The Night the Two Greatest P4P Boxers Faced Each Other! By: Ken Hissner There have been many opinions on “who was the greatest P4P boxer in the history of boxing?” Going way back it was Sam “The Boston Tar Baby” Langford, 180-29-30 (128), Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel, 51-4-4 (48), …
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Canelo’s Camp Asserts It Wants GGG Fight In September By: Sean Crose According to ESPN’s Dan Rafael, Golden Boy Promotions, which represents Mexican star Canelo Alvarez, does indeed want Canelo to face feared middleweight terror Gennady Golovkin in September of 2017. “Hopefully,” Rafael quotes Golden Boy big shot Eric Gomez …
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Breaking: Conor McGregor Gets License…To Box In California By: Sean Crose First things first, this author is most distinctly not interested in seeing a fight of any kind be made between iconic boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC star Conor McGregor. Still, this is a site that delivers boxing news …
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Interview with Joe Smith Jr. “I never thought an opportunity to fight Bernard Hopkins would ever come up” By: Matthew N. Becher Earlier this year, Joe Smith Jr. shocked the boxing world when he went on the road to Chicago, Illinois and knocked out Andrzej Fonfara in one round. Smith …
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Ward, Kovalev, Atlantic City, Carl Frampton, Leo Santa Cruz, Bute, and more… Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of November 22nd to November 29th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. …
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Who was Sweeter than “Sugar” Ray Robinson? By: Ken Hissner “Sugar” Ray Robinson to this writer was the greatest P4P boxer that ever lived. When I hear names like Whitaker, Mayweather and Leonard I have to wonder what people are thinking. Henry Armstrong would have cleaned house with these three …
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Castro Cast A Long Shadow Over Boxing By: Sean Crose Cuban strong man Fidel Castro died this weekend. Some are undoubtedly saddened, others – many others – joyous. Me? Well, truth be told, I’m no expert on Cuban history. I know that the government Castro overthrew was far from good …
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Why I’m Thankful for Boxing By: Brandon Bernica Last Saturday’s highly controversial decision between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev left boxing in an all-too familiar place. We witnessed another great fight tainted by the subjective scores of three ringside judges. Hardcore fans decried the outcome and casual fans confirmed their …
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Nicholas Walters Shocks The World…But Not In A Good Way By: Sean Crose I think it’s safe to say no one expected Saturday’s WBO super featherweight title fight between Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1) and Nicholas Walters (26-0-1) to end the way it did. Oh, most assumed Lomachenko would achieve the victory, …
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Walters says “No Mas”, as Lomachenko retains Title By: Matthew N. Becher In Bob Arums 2,000th promoted fight, Top Rank Boxing presented a highly anticipated World Title fight on HBO Boxing After Dark, live from The Cosmopalitan in Las Vegas. The champion Vasyl Lomachenko(6-1 4ko) defended his WBO Super Featherweight …
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