Lower your expectations, people. It’s been that kind of a year for boxing fans. Can’t have Andre Ward vs. Lucian Bute? Settle for Carl Froch. Can’t have Carl Froch vs. Lucian Bute on Showtime? Settle for Antonio Tarver and Winky Wright. Yes, you read that correctly. And no, you have not time travelled to the […]

The man was known as the most feared prize fighter in the sport for a time. The 6’1” southpaw, sporting the wingspan of a small passenger jet, was the kind of imposing figure that few were willing touch with a 10 foot pole. In fact, such was his size that you might figure on having […]

Saturday night, Las Cruces, New Mexico’s Austin Trout makes his debut on the big stage as part of a Showtime televised quadrupleheader taking place in Carson, Calif. where he defends his 154-pound alphabet strap against tough and determined Delvin Rodriguez. What was already a difficult assignment got a bit more taxing when news broke late […]

“In two rounds other than the deciding one the crowd was lifted to its feet by knockdowns. In the sixteenth Ketchel landed a right and left swing to the body and the jaw that stretched Thomas flat on his back, near the center of the ring and it looked as though everything was over. But […]

The Scene: Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. — September 16, 1981. Detroit’s unbeaten welterweight star Thomas Hearns and Maryland golden boy Sugar Ray Leonard had met head on to determine an undisputed world champion. After a tentative opening, Hearns had overcome the first crises of his career and pulled away into a lead on […]

When pickings are slim on the U.S. fight scene due to cancellations, dramas and whatever other nonsense, fight fans need something a bit more rock solid to cling to when on the brink of starvation. It’s nice having a program to depend on, and Friday Night Fights came through with a little bit of Ji-Hoon […]

Carl Froch and Lucian Bute reside near opposite ends of a spectrum, where at one end is mythical, untapped and untested unobtainium and the other end is sheer stone, hardened by years of harsh nature and underestimated by those searching for rare diamonds. These two super middleweights, set to meet Saturday on Epix, possess the […]

Scott Schiedly makes portraits of infamous characters from history looking “fabulous.” It’s a comment on masculinity and power etc., but it got me thinking about what villainous boxers would look like in similar get-ups. Carl Froch, for example, with a fetching dangly earring. Or Bernard Hopkins as little pink riding hood. On to the schedule. […]