0 comments by Matthew Swain on 12/16/2015
George Foreman reputedly once said, “Boxing is like jazz. The better it is the less people appreciate it.” While that’s true in many cases, there are degrees to it. Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” is almost universally regarded as the great jazz album of all time, much as Joe Louis is regarded by many as the greatest heavyweight […]
0 comments by Lou Catalano on 10/7/2015
(Photo: Tom Hogan, Golden Boy) Lucas Matthysse lost to Viktor Postol in a junior welterweight fight Saturday night on HBO. After being dropped with a hard counter right hand in the 10th round, the normally menacing Matthysse got to his knees, rubbed his head with his gloves, and remained there until referee Jack Reiss counted […]
0 comments by Patrick Connor on 6/12/2014
It’s often easy to peruse the ledger of great or even just well known fighters and highlight clear turning points in their careers. Quite commonly, the pivotal moments or occurrences are outside of the ring, or obvious. Mike Tyson’s prison stint altered his career in a huge way, Marco Antonio Barrera saw a stylistic shift […]
