[Brooklyn, NY; Victor Ortiz (White/Red trunks) falls to the canvas after a right hook from Luis Collazo (Tan/Blue/Red trunks) during their bout at Barclays Center. Collazo won via 2nd round KO. Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports] As comeback fights go, they don't get much more dangerous than Victor Ortiz vs. Luis Collazo. But who predicted […]

Sergey Kovalev steals the show everywhere he goes, even from the audience. First he beat up that mini speed bag last year every time the camera focused on him in the crowd; this weekend, he upstaged tepid action on HBO with that goofy smile and big block letter t-shirt. Is there anyone in boxing right […]

[Jun. 9, 2012; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Timothy Bradley Jr (left) punches Manny Pacquiao during the 2nd round of a welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports] Late last week, Top Rank and HBO finalized the next fight for their biggest (yet very possibly dimming) pay-per-view star, Manny […]

[New York, NY; Mikey Garcia (blue/silver trunks) and Juan Carlos Burgos (red/white/green trunks) box during their  junior lightweight bout at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports] Mikey Garcia and Bryant Jennings went to New York City and earned quality wins Saturday night on HBO, but if the show was a […]

(Lamont Peterson connects with a right on Dierry Jean; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lamont Peterson insisted all through the build-up to his 140-pound tilt with Dierry Jean that he was just fine from the knockout loss to Lucas Matthysse, and he fought like it Saturday night on Showtime — wading through power […]

(credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) WASHINGTON, D.C. — There was a cool efficiency to what Jermell Charlo did to Gabriel Rosado on Showtime Saturday, but it was no slick fencing match: Charlo delivered some real hurting with his punches between all the fancy movement and defense. It was good for a unanimous decision that gave Charlo […]

(Robert Easter, Jr. celebrates knocking down Daniel Attah; photo credit: R. McCarson) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's a cold Saturday night in the nation's capital, and the atmosphere is cool in the D.C. Armory while the sparse fans await local hero Lamont Peterson in the main event. We'll find out through the course of the evening […]

As mysteries go, Lamont Peterson vs. Dierry Jean on Showtime Saturday night is a simple one. Each junior welterweight has one question for which the answers will unlock what kind of fight we're likely to get, two total questions that will slide the pin tumblers into place. For Peterson, that question is: After a knockout loss to Lucas Matthysse, […]

(Jean Pascal bloodies Lucian Bute; via) It would be wrong in a couple different ways to say that Jean Pascal beat Lucian Bute on HBO Saturday. He got the victory, certainly. But Bute practically handed the win to him, save for one final 12th round flurry, so the active verb of “beat” doesn’t really apply. […]

(Carlos Takam pops Mike Perez; via) Carlos Takam, in his pre-fight segment on HBO Saturday night, talked about emulating the ring style of Sugar Ray Leonard, humorously enough. Mike Perez, in his, talked about dealing with putting Magomed Abdusamalov in a coma in his last fight, tragically enough. The contrast might have played a role […]

(Mike Reed lands on Jorge Marquez; photo credit: Trey Pollard, StiffJab.com) FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — On the same night when Showtime's ShoBox program was living up to its former reputation of giving prospects all they could handle, Keystone Boxing's Friday Night Fights at Rosecroft Raceway was living up to its own regional reputation of making […]

You know, call me immature, but I get a lot of enjoyment out of hearing a 20,000 strong Montreal crowd chant “Bute, Bute.” I might even tune in to premium cable just for that. Thankfully, though, that won’t be the only attraction when light heavyweights Lucian Bute and Jean Pascal do battle in Montreal on […]

We're part way through January and already we're looking at four boxing pay-per-views through the first half of 2014 in the United States. Two more in the second half seem certain, at minimum; more might be on the way. It's always expensive to be a diehard boxing fan — expanded cable packages, DVRs to deal […]