Interviews

By: William Holmes HBO returns to New York City on Saturday night for another edition of their World Championship Boxing series as Gennady Golovkin defends his WBA Middleweight title against Daniel Geale and Bryant Jennings faces Mike Perez for the fight to be the number one contender for the WBC …

Chicago, Illinois- Welterweight Roberto Garcia, 36-3-0-(23), continued on his path towards a title shot by out working former Amir Khan slayer Breidis Prescott, 27-6-0-(20). Prescott, who’s fought most of his career as a lightweight, used his quicker hands and footwork to do well in the beginning of the bout. Garcia, …

By Tyson Bruce With many fans viewing the Golovkin-Geale fight as a walkover for the Kazak slugger, the co-feature between up and coming American talent Bryant “Bye-Bye” Jennings, 18-0-0-(12), and Cuban import Michael Perez, 20-0-0-(13), is regarded as the most intriguing bout on this weekend’s HBO card. The heavyweight division …

By Sean Crose Anyone on Twitter Wednesday afternoon could have typed in the word “Mayweather,” and been treated to a blow by blow of an important event in contemporary boxing. No, it wasn’t a fight – it was, instead, the placing of a flag on a battlefield. For Floyd Mayweather, …

By Sean Crose Someone clearly was watching when Teddy Atlas went on a rant during a broadcast of Friday Night Fights several weeks ago. Standing before the ESPN cameras, Atlas told the world exactly what he felt about the upcoming Danny Garcia-Rod Salka bout. “What’s the point of having ratings …

By Sean Crose Just how promising is welterweight Samuel Vasquez? Promising enough for his promoter to personally send out tweets in order to promote his August 8th bout with James Stevenson. Vasquez’ promoter, for the record, is Mike Tyson. THE Mike Tyson. While it’s true all promoters build up their …

By Tyson Bruce The most refreshing thing in boxing is when a fighter’s name enters the cultural lexicon not through the media spin of a publicist’s hand but rather by the influence of his own fists. Not since Manny Pacquiao came from virtual obscurity to ransack and torment the lighter …

By William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of July 15th to July 22nd, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Sergio Martinez Decides to Continue Boxing Career After lengthy discussions with members of his team, now-former …

By Sean Crose Amir Mansour. Tyson Fury. Tomasz Adamek. Former IBF Cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham has faced his share of notable competition throughout the course of his career. Now, however, the 38 year old Philadelphia native and his wife Livvy are facing a battle far greater than those Cunningham has …

By Jackie Kallen I don’t know Daniel Geale. The 33 year old from Australia and I have never crossed paths. But if we did, I’d be asking him one question: “Why?” I am curious as to why a 30-2 boxer would travel all this way to fight a man who …