Interviews

The fight that most people are taking about this weekend is the face-off between Mike Jones (26-1) and Jaime Herrera (11-2) at Bally’s in Atlantic City. First off, it’s obvious that Herrera has had less than half as many fights as Jones and is at a disadvantage experience-wise. Then there’s …

By Tyson Bruce *Note: the fights match Al Haymon fighters against boxers that either for promotional conflict or network conflicts cannot be matched together in today’s boxing climate: Keith Thurman vs. Timothy Bradley People love fights that involve highly athletic fighters. The Garry Russell-Vasyl Lomachenko fight was one of the …

By Ivan G. Goldman The publicity tour for the Nov. 22 Manny Pacquiao-Chris Algieri contest kicks off early, Monday August 25, with a press conference in upstart casino capital Macau. The event is another example of a general global trend we’re all familiar with. The boxing industry, like so many …

By Bryanna Fissori Middleweight Champion Andre Ward (27-0-0) may have a great record in the ring, but he hasn’t had any luck in the courtroom so far. Last week Ward filed suit against his promoter Dan Goossen and Goossen Tudor Promotions. This is the boxer’s third legal attempt to put …

By Sean Crose “For this fight I have to look spectacular,” said super bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz during a Wednesday conference call. “There’s big, big pressure on top of me.” Indeed there is. People are wondering why a man who operates in the same realm as Guillermo Rigondeaux, Carl …


By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of August 12th to August 19th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Jay Z Enters Boxing Promoting Business In a shocking surprise, Jay Z’s Roc Nation entered the …

by Sean Crose There’s little doubt that Marcos Maidana looked far better against Floyd Mayweather last spring than anyone expected. The pound for pound king found himself up against the ropes for large portions of the bout. What’s more, moving out of the way never looked so difficult for the …

by Johnny Walker Does anyone remember Seth Mitchell? Boxing fans can have very short memories when it comes to “next big things” who fall short of the mark. But it wasn’t that long ago that ex-football player Mitchell was being billed by many as the the man to bring the …

By Bryanna Fissori Legal Analyst Boxing Champion Wladimir Kilschko is being sued in a controversial case of severe brain damage. He is joined in the case by five ringside medical doctors. On November 2, 2013 Magomed Abdusalamov sustained a devastating loss to Mike Perez. The promotion hosting the bout was …

By Sean Crose It may not have been a pretty affair, but Anthony Dirrell of Flint, Michigan won the WBC super middleweight title last night by beating Sakio Bika in an ugly, clunky rematch. Hopefully it won’t be the fight itself that many remember, however. Rather, it would be far …