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Latest Boxing News & Rumors Today

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

Mark Lewis

05/23/2023

Folks, there is no great milestone imperative here, but in a month ago was the 40th year anniversary of Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney on June 11th, 1982, so why am I bothering with this article you might ask? Well, to cut to the chase, I was challenged to provide my scoring on a boxing forum after I noted the official scores at the time of the Holmes stoppage of ...

Haney vs. Lomachenko: Lineal Battle of Craft and Skill

Christopher Carlson

05/20/2023

Fight Night: Devin Haney vs Vasyl Lomachenko

John Raspanti

05/18/2023

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

Mike Goodpaster

05/17/2023

Everybody says Canelo is showing his age, is he?

John Raspanti

05/11/2023

Top 15 Worst Heavyweight Championship Boxing matches since 1970

Mike Goodpaster

05/06/2023

Alvarez vs Ryder: Canelo’s Return Home Long Overdue

Christopher Carlson

05/05/2023

Mike Goodpaster

05/02/2023

Top 10 Greatest Welterweight Boxing matches of all time

The Welterweight division has seen many great fighters and classic fights, and today, we will look ...

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 the IBF featherweight title by knocking out Japan’s Kenichi ...

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 punchers of all time in Boxing's glamour division, the ...

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 ...

Buddy Gibbs

01/18/2023

The Top-20 Uncrowned Champions in Boxing History

After Rocky Marciano knocked out Jersey Joe ...

Christopher Carlson

01/14/2023

Ajagba vs. Shaw: Top Rank on ESPN Card Features Good Mix of 50-50’s

Top Rank’s top-3 billed bouts are basically ...

John Raspanti

01/11/2023

Gervonta Davis, Boots Ennis and Demetrius Andrade prevail, and the Fighter of the Night

Gervonta Davis is 28-0, with 26 knockouts. ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/05/2023

What if Gene Tunney Did Not Retire Post-Dempsey?

Former Heavyweight Champion Gene Tunney did like ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/04/2023

Top 9 Boxing Matches we would most like to see in 2023

Okay, guys, I know it's boxing, and ...

John Raspanti

12/29/2022

Fifty One Years Ago – Jurgen Blin brings little talent but a big heart into the ring against Muhammad Ali

When he fought Muhammad Ali in 1971, ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/27/2022

A Look Back at The Greatest Fights of the 1970s: Danny “Little Red” Lopez vs Mike Ayala

The 1970s were the Golden era of ...

John Raspanti

12/23/2022

One hundred fourteen years ago – Jack Johnson becomes the first African-American heavyweight champion

One hundred and fourteen years ago, heavyweight ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/20/2022

The Top 5 Trilogies in Boxing History

Whenever something significant happens in sports, everybody ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/18/2022

The 10 Biggest Boxing Matches of All Time

Today I will look at what I ...

Christopher Carlson

12/17/2022

Michel Rivera vs. Frank Martin: Contenders Proving Ground

This Saturday night serves as a proving ...

John Raspanti

12/09/2022

Long-shot David Avanesyan fights Terence Crawford Dec.10

The odds are long - 14-1. His ...

Christopher Carlson

12/09/2022

Teofimo & Warrington Can’t Afford To Look Past Saturdays Opponents

In the world of boxing, the next ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/05/2022

Top 10 Pound for Pound Boxers 12/05/22

The criteria for the Grueling Truth Pound ...

Christopher Carlson

12/02/2022

Estrada vs. Gonzalez 3: Celebrating the Last Decade of Flyweight/Super Flyweight Wars

This Saturday night, the crescendo to a ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/02/2022

Boxing Fury vs Chisora: Odds, Tips and Predictions 12/03/22

🥊 Boxing Match: Fury vs Chisora 📅 Date: December ...

John Raspanti

11/29/2022

Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora III: Third Time’s a Charm?

Fury, all 6-foot-9 of him, is undefeated ...

Christopher Carlson

11/25/2022

Zepeda vs. Prograis: Clash of Top Tier Junior Welters

After a slow week in boxing ...

John Raspanti

11/25/2022

Dillian Whyte gets Anthony Joshua next if he can get by Jermaine Franklin

If Dillian Whyte can defeat Jermaine Franklin ...

John Raspanti

11/15/2022

Patience pays off for Regis Prograis and Jose Zepeda

Be patient, they say. Regis Prograis was, ...

Christopher Carlson

11/05/2022

Bivol vs. Ramirez: Finally Zurdo in High Level Matchup

Finally the time has arrived for ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/04/2022

Boxing Bivol vs Ramirez: Preview and Prediction 11/05/22

🥊 Boxing Match: Bivol vs Ramirez 📅 Date: November ...

John Raspanti

10/28/2022

Diaz vs Zepeda: Crossroads fight

Joseph Diaz Jr. gets it. Check out ...

Mike Goodpaster

10/28/2022

Boxing Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva: Preview and Prediction 10/29/22

🥊 Boxing Match: Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva ...

John Raspanti

10/22/2022

Vasyl Lomachenko returns to the ring, big fight with Devin Haney on the horizon

Passing on an opportunity last year to ...

Mike Goodpaster

10/14/2022

Boxing Deontay Wilder vs Robert Helenius: Preview and Prediction 10/15/22

🥊 Boxing Match: Deontay Wilder vs Robert Helenius ...

Christopher Carlson

10/14/2022

Haney, Wilder, & Plant Wins Initiates Big Fight Opportunities

Yet another busy fight schedule is upon ...

John Raspanti

10/12/2022

Can former sparring partner Robert Helenius upset Deontay Wilder?

Hired to "be" Tyson Fury a few ...

Christopher Carlson

10/08/2022

Showtime Tripleheader: Short on Big Name Matchups Long on All-Action Bouts

This Saturday night from the “War ...

John Raspanti

09/29/2022

Don’t judge a book: Joe Joyce is relentless and dangerous

After watching Joe Joyce stop Bermane Steiverne ...

Mike Goodpaster

09/27/2022

Tyson Fury/Anthony Joshua hits a roadblock

Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua is now ...

Mark Lewis

09/27/2022

The Boxing Predictions Show – The most accurate boxing betting predictions 2026

With a right and a left our ...

Christopher Carlson

09/23/2022

Stevenson vs Conceicao & Joyce vs. Parker Make For Big ESPN Weekend

This Friday and Saturday ESPN and ...

John Raspanti

09/23/2022

Canelo/GGG: Trilogy ends with a whimper

The pre-fight hype was pretty effective. Check ...

Christopher Carlson

09/17/2022

Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennadiy Golovkin 3: Rubber Match Already Stamped?

Judging by the many pundits and plugged-in ...

Mike Goodpaster

09/08/2022

Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall: Preview, Prediction, and betting tips

Claressa Shields will face a tough test ...

John Raspanti

09/04/2022

Crossroads bout – Andy Ruiz fights Luis Ortiz September 4

In 2019, Andy Ruiz was sitting on ...

Mike Goodpaster

09/02/2022

Andy Ruiz Vs Luis Ortiz Betting Tips, Odds & Boxing Predictions on 9/4/22

Date: Saturday, September, 3 Fight Time: 9:00 ...

John Raspanti

08/31/2022

Living in a larger than life shadow, Nico Ali Walsh charts his boxing future

Living in a larger-than-life shadow, Nico Ali ...

Mike Goodpaster

08/25/2022

Jake Paul’s next opponent will be?

Jake Paul has been inviting people to ...

Mike Goodpaster

08/23/2022

Early odds out for possible Usyk/Fury fight

Anthony Joshua was defeated in a huge ...

Mike Goodpaster

08/22/2022

Will Fury cancel retirement to fight Usyk

Tyson Fury spoke out about a possible ...

Mike Goodpaster

08/22/2022

Boxing Clever: Tony Zale – Forged from steel

One day, when Tony Zale (67-18-2) was ...

Mike Goodpaster

08/20/2022

Boxing Usyk vs Joshua 2: Best Betting Sites and Odds- Free Tips and Predictions 8/20/22

A lot has happened in the eleven ...

Christopher Carlson

08/19/2022

Usyk vs. Joshua 2 Fight: Betting Tips & Odds – No Plan B For Anthony Joshua

Anthony Joshua tries to correct a mistake ...

John Raspanti

08/17/2022

Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua meet again – Betting tips & Odds

Rematches in boxing are almost always intriguing ...

Mike Goodpaster

08/12/2022

Lopez vs. Campa – Teofimo Takeover 2.0 in 140 Pound Division

Teofimo Lopez will embark on his ...

Mike Goodpaster

08/10/2022

Fury/Chisora III, coming this December, whether we want it or not

Tyson Fury has not yet decided to ...

John Raspanti

08/10/2022

Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker to fight September 24: Which Joe you got?

The winner will likely get a world ...

Mike Goodpaster

08/06/2022

Top-10 Boxing Movies of All-Time

Boxing films have been around since the ...

Christopher Carlson

08/05/2022

Vergil Ortiz & Michael Conlan Want to Dazzle Saturday

After facing both internal and external ...

Mike Goodpaster

08/04/2022

Heavyweight Showdown: Joseph Parker/Joe Joyce set for September 24th

Parker-Joyce was a difficult fight, given that ...

John Raspanti

08/03/2022

Blair Cobbs: When the hype doesn’t match the talent

Six months ago, Blair Cobbs was undefeated ...

John Raspanti

08/01/2022

The end came too quickly for Adam Kownacki

For six minutes Saturday night at Barclay’s ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/31/2022

Paul vs Rahman has been Canceled

On July 5th Hasim Rahman Jr. signed ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/30/2022

How to bet on UFC 277 in Pennsylvania

UFC 277 is nearly here and we'll ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/30/2022

How to bet on UFC 277 in New York

UFC 277 is coming up We'll explain ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/30/2022

How to Bet on UFC 277 in New Jersey

UFC 277 is nearly here and we’re ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/30/2022

How to bet on UFC 277 in Michigan

UFC 277 is nearly here and we'll ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/29/2022

How to Bet on Boxing Garcia/Benavidez in Michigan

The fight card will be streaming live ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/29/2022

Best Boxing Betting Sites for Garcia/Benavidez in New York

It is a smart idea to check ...

Mike Goodpaster

07/29/2022

Best Boxing Betting Sites for Garcia/Benavidez in New Jersey

It's a smart move to look at ...