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Why Manny Keeps Fighting By: Sean Crose “Pacquiao will have earned $500 million from boxing purses and endorsements during his two-decade professional career.” So wrote Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes last April, on the eve of Manny Pacquiao’s supposed last fight against Timothy Bradley. Clearly both the monetary amount and the …

Interview with Sergey Kovalev: “I have only one plan…Kick his….” By: Matthew N. Becher Sergey Kovalev is the WBA, IBF and WBO unified Light Heavyweight Champion of the world. He has an incredible record of 30 wins, 0 losses, 1 draw and 26 wins coming by way of the Knockout. …

Boxing Insider Notebook: Ward, Pacquiao, Mares, Cuellar, Farmer, Joshua, and more…. Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of October 25th to November 1st, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Photo Credit: Squint Photo/Roc …

Why Pacquiao-Vargas Is Relevant By: Sean Crose Okay, first things first, I do not – I repeat, do not – think the Manny Pacquiao versus Jessie Vargas fight this weekend at the Thomas and Mack Center in Vegas is particularly pay per view worthy. Still, I believe it’s a pretty …

“New” Ray Robinson Returns with a Picture Perfect Win at the SugarHouse Casino, in Philadelphia, Friday! By: Ken Hissner The return of The “New” Ray Robinson after 18 months of inactivity brought him one fight closer to challenging WBC champion Danny “Swift” Garcia for his title. Robinson is ranked No. …

Lopez Stops Vazquez in the “War in Clemente” By: Eric Lunger ​The Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan has hosted a long parade of famous Puerto Rican boxers. On Saturday night, in a fight billed as the “War in Clemente,” two favorite sons of the island clashed in a bitter …

When Ali Fought Foreman By: Jordan Seward 42 years ago to the day Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in the rumble in the jungle in what turned out to be one of the most significant boxing events in history, arguably, turned out to be the most significant victory of Muhammad …

Oscar’s Right: Boxing This Year Sucked Brandon Bernice Oscar De La Hoya recently came under fire for stating that 2016 has been awful for boxing, with boxing’s top dogs sitting idly on the sidelines. It certainly is a controversial opinion, especially for someone from boxing’s upper echelons like Oscar. But …

Gladys Rosa—A Conversation (Part I) By Kent Wallace I was seated at the “Office” (Legion Post 92) a shot in one hand a phone in the other— with Gladys Rosa on the other end of the line in New York City. I was solo—the last time I saw Boom Boom …

Andy Lee Plots His Return By: Sean Crose Andy Lee, who was last seen losing his portion of the middleweight title last year, is now apparently rested and eager to return to the ring. This, friends, is good news. Why? Well, for starters, Lee is a good fighter. Sure he’s …