By: Oliver McManus The self-styled ‘greatest woman of all time’, Claressa Shields (9-0) returns to her home city of Flint this Saturday for a long awaited homecoming bout. Waiting for…
By: Sean Crose F Scott Fitzgerald, the famous American writer, once asserted that there are no second acts in American lives. This is notable for the fact that Fitzgerald sadly…
By: Hans Themistode It was the test that everyone wanted to see for Errol Spence Jr (26-0, 21 KOs). Former WBC Welterweight champion Shawn Porter (30-3-1, 17 KOs) was viewed…
By: Ste Rowen Mention the words ‘boxing’ and ‘tournament’ together in the same sentence to boxing fans and most would meet the idea with derision, but despite it still being…
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of September 24th to October 1st; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that…
By: Hans Themistode He’s old. He isn't a champion anymore. He lost a few steps. Retirement is just around the corner. The words that are spoken about former unified Middleweight…
By: Sean Crose There once was a time, not all that long ago, when any fighter aged thirty or above was considered over the hill. Back in 1987, for instance,…
By: Jesse Donathan There was always something spiritual involved in perfecting my jump shot from nearly every conceivable angle on the basketball court, spending countless hours in my youth on…