Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, a French diplomat in the 1800s, is widely credited as the originator of the saying that “revenge is a dish best served...
At the dawn of the year 1970, Rocky Marciano had been dead for five months and 1012 days had elapsed since Muhammad Ali had last stepped...
Three Punch Combo: A Wish List of Easily Makeable Fights for 2020 As the calendar turns to 2020 there has been a lot of focus among...
Boxing in 2019: Great Moments but Also Dark Days Fifteen years from now fans might look back at 2019 as they do a fine wine. It...
On December 30, Longjoy Sports (a Chinese promotional company) won a purse bid for Artur Beterbiev’s mandatory IBF title defense against Meng Fanlong with a purse...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 79: Boxing 101 (Part One) In a dusty room in a loft-style apartment in Montebello began my adventure into the world of prizefighting...
If one were to write a history of the cruiserweight division, Carlos “Sugar” DeLeon’s name would undoubtedly be splashed all over it. No one told DeLeon,...
The first quarterly survey of 2020 is in the hopper. We asked our respondents this question: “If you were writing about the year 2019 in boxing,...
The second half of 2019 was mottled by a particularly sorrowful July during which two fighters died from ring injuries suffered in fights staged one day...
Looking for the Fight of the Decade? Start Your Search at 105 Pounds Boxing is like any other product in that you must follow the money...
There wasn’t a ton of action available to consume over the last weekend of 2019, so all eyes were turned toward Showtime to witness undefeated two-time...
A strong year for boxing was soured by the deaths of former ring notables and boxing personalities. In this annual year-end tribute, we acknowledge those that...
2018 was an astonishing year for British boxing and for all that 2019 didn’t quite measure up, there were some notable names and some astonishing moments,...
Tonight, Mayweather Promotions, in tandem with SHOWTIME, brought the first world title fight to Atlanta in 21 years (since Atlanta resident Evander Holyfield opposed Vaughn Bean...
It is Friday afternoon, August 24, 2018, summertime in Quincy Market. I am standing at attention with Mark DeLuca outside of Boston’s historic public meeting house,...
As Canelo Alvarez was advancing into boxing’s biggest attraction, there were always critics disparaging his accomplishments. To the fault-finders, noted Thomas Hauser, it was always something:...
Good fighters commonly regress into journeymen. But sometimes pundits are too quick to conclude that this transition has been made. Junior welterweight Pablo Cesar Cano is...
Perspective, Chap. 78: Adventures in the I.E., Favorite Moments and Tank Davis Accidents happen but once in a while they produce surprisingly good results. When Jermell...
The “Clash on the Dunes” between Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz and Anthony “AJ” Joshua– a highly anticipated rematch– took place in Diriyah, a suburb of Riyadh,...
The TSS 2019 Fight of the Year: Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire It was the seventh round of “The Thrilla in Manila” and Muhammad Ali, who...
