A week ago, it appeared that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez had settled upon IBF 168-pound champion Caleb Plant as his next opponent. But Callum Smith, who apparently...
HITS and MISSES: Celebrating Terence Crawford and More With football season in full swing across the nation, boxing traditionally has to take a backseat to what...
The World Boxing Council recently created a new weight division. It’s called Bridgerweight and it’s for boxers weighing not less than 201 or more than 224...
If Terence “Bud” Crawford isn’t the sport’s top pound-for-pound fighter, he’s at least on the very short list of contenders (a list that became shorter when...
Ireland’s Katie Taylor erupted from the opening bell with a blistering barrage of blows and never slowed down in overwhelming the strong and determined Miriam Gutierrez...
The Top Ten Strawweights of the Decade: 2010-2019 The tragedy of this list, comprised of the best 105lb fighters from the past decade, is that numbers...
BOOK REVIEW by THOMAS HAUSER — Music was the lifeblood of cultural change in the 1950s and 1960s. Cassius X: The Transformation of Muhammad Ali by...
Underestimating British fighters has led to the tumble of several budding American superstars over the decades. Prizefighters from the United Kingdom have a knack for tripping...
Turmoil Continues But Boxing Holds Steady Much of the news in 2020 thus far has been negative, sad, shocking, and downright scary. Any recap is painful...
Press Release — Ring City USA, the new sports media startup that is debuting its Thursday night boxing series from the famed Wild Card Boxing Club...
World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman had made it known that his organization was considering a new weight class. It’s now official. The category will be...
As the temperature continued to cool across most of the United States during the first full weekend in November, the boxing schedule kept heating up. The...
Golden Boy Promotions, the company founded by Oscar De La Hoya, brought Saul “Canelo” Alvarez into the fold in January of 2010. At the time, Alvarez...
Stylish Devin Haney couldn’t get the knockout against former champion Yuri Gamboa but showed off superior fighting skills in retaining the WBC lightweight title and winning...
Cuban Stalwarts Ortiz and Sanchez Dominate on a Fast Card in L.A. Two Cuban heavyweights, one a rising contender and the other a former two-time world...
Deontay Wilder’s Lame Excuse Gets No Brownie Points for Originality Deontay Wilder had 43 pro fights under his belt before he suffered his first pro loss....
BOOK REVIEW by THOMAS HAUSER — James Patterson is one of the world’s bestselling authors and a brand unto himself. He has written or co-authored more...
Mid-week shows are becoming more common in boxing as impatient promoters clear up a backlog of postponed fights without waiting for the lockout to be lifted....
Avila Perspective, Chap 112: Devin Haney and More Now that two major sports have ended their seasons only prizefighting and American football remain. Last week we...
Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin is the latest prominent athlete to test positive for the coronavirus. Povetkin’s rematch with Dillian Whyte, scheduled for Nov. 21, has been...
