So begins our marathon coverage of one of the biggest fights of 2013, Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero on Showtime pay-per-view May 4. Now: putting Mayweather-Guerrero in context. Next: the undercard, previewed. Some of the basics of the Floyd Mayweather story leading into his battle Saturday against Robert Guerrero are unchanged: He's still the consensus […]

Mike Tyson is a striking figure even at age 46. He no longer looks like the baddest man on the planet. Or the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. And while he still has a squat, heavy build, aside from his auspicious facial tattoo, he doesn’t even look particularly menacing. But looking beyond the physical […]

(Apr 27, 2013; Brooklyn, N.Y — Danny Garcia [green trunks] and Zab Judah [black trunks] hug after their junior welterweight bout at the Barclays Center. Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports) It takes a weekend of boxing like the last one to overshadow a weekend like the one up next, headlined by the world's biggest pay-per-view […]

(Julio Diaz, left, connects on a shaky Amir Khan) Former amateur heroes Amir Khan and Audley Harrison have spent a good deal of their professional lives attempting to convince people that they could play alternative roles. In that sense they are U.K. sport’s answer to Mark Hammill and Christopher Reeve. Khan has been pigeon-holed as […]

(Danny Garcia, left, connects with a right hand; photo credit: Joe Camporeale, USA Today) Over 12 rounds, what many expected to be a foregone conclusion got interesting down the stretch – with junior welterweight Danny Garcia taking an unexpectedly close-ish and hard fought decision over Zab Judah at the $1 billion Barclays Center in Brooklyn, […]

(Angel Garcia, yelling about something, as his son Danny looks on) Remember the days when you used to wish that you’d one day grow up to be as big and tough as your dad? Remember trying to practice after he taught you how to throw a punch, only to get bored after a couple of […]

One of the more interesting things about the Danny Garcia vs. Zab Judah bout this weekend, is that if you were to ask fans at random, you’d get varying answers as to whether or not the fight itself is all that interesting. In many sporting realms, rivalries can serve to add interest to what is […]

The middleweight champion of the world is back. It is both a glad and potentially dangerous occasion, the return Saturday of Sergio Martinez not only to the ring, not only to HBO, but to his native Argentina, where he's become an athlete worthy of presidential hobnobbing. Martinez is resuming his reign coming off the richest […]

Tyson Fury, the Manchester traveller who represents Ireland as a boxer, delivered such a ham-handed performance on his American debut over the past weekend that it felt almost exploitative. It was an indecorous display that left those deemed associates through living in the same geographical area blushing on his behalf. It felt like packing your […]

Hold up. Heeeeeey…. Hope you're ready for the next episode. Patrick Connor of this here website and James Foley of that there Bad Left Hook website are back with their boxing radio talking after a well-received and well-listened to debut. They discuss the weekend that was and the weekend that will be. Go consume it […]

(Nathan Cleverly, right, lets his hands go) If Nathan Cleverly had been hoping to stake his claim for a tutorial with the old master at light heavyweight, Bernard Hopkins, then he could probably have done with looking a tad less unruly than he eventually managed in shutting out Robin Krasniqi on Saturday on Epix. Cleverly, […]

(Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, right, punches Austin Trout; photo credit: Showtime) “Canelo will be here for a long time,” said junior middleweight Saul Alvarez after defeating Austin Trout in San Antonio on Showtime. It’s hard to disagree with him, despite the third person athlete's tic. Canelo by no means destroyed all the doubts over his superstar […]