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The Curse of Mayweather
By Kirk Jackson ***Disclaimer: The contents of this article are in good fun. Even in retirement, Floyd Mayweather continues to rack up victories. The former pound for pound boxing king…
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David Lemieux Returns
By Sean Crose Make no mistake about it, former IBF middleweight champ David Lemieux took quite a beating from Gennady Golovkin last fall in their middleweight title unifier. No one…
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Canelo Alvarez Proves To Be His Own Worst Enemy
By Sean Crose Canelo Alvarez is not all that interested in facing Gennady Golovkin. That, my friends, is simply all there is to it. Don’t believe it? Check out any…
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Bud Crawford Knows The Value Of A Standout Performance
By Sean Crose On a conference call once with Mike Tyson, I heard the heavyweight great refer to boxing as a “hurt business.” This remains quite true. For if this…
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Jackie Kallen: Heavyweight dreams this weekend
By Jackie Kallen Now that the Klitschkos no longer control the heavyweight division, there are more and more fighters with dreams of being the king of all kings—The Unified Heavyweight…
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Boxing’s Future Starts To Take Shape
By Sean Crose In case you didn’t know already, 2016 is not going to be as profound for the sport of boxing as 2015 was. For 2015 gave the world…
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Manny Pacquiao’s Mind Wanders to Gay Folks, Where It Gets Stuck
By Ivan G. Goldman Most fight fans won't care that Manny Pacquiao called gays “worse than animals.” Neither will they care that he took back his words and apologized. And…
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Why Did Canelo Pick Khan?
By Sean Crose Okay, now that we’re all settling into the stunning fact that Canelo Alvarez will be facing Amir Khan for the middleweight title in May, it’s time to…
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Post-Fight Shenanigans Mark Early 2016 Boxing
By Sean Crose Deontay Wilder, holder of one small piece of the heavyweight pie, had just thoroughly concussed a game and tough Artur Szpilka. Usually a showman by nature, Wilder…
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Khan-Brook-Garcia saga: Khan Playing Spin & Dodge ’ems
By Courtney Riley Bureaucrats and spinmeisters ruins it for everyone and in boxing it’s no different. As of late, Amir Khan has been accused playing the bureaucrat, but his intellect…
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Garcia-Guerrero And TV Ratings
By Sean Crose Let’s face it, as boxing fans things like ratings shouldn’t concern us all that much. What should matter is that competition is being fostered and good fights…
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Where’s the Super-Champ to Shut up the Gravediggers of Boxing?
By Ivan G. Goldman Boxing desperately needs another super-champion who clicks with the American public. Until that happens we’ll have to endure the gravediggers telling us yet again that the…
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The Hard Sell For Pacquiao-Bradley III Begins
By Sean Crose Bob Arum made it clear during a California presser for Manny Pacquiao – Tim Bradley Part Three on Tuesday that he really wasn’t sure if this would…
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Manny Pacquiao & Tim Bradley Again? Overcooked Steak Won’t Get Rare
By Ivan G. Goldman Staging a third contest between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley is like throwing a terrific porterhouse steak on the grill and cooking it into burnt rubber.…
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Sergey Kovalev vs. Adonis Stevenson: Inching Closer?
By Hans Olson For two-plus years, one of the most talked about fights in boxing among hardcore fans has been a proposed meeting between light-heavyweight kings Adonis "Superman" Stevenson and…