By Sean Crose Make no mistake about it, Gennady Golovkin is on his way to becoming a star. A big star. A legitimate star. Without market-tested hype or a built-in…
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of October 7th to October 14th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that…
By Johnny Walker While most of the heavyweight headlines (and oxygen) have been taken up by vociferous Brits Tyson Fury, Dereck Chisora, and David Haye in the last few years,…
By: William Holmes ESPN 2 broadcast another special edition of their Friday Night Fights show on a Wednesday night. In the main event, former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor took on…
by Johnny Walker What started out as something mildly amusing is now becoming much darker than that, as ex-heavyweight champion Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs continued his stalking of current world…
By Sean Crose Reports now say that Canelo Alvarez has dropped out of his scheduled December fight with Joshua Clottey due to a “persistent ankle injury.” That may not be…
By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of October 1st to October 7th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that…
By: William Holmes Top Rank Promotions put on a card at Bally’s Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey and it featured several high ceiling prospects. The first fight…
Unbeaten junior lightweight titlist Rances Barthelemy, 21-0-0-(12 ko’s), easily defeated veteran Fernando Saucedo over the twelve largely uneventful rounds. Barthelemy used his massive height advantage and reach to dominate Saucedo,…
By: William Holmes ESPN 2 broadcasted a special edition of their Friday Night Fights telecast on a Wednesday night from an airport hangar in Santa Monica, California. The main event…