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Bernard Hopkins vs. Jean Pascal – December 17th, 2020
On December 18, 2010 at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec, Canada, ageless Bernard Hopkins, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, challenged light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for his WBC/IBO titles. The Executioner from the City of Brotherly Love was 51-5-1 going in. Pascal was 26-1.…
Bernard Hopkins vs. Felix Trinidad – September 28th, 2020
On September 29, 2001 at New York's Madison Square Garden, WBC/IBF champion Bernard Hopkins, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, fought WBA champion Felix Trinidad, from San Juan, Puerto Rico, in a middleweight unification bout. With the ruins of the Twin Towers still smoldering, Hopkins came in at 39-2-1.…
Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor – July 15th, 2020
On July 16, 2005 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO middleweight champion Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, defended his titles against Jermain Taylor, from Little Rock, Arkansas. Hopkins was 46-2-1 coming. Taylor was undefeated at 23-0. The fight…
Bernard Hopkins vs. John David Jackson – April 18th, 2020
On April 19, 1997 at Memorial Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana, IBF middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, defended his title against former WBA middleweight champion John David Jackson, from Denver, Colorado. Hopkins was 30-2-1 coming in. Jackson was 35-2. The fight…
Bernard Hopkins vs. Simon Brown – January 30th, 2020
On January 31, 1998 at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, IBF middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, defended his title against former welterweight and junior middleweight champion Simon Brown, from Clarendon, Jamaica. Hopkins was 33-2-1 coming in. Brown was…
Crazy Boxing Stuff Heard While On Vacation – October 25th, 2019
When I turned back on the faucet of pugilistic info, I got doused with a whole load of stupid, dumb, crappy, and downright icky...
Kovalev talks in advance of Canelo – October 16th, 2019
“Yeah, it's going to be my biggest win. Yes, of course. This is the biggest name I fought after Bernard Hopkins...”
Shawn Porter Exclusive: To Take Spence’s Heart – September 19th, 2019
Whether he utilizes the high-intensity buzzsaw style or he boxes from the outside, his goal is to do what his opponent isn't comfortable with…
Eddie Hearn’s Circus at Staples – September 6th, 2019
Eddie Hearn, last year, said that, in good conscience, he couldn’t be a part of such a farcical celebrity boxing spectacle. But what a difference a year makes…
Bernard Hopkins vs. Oscar De La Hoya – August 2nd, 2019
On Sept. 18, 2004, Bernard Hopkins fought Oscar De La Hoya at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, for the WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO middleweight titles. Hopkins was 44-2-1 at the time. De La Hoya was 37-3. Oscar was outboxing Bernard in the early rounds, but as the fight progressed Hopkins turned up the heat and punctuated…
Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson – July 30th, 2019
On October 15, 2011, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins defended his title against Chad Dawson. The fight failed to live up to expectations, even when the expectations were low. It ended prematurely, and unconvincingly, with Hopkins grimacing in the canvas…
Bad to the Bone – July 2nd, 2019
Being a fighter is like being a pilot. Flying an airplane is easy. Getting the plane into the air and back onto the ground is difficult…
Zab Judah Gets Old – June 9th, 2019
Today, he is 41 and finds himself recovering from a brutal loss, courtesy of the relentless Cletus Seldin…
Bernard Hopkins vs. Felix Trinidad – June 1st, 2019
On Sept. 29, 2001 at New York's Madison Square Garden, middleweight champions Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, fought Felix Trinidad, from San Juan, Puerto Rico, in an eagerly anticipated unification bout. The WBC, WBA and IBF tites were at stake. B-Hop was 39-2-1 coming.…
Dr. Bernard Hopkins – May 11th, 2019
Our role in our own fate is far more significant than we believe. I think Dr. Hopkins would most certainly agree…
Bob Arum’s Boogeyman – April 21st, 2019
“We want to fight Errol Spence. Terence wants it and I think Errol wants it. There is one guy stopping it and that’s Al Haymon…”
Shields vs. Hammer for the Fate of Women’s Boxing – April 12th, 2019
The flip side of carrying the weight of an entire sport on her shoulders is that, were Shields to lose, it may all fall apart—at least for the time being…
Put “Respek” on His Name – March 17th, 2019
The fighter known for snatching souls put together one of the most surprisingly sound boxing displays since Hopkins vs. Trinidad…
Preview: Bivol/Smith Jr. on DAZN – March 7th, 2019
Saturday night on DAZN, light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol will defend his WBA title against Joe Smith Jr....
The Blue Horizon Gets a Makeover – March 1st, 2019
When the USA Network abandoned boxing for wrestling, that was a punch to the gut from which the Blue Horizon never fully recovered…
Don’t Sleep on Mikey Garcia in Spence Clash – February 18th, 2019
It’s always a mistake to rule out a thinking man’s chances of pulling off the supposedly impossible…
Fantasy Fights: Winky Wright vs. Sergio Martinez – January 22nd, 2019
The two fighters both will get to do what they want. Winky will come forward with his high guard whilst Martinez will move backwards looking to potshot…
HBO Boxing’s Fitting Farewell: Old Men, A Crappy Card, and Zero Point To Tuning In – December 7th, 2018
Over the last several years—actually, the last couple decades—HBO became more of an enemy of the sport than the powerful ally it used to be…
Preview: Bivol vs. Pascal – October 24th, 2018
A stylish boxer-puncher who flirted with greatness in his prime, Pascal only came up short against the crème de la crème…
Canelo vs. GGG 2: Musings, Potshots, and Pinpricks – September 16th, 2018
At the end of the day, the fight was a good, competitive scrap with everything boxing fans claim to want from a main stage prizefight…
Bol'shoye Dramaticheskoye Shou – September 6th, 2018
In a matter of days they’ll let their fists do the talking and the thud of gloves hitting flesh will be music to many ears…
Americans STILL Don’t Support American Fighters – August 31st, 2018
Things would probably be better for American boxing if American fighters were given the superstar, hero treatment reserved for foreigners…
Canelo vs. Golovkin II—Trainers Conference Call – August 22nd, 2018
“In the ring, a fighter can’t run. You run on a racetrack. A fighter moves around the ring to show his abilities and skills…”
How to Fix HBO Boxing – August 10th, 2018
Over the last several years, some of the sport’s biggest stars have all walked away (or have been led away) from the network for various reasons…
Kovalev Stumbled, Then Humbled – August 5th, 2018
The point here may just be that we don’t get enough shockers like this, at least not at the highest level in this sport…
The Great White…Missed Opportunity – June 25th, 2018
Joe Smith Jr., the 28-year-old fighting construction worker from Long Island, never got the monstrous, life-changing payday that should’ve come his way…
Canelo Alvarez Stripped of Pretend Ring Magazine Title – June 12th, 2018
If the purpose of rankings and titles is to bring order and respectability to the sport, then they need to reflect what’s actually going on in the sport…
Lomachenko and Linares—Looks Good on Paper – May 11th, 2018
Saturday night on ESPN, the double gold medalist from Ukraine will make the jump to lightweight and find a potentially dangerous challenge in Jorge Linares...
Gennady Golovkin Meets the Press – May 1st, 2018
Did the fight with Golovkin ruin Jacobs? Cancer couldn’t do it, and Golovkin, however deadly, isn’t nearly as deadly as cancer…
Terence Crawford: Boxing’s Most Talented Nowhere Man – April 12th, 2018
Crawford’s promoter (and I use that term very loosely), Bob Arum, seems to have officially stopped caring about getting him real exposure…
Ranking the best boxing US states – January 27th, 2018
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is one of the standout boxers from a state which includes Stanley Ketchel, Kid Lavigne, Ad Wolgast and James Toney…
“This Fat Girl is Fernando Vargas”: A Tribute to Ricardo Mayorga’s Best Trash Talk – January 16th, 2018
Nobody could talk trash like the former welterweight and junior middleweight champ and it’s pretty safe to say that there’ll never be anyone like him again…
Saturday Night Fever: Saunders vs. Lemieux – December 16th, 2017
“A fighter that Frank Warren brings over, from wherever he brings him from, you gotta take that seriously,” said Hopkins. “I know from experience…”
Lomachenko, Rigondeaux, and Why The Jackal Quit – December 10th, 2017
A great fighter can handle being beaten in the ring, but it’s humiliating to be duped into a bad spot by politics and business…
Sonny Fredrickson: Winning Mentality – November 28th, 2017
All top-level fighters understand the importance of mental fortitude, confidence, and ability to overcome adversity…
Kovalev Returns—Leave It Where the Goats Can Get It – November 24th, 2017
Kovalev will have to keep on doing what he does best. The savage knockout has the best chance of bringing crowds back, again and again…
Boxing From The Aztec Sex Farm – November 15th, 2017
Welcome to the wild world of Zeferino Jackson—boxing scribe, provocateur, satirist, and possible sexual deviant…
Champions' Community Outreach – November 1st, 2017
The WBA is starting this initiative to help kids in poor and troubled areas by getting them involved in the sport of boxing…
FS1 Tripleheader Confirmed – October 30th, 2017
Undefeated Ahmed Elbiali will face former world champion Jean Pascal in a 10-round light heavyweight scrap…
Rebuilding Krusher Kovalev – October 27th, 2017
Only in fairy tales and in cheesy monster movies do slain beasts rise to terrorize the world once again…
When The Cub Meets The Lion – October 17th, 2017
Experience is to one’s vocation what seasoning is to a dish. Like wine, there’s just a bolder taste that only time can conjure…
Andre Ward: S.O.G. & A.T.G. – September 21st, 2017
“At the end of the day, these careers are gonna stop, and the cheers are gonna stop at some point, and what are you left with?”
An Evening with Ike Quartey – September 19th, 2017
Somehow in the comfort of our exchange I managed to conjure the courage to ask about the De La Hoya fight…
A Coronation for Canelo? – September 14th, 2017
It only takes that one guy who is capable enough to stand in the eye of the storm to deconstruct and render it mortal…
Triple G Meets the Press – August 31st, 2017
“I remember a lot of great champions, like Carlos Monzon, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Bernard Hopkins. Right now I think new stories, new times for us…”