Interviews

By Sean Crouse No one wanted this fight to happen. That may be an exaggeration, but it isn’t much of one. For virtually all boxing fans and analysts felt that Jermain Taylor had no business fighting for the middleweight title against Australia’s Sam Soliman on Wednesday. Sure, Taylor had held …

by Johnny Walker What started out as something mildly amusing is now becoming much darker than that, as ex-heavyweight champion Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs continued his stalking of current world heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko today, following him out into the Florida waters to capsize the champ while he was training …

By Johnny Walker While most of the heavyweight headlines (and oxygen) have been taken up by vociferous Brits Tyson Fury, Dereck Chisora, and David Haye in the last few years, Olympic gold medalist Anthony Joshua (8-0,8 KOs) is determined to keep his mouth shut and let his fists do the …

By Ivan G. Goldman The middleweight bout between cement-fisted Gennady Golovkin and his latest challenger, Marco Antonio Rubio, is completely sold out, says the promoter. That sets a record for the venue, the StubHub Center in Carson, California. “There’s not another seat to be had” for the October 18 show,” …

By: William Holmes ESPN 2 broadcast another special edition of their Friday Night Fights show on a Wednesday night. In the main event, former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor took on Australian Sam Soliman–who had a win over Felix Sturm nullfied due to PED use in 2013 and was given a …

By Sean Crose Reports now say that Canelo Alvarez has dropped out of his scheduled December fight with Joshua Clottey due to a “persistent ankle injury.” That may not be a terrible blow to Alvarez’s career, but it’s not good news for HBO subscribers, who have been left in a …

By Sean Crose Well over a hundred years ago, there was a man from Australia named Peter Jackson. Jackson was a fighter – and a damned good one. He fought Jim Corbett to a brutal draw in San Francisco and was widely regarded as one of the top boxers around. …

By Jackie Kallen Does it strike anyone else anti-climactic that a 40-year-old fighter from Australia with 11 losses is fighting a 36-year old former champion for the IBF middleweight title? It’s a viable fight and is obviously interesting enough for ESPN2 to carry it live from Buloxi. But to me, …

By Tyson Bruce The vast majority of 2014 has been a massive disappointment for professional boxing, and a failed opportunity to capitalize on a stellar 2013. While 2013 featured the highest grossing PPV card of all time and the emergence of Showtime as a network rival to HBO, 2014 has …

By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of October 1st to October 7th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Canelo Alvarez Bout Cancelled Many in the boxing world declared the “Cold War” to be over …