NEW YORK – Just another Broadway Boxing at BB Kings in Times Square in the heart of New York City. Lou DiBella downing drinks. Scores strippers as the ring card girls. And of course, nowhere to sit or stand. Alas, on to the action. In the opening bout Wednesday evening, newly-signed Dibella fighter, Allan Benitez […]

I’m not going to go all Troy McClure on you and tell you what you might know me from. Instead I’ll go all Ron Burgundy and just assume you know me because, well, I’m kind of a big deal. And now that I’m done kissing my own ass, it’s time to kiss someone else’s. The […]

“Through fortuitous coincidence, [Ray] Leonard, [Marvin] Hagler, [Thomas] Hearns, and [Roberto] Duran matured into greatness in an era in which other sports seemingly conspired to back away and allow boxing to approach the prominence it had enjoyed in the days before baseball and football overtook it in the public consciousness: Major League Baseball experienced debilitating […]

It wasn’t exciting. It ended in as disappointing a fashion as it could. Few people paid to watch it in person, HBO probably overpaid for the bout and it wasn’t promoted well. But lest we get the idea that Timothy Bradley vs. Devon Alexander shouldn’t have happened Saturday on HBO, let’s contemplate the alternatives. HBO […]

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (42-0-1) easily did enough to outclass Billy Lyell in Culiacan, Mexico last night. Junior turned in a fairly typical performance, with flashes of skill and substance mixed in with periods of listlessness, but overall he was too big and too good for Lyell. He got the unanimous decision. Lyell (22-9-0), whose […]

Tim Bradley unified the WBO and WBC junior welterweight belts Saturday night with a unanimous decision victory  over previously unbeaten Devon Alexander after the fight was stopped in the 10th round following an accidental clash of heads. The  result marked a disappointing end to what had been a riveting clash between two of the quickest, […]

PONTIAC, Mich. — Saturday night’s superfight between undefeated belt-holders Tim Bradley and Devon Alexander expected not only to create boxing’s next superstar, but also serve as a litmus test for the viability of Michigan as a staging ground for championship fights going forward. The owners of the Silverdome spent just $583,000 to purchase the property […]

You see those two handsome men at right? They’re taking their podcast to a subscription format, and I’m about to become a subscriber. I’ll let them explain how it all works, but the main thing is that if you’re into boxing, Eric Raskin and William Dettloff are two of the best voices in the sport, […]