On Saturday, WBC/IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr kept their perfect knockout skeins alive. Beterbiev, now 16-0, and Ortiz, 17-0, have...
Important fights were staged today in Moscow and London, precursors to the nightcap in Fort Worth, Texas. In London, two fighters trained by Shane McGuigan turned...
Boxing comes full blast in the ides of March. Saturday in particular begins in Europe with a light heavyweight world title match between Artur Beterbiev and...
Boxing As An Escape From Societal Madness The year 2020 has been roiled by a potpourri of turmoil. Terribly damaging wildfires again rage on the West...
Odds and Ends: Studio Fights, Mayweather Gym notes, Adrien Broner and More Back in the day when folks watched boxing on little black-and-white TVs and boxing...
The light-heavyweight decade just passed was neither as impressive as cruiserweight nor as underwhelming as heavyweight when placed under the microscope; most notable was the emergence...
3 Punch Combo: Notes on Saturday’s Top Rank Card and Friday’s ‘Sho-Box’ Overture THREE PUNCH COMBO — Light heavyweight is currently one of the deepest divisions...
Scarcely a day goes by without a news story concerning Top Rank and today was no exception. Bob Arum’s promotional company was in the news not...
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...