On May 7, Rich Strike, an 80-to-1 longshot, turned thoroughbred horse racing upside down by winning the Kentucky Derby. That night, Dmitry Bivol scored an upset...
Evan Holyfield, the middle child of Evander Holyfield’s 11 children, made his pro debut on Nov. 2, 2019. His opponent lasted 16 seconds. Last night, Holyfield,...
One year ago, on Dec. 5 of 2020, 29-year-old light heavyweights Lyndon Arthur and Anthony Yarde met behind closed doors at London’s Copper Box arena. Manchester’s...
Friday, Sept. 10, was a relatively busy day on the European boxing front. The cards that attracted the most interest were staged in Austria and France...
According to various sources, Canelo Alvarez’s planned fight in September against IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant is in jeopardy, thus opening the door to a...
Devin Haney defends his WBC world lightweight title on Saturday against Jorge Linares. The 10-round middleweight co-feature pits Shane Mosley Jr (17-3, 10 KOs) against Jason...
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...
At the Moment Boxing is Dormant, but There Will Be Fireworks Aplenty in February The month of January has been quiet on the boxing front and...
Goodbye To All Of That: A Review of Mike Silver’s ‘The Night the Referee Hit Back’ Mike Silver has been writing about boxing since the 1970s,...
Once again Mexico’s Eddy Reynoso is the Trainer of the Year. Though his main star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez only fought once in this pandemic year, once...