By: Jesse Donathan There was always something spiritual involved in perfecting my jump shot from nearly every conceivable angle on the basketball court, spending countless hours in my youth on the make shift court behind my parents’ house dreaming of becoming an NBA sharp shooter. And while my NBA dreams …
Read More »Gennady Golovkin: “I Work As Hard And As Diligently As I Can At This Age”
By: Sean Crose “It’s the biggest fight of the year for us,” said Gennady Golovkin during a Thursday conference call to promote his October fifth middleweight title battle against Sergiy Derevyanchenko at Madison Square Garden. “I feel great. I feel like champion.” The fight, which will be aired live on …
Read More »David Benavidez is Out To Get What’s His
By: LV Boxing Former Super Middleweight champion David Benavidez (21-0, 18 KOs) has had himself a bumpy and smooth ride all at the same time. He impressively dominated his competition in a short amount of time. At just the age of 20 he officially won a world championship when he …
Read More »Errol Spence Jr Can Solidify His Greatness
By: LV Boxing IBF champ Errol Spence Jr (25-0, 21 KOs), has spent years trying to get to the elite level. At least in the eyes of the public. For him, he has always been there. Coming out of the Olympics he was viewed as the best fighter out of …
Read More »Is Errol Spence Jr Boxing’s Next Household Name?
By: Sean Crose As far as overall popularity goes, boxing arguably lives or dies by household names. Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson, Ray Leonard, Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, such names have attracted interest, not just from boxing’s diehard fan base, but from the larger culture beyond. Believe that the …
Read More »Shawn Porter’s Keys To Victory Against Errol Spence Jr
By: LV Boxing The Welterweight division is fully stacked from top to bottom. It might be the best division in all of boxing. No one outside of Manny Pacquiao has fought tougher opposition than WBC champion Shawn Porter (30-2-1, 17 KOs). Fights against Devon Alexander, Kell Brook, Keith Thurman and …
Read More »Fox Sports PPV Preview: Spence vs. Porter, Dirrell vs. Benavidez
By: William Holmes On Saturday Night the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California will be the host site for a pay per view offering by Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions. The main event of the evening will be a highly anticipated welterweight title fight between Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn …
Read More »Errol Spence Jr’s Keys To Victory Against Shawn Porter
By: LV Boxing Errol Spence Jr (25-0, 21 KOs) has begged for big fights for years but to no avail. Fast forward several years later and he is getting his wish. His first ring appearance of the year resulted in him winning a wide decision over four division champion Mikey …
Read More »Does Anyone Care About Kell Brook vs. Amir Khan Anymore?
By: LV Boxing It was one of the biggest fights of the year. You remember it don’t you? The fight just took place and it had nothing but fireworks. Wait, that’s right. It never happened. The once highly anticipated fight between Kell Brook (38-2, 26 KOs) and Amir Khan (34-5, …
Read More »Peter Dobson is Building Himself into a Champion
By: LV Boxing Sell dugs or become a pro athlete? Those are typically the choices for a young kid growing up in the Bronx section of New York. This is particularly true if you are a young man of color. For professional boxer Peter Dobson, he has heard this narrative …
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