Jarrell Miller vs. Deontay Wilder: A New York Heavyweight Fight That Sells Itself
The heavyweight division has been searching for personality. Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller and Deontay Wilder have it in surplus. A…
Mr. De La Hoya Goes to Washington
There is an old black-and-white movie from 1939 where Jimmy Stewart plays a regular guy who gets sent to the…
Avril Mathie: Before Dubois, Baumgardner Has to Get Through Shin
By Avril Mathie On Friday, April 17, Alycia Baumgardner defends her unified WBA, WBO, and IBF super featherweight titles against…
Five Years Later, I Took My Son to a Club Show, And He Became a Fan for Life
Five Years Later, I Took My Son to a Club Show — And He Became a Fan for Life By:…
Stephen A. Smith Will Save Boxing for Free (Terms and Conditions Apply)
Stephen A. Smith wants the world to know he is volunteering. No compensation. No hidden agenda. Just a man, his…
What It Actually Costs to Stream Live Boxing on YouTube
By Larry Goldberg, Boxing Insider Promotions Saturday night we streamed our 20th professional boxing card live and free on YouTube…
You Can’t Script This: Inside Our March 7 Card at Tropicana
By Larry Goldberg, Boxing Insider Promotions I grew up in Atlantic City. Saturday was our seventh show at the Tropicana…
Thank You, Jake Paul: How Boxing’s Biggest Outsider Became One of Its Greatest Assets
There was a moment, sometime before the pandemic shut the world down, when the mere mention of Jake Paul’s name…
A Club Promoter Asks: Is It Over For The Little Guy In Boxing?
By Larry Goldberg In Season 6 of The Sopranos, Patsy Parisi tries to shake down a new Starbucks-type coffee chain…
Women’s Boxing Has More Than One Way to Fill an Arena Now
Katie and Amanda proved class sells. Claressa proved dominance sells. The sport wins either way. Franchón Crews-Dezurn posted something on…
Oleksandr Usyk’s Next Opponent Raises Eyebrows
By: Sean Crose Here’s the truth: heavyweight kingpin Oleksandr Usyk has presented himself as the consummate professional. During his brilliant…
Novelty Bouts Reflect Boxing’s Current Lack Of Stars
By: Sean Crose Let’s admit it, boxing hasn’t been doing that bad lately. Unlike say, 10 years ago, the best…
Game Over: How Zuffa Boxing Just Won the UK War
Adam Catterall said it plainly on the morning of February 26: “Boxing is at war.” He’s right. But honestly, that…
What If Pacquiao Beats Mayweather? The Fall of 50-0
Fifty wins. Zero losses. The cleanest record any modern champion has ever carried out of the sport. And on September…
Bottjer on Boxing: Dana White, Eddie Hearn, Weekend Fallout
By Eric Bottjer Here’s what we learned over a weekend of three major shows *A focused two-handed Ryan Garcia is…
Real vs Fake – Bad Bunny and Jake Paul
By Eric Bottjer “Nobody understands a word this guy is saying” – Donald Trump social media post on Bad Bunny’s…
Less “Money”, More Problems
by Eric Bottjer The rumors, fanned for years by a combination of jealousy and circumstantial evidence, are true. Floyd Mayweather…
No Plan B Needed: Shakur Stevenson Dominates Lopez, Eyes Tank Davis Super-Fight
By Eric Bottjer Shakur Stevenson knocked on the door of boxing greatness – pretty loudly – and ushered himself in.…
What Now, Jake Paul (and MVP)?
By Eric Bottjer “They must have said something like, ‘I’ll ease off, I’ll miss with shots, I won’t load up.’…
Jake Paul – Anthony Joshua: Boxing’s Version of “The Sting”
By Eric Bottjer To find a prizefight that remotely compares to the Anthony Joshua-Jake Paul match upcoming on Dec. 19…
The First Super-Fight – 165 Years Ago Today
By Eric Bottjer One hundred sixty five years ago today, two men in disguise met at dawn at London Bride…
Tank Davis is Top Dog at U.S. box office
By Eric Bottjer Black fighters don’t sell tickets” It’s a cliché I’ve heard in boxing for 30 years, one that…
Boxing Insider Promotions Steps Up, Again, After A Wild Fight Week in Times Square
By Charles Jay You know, this boxing thing is a tough business. It’s not for everyone; you can come into…
The Walk Out Bout – Benavidez – DeCubas
By Eric Bottjer The post-fight exchange was normal, the victorious boxer shaking hands with the promoter of his rival. But…
Benavidez vs Morrell In Vegas Will be Packed, Despite Lack of Ambiance
By Eric Bottjer For a fight that has little buzz, tonight’s Benavidez-Morrell card will have a good crowd at the…