Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez dismissed Avni Yildirim like a bothersome fly to retain the WBA and WBC super middleweight titles by technical knockout in a mandatory...
New Zealand heavyweights Joseph Parker and Junior Fa met four times as amateurs and each man won twice. On Saturday night in Auckland, they met for...
The big buzz this week in boxing was the enormous fee ponied up by the video-sharing, social-networking service Triller to lasso Teofimo Lopez’s lightweight title defense...
Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) defends the WBA and WBC super middleweight titles against Avni Yildirim (21-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday Feb. 27, at...
I started this series in 2018, selecting ten fascinating heavyweight prospects and committing to follow them until such time as they were eliminated or entered the...
The upcoming fight between Joseph Parker and Junior Fa at a 12,000-seat arena in Auckland is well-marinated. “Momentum is slowly building,” wrote New Zealand sports journalist...
HITS and MISSES: Oscar Valdez, Adrien Broner and More Boxing was in full swing again over the weekend, so there was plenty of action to consume...
Showtime served up a tripleheader from Mohegan Sun in Connecticut on Saturday night, February 20. The centerpiece was the newly reformed, more responsible, and more mature...
A battle between Mexican warriors saw Oscar Valdez prove that hunger can be a powerful weapon as he out-boxed and then knocked out Miguel Berchelt to...
In the media kit for tonight’s PBC boxing card at the Mohegan Sun, Stephen Espinoza, the President of Sports and Event Programming for Showtime, called Adrien...
Surging Avanesyan TKOs ex-Olympian Kelly It seemed that David Avanesyan’s best days were behind him when he was overpowered by Egidijus Kavaliauskas in February of 2018....
Bob Arum called him the handsomest young boxer to come down the pike since Muhammad Ali. Arum was referencing Paddy Donovan. Of course, Arum didn’t rope...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 124: Super Featherweights Collide and More Many expect a Mexican battle of epic proportions to erupt when Miguel Berchelt defends the WBC super...
For the second straight fight, Detroit welterweight Janelson Bocachica found himself matched against a fellow U.S.-born Puerto Rican, but he was stepping up in class against...
The fight attracting the most buzz this coming weekend – and rightfully so – is the all-Mexico showdown in Las Vegas between Miguel Berchelt and Oscar...
After a slow start to the new year, boxing returned with a vengeance over Valentine’s Day weekend with three shows spread across our various American television...
Rustico Torrecampo’s Historic KO (Historic in Hindsight) This relatively unknown Filipino light flyweight fought from 1993-1997, compiling an unremarkable 14-8-6 mark, though six draws in 28...
Anecdotes. Everybody who has spent any appreciable amount of time in and around boxing has ’em, personal memories of notable and not-so-notable figures in the sport...
It’s been a bad year so far for Jojo Diaz who lost the WBO super featherweight title on the scales and it almost got worse as...
Fast Results from the MGM ‘Bubble’: Commey KOs Marinez; Lopez Edges Sanchez Top Rank’s initial offering of 2021 got off on the wrong foot when the...
