Interviews

By: William Holmes On Saturday night at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California Bermane Stiverne and Chris Arreola will face off against one another for the WBC Heavyweight title that was previously held by Vitali Klitschko. This will be the second heavyweight title fight shown by ESPN in the …

By Sean Crose We all know Chris Arreola’s a tough guy. A real tough guy. Being a tough guy, though, doesn’t mean you get to be heavyweight champion of the world. It just means you get to be tough. In order to earn that title, you have to be something…special. …

By Ivan G. Goldman The Chris Arreola-Bermane Stiverne pre-fight talk has centered mostly on the new, svelte Arreola expected to step into the ring Saturday night in Los Angeles. Arreola, whose career has been plagued by excess poundage and lackadaisical training, won’t have those excuses for this, his second and …

By Sean Crose The World Boxing Council has suspended junior welterweight Adrien Broner for being offensive. The Council, for those who don’t know, partially rules over a sport where athletes regularly punch each other in the face. It’s easy to see, then, why the WBC puts such value in competitor’s …

By Tyson Bruce The history of boxing is spotted with the presence of fighters whose robust physiques defy the laws of physicality by excelling in the world’s most physically demanding sport. Most famously Tony “Two Ton” Galento, a New York bartender, overcame a grotesquely obese physique to challenge the legendary …

By Sean Crose Let’s get something out of the way right here and now – Adrien Broner is a jerk. Look how unsportsmanlike he acted during and after his bout last Saturday with Carlos Molina. Completely inappropriate. Shameful even. Photo: USA Today Still, obnoxious as he is, Adrien Broner is …

By Kirk Jackson This past weekend, the fans were treated to a spectacular quadruple-header fight card, capped off with one of the more entertaining fights of the year thus far, that featured Floyd Mayweather 46-0 (26 KO’s) and Marcos Maidana 35-4 (31 KO’s) in the unification of welterweight titles. Photo: …

By Sean Crose Muhammad Ali. Hector Camacho. John L Sullivan. Tyson Fury. Boxers, both past and present, have been known to shoot off their mouths. It can be good for business on some occasions, harmful on others. The press conference to kick off Canelo Alvarez’ July 12th bout with Erislandy …

By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of April 29th to May 6th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Alvarez vs. Lara Presser Announces PPV Bout On Tuesday May 6th Showtime will present the announcement …

By Sean Crose Heavyweight Skipp Scott stepped into the ring on the night of April 4th with an impressive record of sixteen wins and one defeat. And that one defeat was the result of his first bout way back in February of 2006. In other words, he was no tomato …