Top Ten Biggest Winners and Top Ten Biggest Losers Ever in Boxing! By: Ken Hissner WINNERS LOSERS Len Wickwar 340 Reggie Strickland 276 James Figg 269 (bare knuckle) Peter Buckley 256 Billy Bird 260 KristianLaight 238* Harry Greb 260 Jason Nesbitt 198* Willie Pep 229 Tiger Bert Ison 175 Ted …
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When Will Deontay Wilder Step Up By: Matthew N. Becher It has been two years now that Deontay Wilder (37-0 36KO) took on Bermane Stiverne in Las Vegas and became the WBC Heavyweight champion, winning a unanimous decision. Since then wilder has defended his title four times, against Eric Molina, …
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The Night “Butterbean” Dropped Larry “The Easton Assassin” Holmes! By: Ken Hissner It was on July 27, 2002, when former world heavyweight champion Larry “The Easton Assassin” Holmes, 68-8 (44), was looking for a final “patsy” to end his career with. Holmes was known for “picking his opponents” to give …
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Gerald Washington: Year of the Rooster By: Francisco Martinez After Alexander Povetkin & Andrzej Wawrzyk tested positive for performing enhancing drugs the WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder was left without a dancing partner until Gerald Washington quickly stepped up and claimed the empty slot for a shot at the green …
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The Return Of Lamont Peterson By: Sean Crose It seemed to me as if Danny Garcia was the favored child of the powers that be in the lead up to his 2015 battle with Lamont Peterson. Needless to say, the iffy decision tossed Garcia’s way after he and Peterson had …
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When Is Too Tall Not an Asset in Boxing? By: Ken Hissner There have been approximately eight men who were 7’0” or taller that put the gloves on in the professional ranks. Only one ever made it and that was the 7’0” former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev, 50-2 (34), …
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Shumenov, Verdejo, Ortiz, Wilder, Fox, and more…. Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of January 31st to February 7th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Former WBA Interim Heavyweight Champion …
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WHEN THE MAN “GAYDARBEKOV” BEAT THE MAN “GGG” 2004! By: Ken Hissner In the mind of many boxing fans including this writer Gennady “GGG” Golovkin the WBC, WBA and IBF world middleweight champion is the best p4p boxer in the world today! I once did an article on who was …
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Michael Conlan: Luck of the Irish By: Francisco Martinez Bronze medalist and 2x Olympian amateur standout Michael Conlan debuts March 17th in New York at the Madison Square Garden on a Friday that so happens to land on a St. Patrick’s Day but this time around as we tap into …
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The Days And Nights Of Adrien Broner By: Sean Crose Success can be a relative thing. Most fighters with the resume of Adrien Broner would be considered wildly successful. Thirty two and two. Twenty four knockouts. World titles in four different weight divisions. Impressive stuff. Still, Broner is considered by …
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