Some scribes and fans (I'm serious, there are quite a few of them) falsely equate pound-for-pound excellence with a lack of excitement. I look at the man above, light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, having joined this particular list of the best boxers in the world regardless of weight division as but one of many indicators […]

(New York, NY, USA; Gennady Golovkin [silver trunks] and Curtis Stevens [brown trunks] box during their middleweight  bout at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Golovkin won after the fight was stopped after the 8th round. Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports) One view coming into Gennady Golovkin-Curtis Stevens Saturday night on HBO, probably not the […]

Whether it’s Russian roulette or an old-fashioned drinking contest, play any game where the central element is powerful shots and sooner or later, someone’s going down. Saturday’s showdown on HBO between middleweight knockout artists Gennady Golovkin and Curtis Stevens is far closer to the Russian roulette end of scale, which is to say that the […]

Two talented, yet largely unproven former U.S. Olympians look to hit it big, both with their fists, and subsequently, with a fight of greater magnitude when Vanes Martirosyan and Demetrius Andrade face off on the Nov. 9 HBO Boxing After Dark tripleheader. For their efforts, the winner will receive the vacant 154 pound WBO title; […]

Knockout artists Gennady Golovkin and Curtis Stevens collide in New York Saturday, and so what better time to revisit our annual showcase of boxing’s hardest punchers? The following ratings compile the finest knockout-to-fight percentages in the sport (all fighters must be top-10 world rated by the Transnational Boxing Ratings Board in order to qualify). 1. […]

(credit: Chris Farina, Top Rank) LOS ANGELES – For the last six years, whether Vic Darchinyan was enjoying his dominant reign as a two-division kingpin or tallying a handful of losses when he moved up for more belts, only one man has remained his nemesis. That man is the owner of a thunderous counter left […]

(Jimmy Britt, left, poses with Joe Gans prior to their first bout; via) As air chills and begins to bite, year after year, the boxing “season” tends to heat up. Whatever the reason, the last part of the calendar year tends to be kind to boxing fans. Below are examples of that, and fights that […]

(Azumah Nelson, left, whacks Wilfredo Gomez with a left hook; via) By the age of 26, Wilfredo Gomez had seen more successful title defenses of one belt than most fighters would see in multiple careers. A record 17 defenses of the WBC junior featherweight belt, all by stoppage, and a shiny WBC featherweight prize are […]

(Deontay Wilder fells Nicolai Firtha; credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) Undefeated heavyweight Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30 KOs) is America’s best hope for heavyweight superstardom. The 2008 Olympic bronze medalist is on the verge of contention in what’s becoming an increasingly interesting heavyweight division. With Wladimir (37) and Vitali (41) Klitschko aging out sooner rather than later, […]

(Above: What Karo Murat should’ve done to Bernard Hopkins, or Steve Smoger; via) At the age of Abe Vigoda-years-old, Bernard Hopkins continues to crotch-kick the Grim Reaper — in the ring, anyway. Some loved his showing against Karo Murat, some hated it, and some were perplexed by the subpar handling of the action by the […]

(Bernard Hopkins punches Karo Murat; photo credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) Bernard Hopkins beat Karo Murat Saturday night on Showtime in a bout notable for more action than you usually see in a Hopkins fight, but even more notable for exceeding the regular high figure of extracurriculars you usually see in a Hopkins fight. There was […]

Bernard Hopkins-Karo Murat Saturday on Showtime is a blemish on what big-time network boxing has been up to of late in the matchmaking department, so why are we being given a 48-year-old legend in Atlantic City against a German who's never fought here? Number one: It's Hopkins. He's proven he can do TV ratings in […]

"Juan Manuel Marquez delayed performance enhancing drug testing so he could be dirty while Timothy Bradley was clean!" (Only they started testing via separate drug-testing organizations at almost exactly the same time.) "The Nevada State Athletic Commission hasn't begun testing everyone yet!" (When it actually had.) "Brandon Rios is being tested while Manny Pacquiao is not!" (Except most evidence […]