Hoping to make a noise Saturday night, and in doing so, gain ground on domestic front runners Carl Froch and George Groves, James DeGale, once the biggest din in England, boxed in a vacuum instead — despite the fight going out on national TV. While the American Andre Ward put further daylight between himself and […]

(Jack Reiss separates Andre Ward, right, and Edwin Rodriguez; photo credit: Brittni Moten, Goossen Tutor Promotions) Super middleweight champion Andre Ward is still better than anyone he's ever faced. He's still ruffling feathers in some quarters. Whatever variation there is in the opinion about his feather-ruffling qualities, his excellence is undeniable after a near-shutout win […]

(Vyacheslav Glazkov connects on Garrett Wilson; photo credit: Mike Gladysz, via Main Events) Heavyweights Vyacheslav Glazkov and Garrett Wilson started roughly on NBC but finished one step away from a Rocky film, with the wild, hard-chinned underdog from Philadelphia going down swinging to the stoic eastern European. It wasn’t a complete copy; Wilson’s not Italian […]

A risky tune-up fight for an overconfident superstar, or a mismatch? That’s the question. It sounds harsh on both men, but we’re likely to see one of those two scenarios play out when undefeated super middleweight king Andre Ward steps back into the ring for the first time in 14 months to take on Dominican […]

That's Jean Harlow with Primo Carnera, one of two Golden Age Hollywood starlets playing at boxing featured in this edition of Quick Jabs. I got that one from Reddit's r/boxing, and we've been mining them for this kind of gold in our posts of late. You definitely should be checking it out on your own, […]

(“Prince” Charles Williams, left, goes lateral courtesy of James Toney; via) By 1994, the world had already known a few different versions of James Toney: the young prospect under crack-dealing manager Johnny Ace; the thoughtful lamb who would buy newer manager Jackie Kallen sweaters and diamond rings; the ultra-competitive lusus who would arbitrarily kick spectators and […]

One year and one month ago, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board sprang into existence as an alternative to the belt-sanctioning organizations that have polluted the sport and made it more difficult to recognize the true champions of each weight class. Upon its creation, some fans and writers had some questions and criticisms, and I took […]

Super middleweight champion Andre Ward, decried by many as a mauler and a billy-goat headbutter, doesn’t float everyone’s boat. But if you don’t like the way he fights, then you don’t have to watch him on Saturday on HBO. Personally, his very existence doesn’t offend me like it seems to a lot of people. There […]

(Juan Manuel Marquez and his son, who is noticeably NOT Mikey Garcia; photo credit: Chris Farina/Top Rank) A little hyperbole never hurt anyone. Unless it was hyperbole like, “Yeah, just take that fight with Mikey Garcia. All he does is jab.” Or, “All you have to do to beat Nonito Donaire is fight weird.” That […]

(Nonito Donaire punches Vic Darchinyan; credit: Chris Farina, Top Rank) Mikey Garcia tasted the canvas Saturday night on HBO. So did Demetrius Andrade. And Nonito Donaire was losing his rematch with Vic Darchinyan through eight rounds. But all three gathered themselves for wins that meant something, yet also demonstrated the limitations of each man. MIKEY […]

Sometimes more is better. That's what Showtime has been thinking this year with multi-fight cards where the individual bouts are of questionable entertainment value, and that's what HBO seems to be thinking about this Saturday with its tripleheader. The junior middleweight clash between Vanes Martirosyan and Demetrius Andrade is unlikely to produce anything like enjoyable […]

  (New York, NY, USA; Magomed Abdusalamov [left] and Mike Perez [right] box during their heavyweight bout at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Perez won via unanimous decision. Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports) Heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov is in an induced coma from which he may never wake up. He was taken to hospital […]

The little boxers of the sport around 108 and 112 are on a superb run of fights the last year or two.  Brian Viloria over Giovani Segura and Hernan Marquez; Roman Gonzalez over Juan Francisco Estrada; Estrada over Viloria; Segura over Marquez; and who knows where it ends? Segura-Marquez was a typically high-level slugfest with […]

(Scientists don’t know what happened to the above house, but they’re 79 percent sure Gennady Golovkin happened to the above house; via) Trash talk coffins can’t contain him. Dynamite cannot destroy him. He picks Chuck Norris out of his teeth with a machete, and that’s to make room for more 1980s action stars. Gennady Golovkin […]