Interviews

By: William Holmes The Stub Hub Center in Carson, California will be the host site for Saturday’s HBO World Championship Boxing telecast. Gennady Golovkin will be fighting on the west coast for the first time in his career as he defends his WBA Middleweight title against WBC interim middleweight champion …

By Ivan G. Goldman Every year I am honored to cast my votes as an elector for the International Boxing Hall of Fame & Museum in Canastota. And every year it’s tough, because when I choose my five fighters for the Modern Era, I’m simultaneously making a decision to exclude …

By Sean Crose Believe it or not, we can all stop complaining for a moment. For on Saturday, right before our very eyes, HBO will present a boxing card that’s actually worthy of pay cable. Thought you’d have to wait until November to see Bernard Hopkins battle Sergey Kovalev, didn’t …

By Dennis Cruz By now, fight fans don’t have to be introduced into the world of the great Mayweather vs Pacquiao debate. Chances are pretty good that, five years into this maddening go-nowhere fiasco, everyone has already chosen sides and will fight to the very end to prove that the …

by Johnny Walker In the United States at least, the boxing public has largely forgotten about the heavyweight division, not because the division is not worth watching, but because that which has traditionally been the domain ruled by American fighters has become instead foreign territory. First Canadian/Brit Lennox Lewis, then …

By Sean Crose Make no mistake about it, Gennady Golovkin is on his way to becoming a star. A big star. A legitimate star. Without market-tested hype or a built-in ethnic fan base, the man has nonetheless blasted his way to the top of the middleweight division. He’s sold out …

By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of October 7th to October 14th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Leon Spinks Hospitalized The Associated Press has reported that former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks is in …

by Tyson Bruce This weekend, boxing’s fastest rising star, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, 30-0-0-(27 KO’s), makes his West Coast debut against veteran power puncher Marco Antonio Rubio. With Golovkin unable to secure a big name dance partner, the decision to fight on the West Coast is an obvious strategic move to …

by Jackie Kallen While most of the boxing media seems fixated on all things Mayweather, they really should shift their emphasis over to the baddest man around — GGG. Gennady Golovkin, at 30-0 with 27 knockouts, is probably the most feared opponent out there today. Only three men he’s fought …

By Ivan G. Goldman When it comes to fighting Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather is like a boomerang that always comes back to the same place. Not a chance, says Floyd. And now he’s said it again. He’s also implying once more that Pacquiao uses PEDs. More on that later. The …