Muhammad Ali Told Congress What Boxing Needed in 2004. It Still Does Not Have It.
By Larry Goldberg He testified for a boxing bill that had a national medical registry in it. Twenty-two years later the registry has never been…
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The Medical Care Gap in Combat Sports Is About Resources, Not Intentions
By Larry Goldberg Jake Hager took a serious eye injury at a Power Slap event this week, and Dana White…
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Muhammad Ali Told Congress What Boxing Needed in 2004. It Still Does Not Have It.
By Larry Goldberg He testified for a boxing bill that had a national medical registry in it. Twenty-two years later…
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Boxing 2026: Are Things Really That Bad?
By: Sean Crose It’s almost taken as universal fact that boxing is in a bad place right now. Fighters dropping…
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Inoue vs. Nasukawa 2 Preview: WBC Bantamweight Title Rematch Sunday
Takuma Inoue defends his WBC bantamweight title against Tenshin Nasukawa on Sunday, September 27, at Toyota Arena Tokyo, ten months…
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Zuffa Boxing 11 Preview: Fisher vs. Pirotton Saturday in London
Johnny Fisher makes his Zuffa Boxing debut on Saturday, September 26, against Belgium’s Michael Pirotton in a 10-round heavyweight main…
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Chicago Golden Gloves and New York Metro Revive Historic Intercity Rivalry This Saturday
NEW YORK – One of amateur boxing’s oldest intercity rivalries returns this Saturday, September 26, when the Chicago Golden Gloves…
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Fatal Four-Way: New York, Florida, Texas, Alabama, and the Test Three of Them Don’t Require
By Larry Goldberg We said Florida was first. Here it is, next to the state that does the most, the…
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It Wasn’t Pretty, But Pitbull Cruz Managed To Get The KO
By: Sean Crose Some fights are sloppy. Other fights are just a mess. Saturday’s junior welterweight throwdown between Pitbull Cruz…
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Isaac Cruz At The Crossroads
By: Sean Crose Isaac Cruz is entertaining. And, in a boxing world that currently seems to be in a standstill…
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Fifty States: Where Fighter Safety Goes From Here
By Larry Goldberg The medical table was never the point of this bill. We got one anyway. It is not…
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Terence Crawford: No Need For A Comeback
By: Sean Crose Years ago I spent a bit of time on the phone with a retired all-time great fighter.…
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Ali Act Fall Out: What Are You Actually Rooting For?
By Larry Goldberg A regional promoter posted something this week that is more correct than most of what has been…
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Tale of the Tape: John McCain vs. Ted Cruz
By Larry Goldberg Two chairmen of the Senate Commerce Committee. Two boxing bills. Twenty years apart, same gavel, same jurisdiction.…
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Four Versions of the Same Bill: McCain, the House, the Senate, and What Came Out of Committee
By Larry Goldberg Federal boxing reform has been attempted four times in twenty years. Three of those attempts are the…
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What Boxing Insider Would Have to Do Tomorrow to Become a UBO
By Larry Goldberg Two contracts, one belt, and a form. Under two thousand dollars. The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the…
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The Ted Cruz Ali Act Bill Protects Contracts. Brain Health Did not Make the Cut
By Larry Goldberg Updated September 17, 2026. An earlier version of this article reported that the Senate Commerce Committee advanced…
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Nico Ali Walsh Endorses the Ali Revival Act, and Ted Cruz Makes It Markup Days Headline
By Larry Goldberg The most visible opponent of the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act now supports it. Nico Ali…
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Congress Marks Up the Ali Act Wednesday. Florida Just Showed Why the Job Is Half Done.
By Larry Goldberg Two announcements landed within twenty-four hours of each other this week, and nobody involved in either one…
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The WBC Followed Its Rules Monday. Federal Law Never Wrote Any.
By Larry Goldberg The Senate Commerce Committee marks up the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act on Wednesday morning. Monday’s…
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Ryan Garcia Is Going to Make Oscar Suffer the Way Conor Made Eddie
Ryan Garcia went on Ariel Helwani’s show with the WBC belts in his lap and buried his promoter without raising…
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Turki Alalshikh Reveals His Seven-Fight Wishlist. How Many Actually Get Made?
Turki Alalshikh has never been shy about telling the boxing world what he wants. This weekend, through Ring Magazine’s Mike…
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The Senator’s Cheat Sheet to the Ali Act Debate
By Larry Goldberg The Senate Commerce Committee marks up the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act on Wednesday. If you…
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Garcia vs. Benn Post-Fight Press Conference: Dana Defends the Stoppage, Benn Goes to the Hospital, and the Oscar Story Gets a Fourth Version
The fight lasted four minutes and twenty-five seconds. The post-fight press conference carried more news than most full cards. The…
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Garcia vs. Benn Winners and Losers: Dana Delivered, Oscar Not There, and Sulaiman Outsmarted Everyone
By Larry Goldberg The knockout took four minutes and twenty-five seconds. Sorting out who actually won Saturday night takes a…
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Ryan Garcia Entertains In Stoppage Of Conor Benn
By: Sean Crose WBC welterweight champion Ryan Garcia entered the ring in Las Vegas Saturday night as one of boxing’s…