WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley Jr. connects on Brandon Rios during their title fight at the Thomas & Mack Center on November 7, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Requiem For Rios – Or How I Learned To Stopped Worrying And Love The Bam

0 comments by Sam Sheppard on 11/13/2015

“Talk to me son,” bellowed referee Russell Mora after Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios had received a third low blow In the space of two minutes. “Let’s go baby!” came the defiant response from a man who seemed almost to be drawing energy from his opponent’s attempts to foul. Although his body would sag with each […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Edwin Rodriguez And Frank Galarza

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 11/11/2015

The boxing schedule is late this week (apologies!), but there’s not much on so hopefully you can forgive us. Edwin Edwin Rodriguez vs. Michael Seals, Friday, Spike, Biloxi Miss. Former Andre Ward (who?) victim Rodriguez (27-1, 18 KO) continues on his way against Seals (19-0, 14 KO), at light heavyweight. Seals has hardly beaten anyone with […]

LAS VEGAS, NV – AUGUST 09: Former boxer Evander Holyfield (L) is inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame by former boxer Mike Tyson at the second annual induction gala at the New Tropicana Las Vegas on August 9, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

“30 For 30: Chasing Tyson,” Reviewed

0 comments by Matthew Swain on 11/10/2015

For a time in the early and mid 90s, there were two major professional sports in Atlanta: Braves Baseball and Evander Holyfield. If you were a young fight fan in the south, The Real Deal was your guy. Undersized for a heavyweight, he won with tenacity and an absurd work rate. ESPN’s new documentary “30 […]

Timothy Bradley Stops Brandon Rios, An Odd Sight

0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/8/2015

Boxing watchers tend to see too much of one side or the other when a fighter looks good and his opponent looks bad. Both sides were in exhibition in roughly even — and extreme — measure Saturday on HBO when a nimble, disciplined Timothy Bradley, newly under the tutelage of Teddy Atlas, surprisingly stopped the […]

ShoBox Results And Analysis: Douglas Destroys Sherrington, Shelestyuk Dissects Kozaev

0 comments by Jonathan Moreland on 11/7/2015

Broadcasters called it “Antoine Douglas Graduation Night” from the opening moments of the ShoBox telecast Friday night. Douglas responded with a rousing valedictorian (at least on this night) speech in the form of a 4th round TKO of Les Sherrington. Douglas (19-0-1, 13 KOs) began his systematic breakdown of Sherrington (35-8, 30 KOs) in the […]

Alexander Povetkin Dominates Mariusz Wach, Wilder Next?

0 comments by Jonathan Moreland on 11/4/2015

Heavyweights have become a near afterthought to the boxing community. There’s Wladimir Klitschko, and then there’s the rest of the weight class — a stew of raw prospects, pretenders with tissue-soft resumes and challengers that Dr Steelhammer has already defeated. There are more questions (and mistruths) than answers at heavyweight. Fortunately, Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KO) has strengthened […]

An Afternoon Of Upsets: Results From The Povetkin Vs Wach Undercard

0 comments by Jonathan Moreland

Who knew the pay-per-view of the year would come on a Wednesday afternoon? The undercard for the heavyweight main event between Alexander Povetkin and Mariusz Wach has produced a smorgasbord of stunning upsets, curious refereeing and brutal knockouts. Here’s a look at the bouts that led up to the main event in Kazan, Russia: EDUARD […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Brandon Rios, Tim Bradley And Ruslan Provodnikov

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 11/3/2015

It’s a mixed bag on the boxing schedule this week, with one big and very intriguing fight on premium cable, a fan favourite in a get-well fight off TV and various prospect-oriented cards of varying quality on a variety of networks. In other news, it might be about time for Brandon Rios to change his Boxrec […]

Sergey Kovalev Vs Jean Pascal II Is What You Get When The Inmates Run The Asylum

0 comments by Lou Catalano on 10/28/2015

This is not an indictment of Jean Pascal’s skills as a fighter. He’s a perfectly fine boxer, and he’s fun to watch. He’s got a huge heart and stones to match. He’s got the grit. And he actually won a couple of rounds in his first meeting with the terrifying Sergey Kovalev, backing his opponent […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Jermell Charlo And Tony Thompson

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 10/27/2015

You know it’s a slow week in boxing when the biggest fight is a Charlo brothers mismatch and the biggest story involves Ronda Rousey. The latter involves her being on the cover of RING Magazine (pictured), and some fans aren’t that impressed since she’s not, you know, a boxer. “Is boxing next?” asks the magazine. […]

Terence Crawford Makes A Good Dierry Jean Look Pedestrian

0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/25/2015

Let’s be clear: Dierry Jean is a borderline contender at best, and he has no signature wins; one of his best showings was a loss against top 140-pounder Lamont Peterson. But nobody thinks Peterson is “special,” and the difference was clear Saturday night on HBO when Terence Crawford was on the other side from Jean. […]

ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 18: Terence Crawford celebrates after beating Thomas Dulorme of Puerto Rico in the sixth round in their WBO Jr. Welterweight Title Bout on April 18, 2015 at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

It’s Terence Crawford’s Turn To Stake His Pound-For-Pound Claim

0 comments by Lou Catalano on 10/22/2015

In the wake of Floyd Mayweather’s retirement, boxing’s top dogs are all getting a chance to make a grab for the top pound-for-pound spot. Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, the little terror who automatically ascended to the number one spot on several lists, made a rather emphatic case for staying there on Saturday night. He battered a […]

Review: A Man’s World: The Double Life Of Emile Griffith By Donald McRae

0 comments by Matthew Swain on 10/21/2015

Emile Griffith was a five-time world champion in two weight divisions, ranked the 29th greatest fighter of all time by Bert Sugar. Yet he is known largely for two things: that Benny Paret died after their third fight, and that he was gay. The boy who willingly entered a home for wayward youths and orphans to escape an […]

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Terence Crawford, Dierry Jean And Joseph Diaz, Jr.

0 comments by Alex McClintock on 10/19/2015

The picture above is of my face when there are no “Premier Boxing Champions” cards on TV all week. There’s only an HBO fight, a Golden Boy offering and (whaddayaknow) a ShoBox card on Showtime. Let’s party like it’s 2014! Terence Crawford vs Dierry Jean, Saturday, HBO, Omaha Neb. Former lightweight champ turned top junior welterweight contender Crawford […]

Pound-For-Pound Top 20 Boxers Update, 10/15

0 comments by Tim Starks on 10/18/2015

Floyd Mayweather is gone, again, and who knows how long he’ll be retired for this time. His departure leaves a vacancy atop the pound-for-pound throne. So who’s the new “The Man?” That was determined by the usual main standard, which is quality wins of recent vintage (with overall resume and the “eyeball test” secondary factors; […]