Interviews

By Jackie Kallen Interesting. It’s not all that often that two men with identical records (including KO percentages) face each other. That makes for an exciting fight with a generally unpredictable outcome. Such is the case this weekend when 26 year-old Terrance Crawford from Omaha, NE fights 32 year-old Yuriorkis …

By Sean Crose I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Terence Crawford is a pleasure to watch box. A pleasure. The dude’s simply poetry in motion. In fact, in a strange way, he reminds me of a very early-era Floyd Mayweather. He’s just got that certain something you …

By: William Holmes On Saturday night HBO will be presenting a WBO Lightweight World Title match between Terence Crawford and Yuriorkis Gamboa in Crawford’s hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. This will be the first legitimate world title match in Omaha in over forty two years, when Joe Frazier defended his world …

By Sean Crose Rising star Danny Garcia’s next opponent is lightweight Rod Salka. I was unable to find Salka’s name in the WBC, WBA, WBO, or IBF lightweight rankings. According to BoxRec, however, Salka has scored a total of three knockouts in twenty-two fights. He’s also been defeated by Canelo …

By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of June 17th to June 24th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Fortune Reports on Mayweather’s Latest Investment Floyd Mayweather has recently invested a million dollars into a …

By Tyson Bruce Last weekends match between former amateur stars Vasyl Lomachenko and Garry Russell Jr. was highly intriguing for a number of reasons. The contrast between their career paths and the Golden Boy versus Top Rank matchup was more than enough to have fight freaks salivating. Photo: Chris Farina/Top …

By Sean Crose Here’s the deal: boxing fans are sick of paying obscene amounts of money for pay per view events. It’s that simple. Don’t believe it? Take a look at the evidence. Manny Pacquiao’s last two fights have underperformed in the pay per view department. And Floyd Mayweather? Well, …

By Sean Crose It’s hard to believe, but we’re almost at the midpoint of 2014. At the end of 2013, we fight fans were in a good state. Things seemed to be looking up for the sport, after all. Mayweather and Alvarez had broken financial records with their bout, Pacquiao …

By Sean Crose No one expected it. Robert Guerrero was supposed to step into the ring at the Stub Hub Center on Saturday and reclaim his position as an upper echelon fighter. His opponent, Japan’s Yoshihiro Kamegai, was a mere afterthought, a hard hitting nobody with limited skills and no …

By Sean Crose Vasyl Lomanchenko wasn’t going to a coronation this time around. After being sorely disappointed by Orlando Salido in just his second professional bout, the Ukraine’s would-be superstar clearly knew he was in with a formidable foe when he signed to fight undefeated American Gary Russell Jr. Photo: …