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Tszyu vs. Mendoza: Best Laid Plans at Junior Middleweight

Christopher Carlson

10/13/2023

In Tim Tszyu’s third about of 2023, the son of a legend’s goal to become undisputed didn’t go exactly as planned in more ways than one. Tim’s opponent Brian Mendoza makes a surprise visit to Australia’s Gold Coast Convention Centre in search of a shot at a legit world title after the WBO stripped the kingpin of the junior middleweight Jermell Charlo. To be honest, boxing fans should’ve seen this ...

Never say die – Leigh Wood back from the brink to stop Josh Warrington

John Raspanti

10/12/2023

Wood vs. Warrington: All-British Showdown in Sheffield

Christopher Carlson

10/06/2023

The 10 Most Underrated Boxers of the 1980s

Mike Goodpaster

10/05/2023

Polarizing Canelo Alvarez proves he’s not done

John Raspanti

10/04/2023

Top 12 Pound for Pound Boxers of the 1970s

Mike Goodpaster

10/03/2023

Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo: Can’t Knock The Hustle

Christopher Carlson

09/29/2023

John Raspanti

09/27/2023

Canelo Alvarez out to prove naysayers wrong

It started last year. Was Canelo Alvarez declining? The "it" was chatter. Alvarez fights Jermell Charlo ...

Christopher Carlson

09/22/2023

Batter up as Joe Joyce & Richardson Hitchins Step To The Plate

This Saturday on both sides of the pond Joe Joyce and Richardson Hitchins step in the ...

John Raspanti

09/20/2023

Repeat or Revenge – Zhang and Joyce fight for second time Saturday

Rematches can be fun. Or unnecessary. And ...

Christopher Carlson

09/15/2023

Weekend Boxing Preview: Luis Alberto Lopez and William Zepeda Can’t Underestimate Gonzalez and Gesta

Luis Alberto Lopez and William Zepeda Can’t ...

John Raspanti

09/14/2023

A Career on the Edge: Muhammad Ali Beats Ken Norton in Rematch

After suffering the second loss of his ...

Mike Goodpaster

09/12/2023

The Greatest Boxing Myths Exposed Part One: Pep, Tyson, Pryor, Jack Johnson

You still hear people recite this like ...

John Raspanti

09/08/2023

Looking back – September 7, 1892 – John L. Sullivan fights James J. Corbett

The great John L. The Boston Strong ...

Christopher Carlson

09/01/2023

Smith vs. Eubank 2: Looking Down the Barrel

Chris Eubank Jr. is looking down ...

John Raspanti

08/30/2023

Liam Smith versus Chris Eubank Jr 2- A must win for Eubank.

“An absolute miracle," he said, "is what happened." The words of Chris Eubank Jr. describing what ...

Christopher Shelton

08/25/2023

The Sunshine Showdown (aka/ “Down Goes Frazier”), Jamaica, 1973

“The Sunshine Showdown”, 1973, has lost some ...

John Raspanti

08/23/2023

Not Much Buzz: Usyk vs Dubois

Oleksandr Usyk versus Daniel Dubois August 26th ...

John Raspanti

08/17/2023

Cautious heavyweight Anthony Joshua wins – Derek Chisora does as well but I wish….

Anthony Joshua is like a baseball player ...

Christopher Carlson

08/12/2023

Navarrete vs. Valdez: Bring The Noise

This Saturday on ESPN an all-action ...

John Raspanti

08/10/2023

An act of war – Emanuel Navarette and Oscar Valdez fight

There's no hate here. No false bravado. ...

Mike Goodpaster

08/08/2023

Top 10 Biggest Boxing Matches of All-Time

10. Floyd Mayweather - Manny Pacquiao: Still ...

Mike Goodpaster

08/05/2023

The Top 11 Most significant NON heavyweight fights in Boxing history

When people talk about the biggest fights ...

John Raspanti

08/01/2023

Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford – Demolition and destruction

Naoya Inoue, Stephen Fulton, Terence Crawford, and ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/31/2023

Top 10 Pound for Pound Boxer: Is Inoue or Crawford Number One?

I thought about keeping Fury out of ...

Christopher Carlson

07/29/2023

Spence vs. Crawford: Know The Ledge

Spence vs. Crawford: Know The Ledge ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/29/2023

Top 10 Heavyweight of the 1970s

Bugner went life and death in back-to-back ...

John Raspanti

07/28/2023

Go For It – Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. fight this Saturday night

The fight everyone wanted but most, after ...

Dave Siderski

07/25/2023

Mythical Matchup: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Roberto Duran

Floyd Mayweather dominated the sport of boxing ...

Christopher Carlson

07/23/2023

Inoue vs Fulton: Is the Monster Living on Borrowed time?

Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue has ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/23/2023

The 8 Worst Heavyweight Champions of All Time

Prince Charles Martin's pathetic defense of his ...

John Raspanti

07/20/2023

The Slickster versus The Monster – Stephen Fulton throws hands with Naoya Inoue July 25th

Stephen Fulton believes in himself. And why ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/18/2023

Top 10 Bantamweights in Boxing History

This list will be made up of ...

Christopher Carlson

07/14/2023

Alycia Baumgardner & Frank Martin: Keep Their Heads Ringing

Alycia Baumgardner and Frank Martin look ...

John Raspanti

07/13/2023

Jaron Ennis showcases his talent

Jaron Ennis was feeling it last Saturday ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/12/2023

Tyson Fury the Gypsy Queen Continues to Duck Usyk and Joshua

Crawford vs Spence is getting ready to ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/10/2023

Top 10 Junior Middleweights of All Time

Little (51-6, 31 KOs) is, unfortunately, a ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/09/2023

The Top 6 Blood and Guts Boxing Warriors since 1970

Not all of the boxers on this ...

Christopher Carlson

07/08/2023

Ennis vs Villa: Custom Made or High Alert for Boots?

Jaron Ennis vs. Roiman Villa is ...

John Raspanti

07/05/2023

Jess Willard thought he might kill Jack Dempsey – July 4th, 1919

Heavyweight champion Jess Willard asked for immunity ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/02/2023

Con-Elo Alvarez to fight Jermell Charlo-Not Jermall as the Con game continues.

Earlier in the week, boxing fans were ...

Christopher Carlson

06/30/2023

Anderson vs Martin: Good Test in Jared’s Hometown Toledo

Anderson vs Martin: Good Test in Jared’s ...

John Raspanti

06/29/2023

Canelo Alvarez to fight Jermal Charlo, Adam Kownacki takes another beating

It looks like Canelo Alvarez will fight ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/29/2023

Top 10 Most Intimidating Boxers in History

I know how a guy that weighs ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/28/2023

Top 10 Boxers of the 1950s

For more Boxing news, click here! Fullmer ...

Christopher Carlson

06/25/2023

Adames vs Williams SHO Card: Good Scraps Bad Stoppages

In this midwest state where Minneapolis is ...

Dave Siderski

06/24/2023

Mythical Matchup: Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Aaron Pryor

Our next mythical matchup is one of ...

Christopher Carlson

06/23/2023

Adames vs. Williams: It’s Showtime for Carlos Adames

Premier Boxing Champions and Showtime returns ...

Jeremiah Preisser

06/23/2023

Part Four: The Greatest Defensive Fighters Ever – Young Griffo

"He was probably the fastest boxer and ...

John Raspanti

06/22/2023

June 22, 1938 – “I ain’t no champion ’till I beat Schmeling.” Joe Louis

My father idolized Joe Louis. Dad had ...

Chris Benedict

06/19/2023

Marvin Hagler Annihilates Tony Sibson in 1983’s Battle of Worcester

Tony Sibson ventured into the Worcester Centrum ...

Chris Benedict

06/18/2023

Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Seales: The Unlikely Trilogy

“I’m going to kill him. They can’t ...

John Raspanti

06/15/2023

New documentary on Andre Ward reveals a life almost lost, and then found

While viewing the new compelling documentary on ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/15/2023

Top 20 Boxing Matches of the 1980s

Mancini had his moments early on in ...

Christopher Carlson

06/10/2023

Taylor vs. Lopez: Tough Talk, Let’s See Who Walks It

This Saturday night the lineal 140-pound ...

John Raspanti

06/08/2023

The social media spat between Oscar De La Hoya and Ryan Garcia was embarrassing and revealing

A few hours after being stopped by ...

John Raspanti

06/05/2023

Teofimo Lopez and Josh Taylor meet in intriguing matchup

Trying to understand the motivations of some ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/02/2023

Top 10 Junior Welterweights in Boxing History

I know his resume at junior welterweight ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/31/2023

Top 11 Living Boxers: Who sits at the top Duran or leonard?

This list only includes retired boxers ...

Christopher Carlson

05/26/2023

Lopez vs. Conlan & Lara vs. Wood 2: Featherweight Festivities

The Mexican invasion commences this Saturday ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/25/2023

Top 10 Greatest Sports Families of all time

It's a miracle if anybody plays a ...

John Raspanti

05/24/2023

Not a robbery, but Vasyl Lomachenko looked like the winner over Devin Haney

Vasyl Lomachenko did everything but win Saturday ...

Mark Lewis

05/23/2023

Bobby Mac Updates the Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney Rd by Rd Scoring

Folks, there is no great milestone imperative ...

Christopher Carlson

05/20/2023

Haney vs. Lomachenko: Lineal Battle of Craft and Skill

Highly skilled matchups like this one don’t ...

John Raspanti

05/18/2023

Fight Night: Devin Haney vs Vasyl Lomachenko

Talent, speed, and God-given ability. One is ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/17/2023

Randall “Tex” Cobb: The Man Who Shut Up Howard Cosell!

Randall Cobb was born in Bridge City, ...

John Raspanti

05/11/2023

Everybody says Canelo is showing his age, is he?

"Everybody's got a particular number of fights ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/06/2023

Top 15 Worst Heavyweight Championship Boxing matches since 1970

Lets face it there have been more ...

Christopher Carlson

05/05/2023

Alvarez vs Ryder: Canelo’s Return Home Long Overdue

Canelo Alvarez returns to his homeland ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/02/2023

Top 10 Greatest Welterweight Boxing matches of all time

The Welterweight division has seen many great ...

John Raspanti

04/26/2023

Forget Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia – Joe Cordina vs. Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov was the fight of the weekend

In 2022, Joe Cordina of Wales won ...

Mike Goodpaster

04/25/2023

Top 10 Pound for Pound Boxers 4/25/23: Where does Gervonta Davis Rank?

Gervonta Davis easily beat Ryan Garcia last ...

Christopher Carlson

04/22/2023

Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia: Leaders of the New School

Speed kills. When the rubber meets the ...

John Raspanti

04/19/2023

Not a super fight, but Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia is compelling

It's the best kind of showdown. Young. ...

Christopher Carlson

04/14/2023

Joyce vs Zhang: Can Joe Zap Zhang and Continue his Climb?

In the last few years, the ...

Christopher Carlson

04/08/2023

Less Is More Pertaining To ESPN, DAZN, & Showtime Colliding

This coming Saturday night is a perfect ...

John Raspanti

04/05/2023

Anthony Joshua should fight old rival Dillian Whyte next, not Tyson Fury

After defeating Jermaine Franklin in a less-than-scintillating ...

Mike Goodpaster

04/01/2023

Top 17 All Time Heavyweight Punchers: Where does Deontay Wilder rank?

Today we will look at the biggest ...

Christopher Carlson

03/31/2023

Anthony Joshua Returns vs Jermaine Franklin & Ramirez Challenges Dogboe

Anthony Joshua returns to the ring this ...

John Raspanti

03/29/2023

Joshua vs Franklin: It’s must win time for Anthony Joshua

Anthony Joshua is a former two-time heavyweight ...

Christopher Carlson

03/25/2023

Benavidez vs Plant: Marinated Beef Ready to Cook

Beef in boxing is an everyday thing ...

John Raspanti

03/23/2023

Words vs. results – David Benavidez fights Caleb Plant

Words. They can be cheap or revealing. ...

John Raspanti

03/19/2023

62 years ago – Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johannsson settle their rivalry

My dad was a big fan of ...

Christopher Carlson

03/10/2023

Tszyu vs. Harrison: Fresh Blood or Jermell Charlo Trilogy?

The battle to face undisputed champion Jermell ...

John Raspanti

02/28/2023

The Fiasco is over: Jake Paul losses

“He can’t call himself a professional boxer ...

John Raspanti

02/25/2023

The night Cassius Clay shook up the world

It went down fifty-nine years ago. Unbeaten ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/25/2023

Boxing Paul vs Fury: Odds, Tips and Predictions 02/26/23

This is the fight that no true ...

Christopher Carlson

02/24/2023

Matias vs. Ponce: Can’t Miss Scrap Brings Heat To Chilly Minneapolis

This Saturday night from bitter cold ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/20/2023

Controversial Nights: Pernell Whitaker vs Julio Cesar Chavez

Controversial Nights is a series that looks ...

John Raspanti

02/15/2023

Underdog Leigh Wood determined to prove the oddsmakers wrong again

Oddsmakers are favoring Mauricio Lara to defeat ...

Christopher Carlson

02/11/2023

Vargas vs. Foster: O’Shaquie’s Underdog Perception Rapidly Shrinking

In one corner, we have Rey ...

Dave Siderski

02/11/2023

What If: Rocky Marciano vs. Larry Holmes

Rocky Marciano is the only undefeated Heavyweight ...

Buddy Gibbs

02/10/2023

The Story of Harry Wiley: Boxing’s greatest unsung trainer

“I am indebted to my father for ...

John Raspanti

02/07/2023

Anthony Joshua back in the ring this April against Jermaine Franklin

Anthony Joshua will be fighting Jermaine Franklin ...

John Raspanti

02/01/2023

Artur Beterbiev wins by KO Against Anthony Yarde: Full Fight Recap

WBC, IBF, and WBO world champion Artur ...

Christopher Carlson

01/28/2023

Beterbiev vs. Yarde: A Puncher’s Chance

Is it too simple to think this ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/26/2023

Boxing Beterbiev vs Yarde: Odds, Tips and Predictions 01/28/23

🥊 Boxing Match: Beterbiev vs Yarde 📅 Date: January ...

John Raspanti

01/24/2023

Anthony Yarde is a believer but defeating Artur Beterbiev is a longshot

Anthony Yarde knows that most so-called experts ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/20/2023

Boxing Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Smith: Odds, Tips and Predictions 01/21/23

🥊 Boxing Match: Eubank vs Smith 📅 Date: January ...

John Raspanti

01/19/2023

Put up or shut up – Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Liam Smith

Chris Eubank Jr. fights Liam Smith this ...