional boxer. Now,...
NFL running backs Adrian Peterson and Le’Veon Bell face off Saturday night in the co-main event of Social Gloves 2 You see it at virtually every...
Yokasta Valle Wins a Second Belt in Costa Rica; Shields vs Marshall Postponed Last night’s 104-pound unification fight in Costa Rica between local fan favorite Yokasta...
Shields vs Marshall Tops a Blockbuster Week for Women It’s the Year of Women prizefighting and this week is dominated by several top female world champions...
On January 6, 1971, Earnie Shavers, a well-touted heavyweight prospect from Warren, Ohio, fought Lee Estes at the Silver Slipper in Las Vegas. Shavers’ team on...
LOS ANGELES-Swilled in gentlemanly conduct Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz was stymied by Luis “King Kong” Ortiz’s manners more than his blows but used his early knockdowns...
Liam “Beefy” Smith, the second-youngest of Liverpool’s four fighting Smith brothers, had the home field advantage tonight when he opposed former sparring partner Hassan Mwakinyo, a...
LOS ANGELES-Giant killers in heavyweight boxing like Andy Ruiz have existed since the beginning of prizefighting. Can his ability to disrupt bigger men continue? Though listed...
