Interviews

By: LV Boxing The words “you didn’t win,” has reverberated through the mind of Katie Taylor long enough.  The undisputed lightweight champion has heard the chatter surrounding her highly disputed win over Delfine Persoon for roughly one year.  Most of the crowd that packed into the pre COVID-19 Madison Square …

By: LV Boxing Picking up the win has always been the main goal for undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor.  No matter if she scored a one punch knockout or cruised to a unanimous decision win–as long as she left the ring with her hand raised in victory then she was …

By: Sean Crose Hyperbolic as it may seem, they called him the “Golden Boy” for a reason. Winner of an Olympic Gold Medal, winner of major professional titles in six divisions, a pay per view superstar, a singer, and a top promoter, Oscar De La Hoya inarguably compiled quite the …

By: Jonah Dylan The boxing world is finally back to some semblance of normalcy. This weekend we had watered-down cards on multiple networks, horrible judging and extremely questionable refereeing. Oh, and a nonsense belt from the WBA. If that doesn’t represent the official return of boxing, I don’t know what …

By: Rich Lopez This past weekend in boxing, there was a passing of the torch. The highlight of this weekend was in the women’s welterweight division. Jessica “CasKILLA” McCaskill (9-2, 3 KO’s) of Chicago, defeated Cecilia “First Lady” Braekhus (36-1, 9 KO’s) of Norway. It has been a long journey …

By: Oliver McManus Matchroom Boxing’s Fight Camp concludes, in its current guise, this coming Saturday (August 22nd) with a Box Office night at Matchroom HQ. Topping the bill is a heavyweight clash between Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin for the interim and diamond WBC heavyweight titles. With Whyte having to …

By: Sean Crose Oddly enough, the talk of late summer – at least when it came to boxing – was the upcoming exhibition bout between former heavyweight great Mike Tyson and former pound for pound king Roy Jones. Although experts and analysts rolled their eyes, much of the public appeared …

By: Sean Crose “Me and my dad have been working hard since April staying ready for this opportunity to get back in the ring,” says Shawn Porter, two time titlist and top welterwight. “Over the past couple of years, any time I step in the ring there are some new …

By: LV Boxing The unveiling of Shawn Porter’s opponent this upcoming weekend was disappointing to most.  After spending four years taking on some of the welterweight divisions best in Errol Spence Jr, Yordenis Ugas, Danny Garcia, Keith Thurman and Andre Berto — Porter’s upcoming matchup against the unheralded Sebastian Formella …

By: LV Boxing The search for an opponent for four division world champion Canelo Alvarez is over. At least, according to the WBC.  The sanctioning body, led by president Mauricio Sulaiman, is on the verge of ordering a contest between the aforementioned Alvarez and their number one super middleweight contender …