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Has Deontay Wilder Passed Anthony Joshua? – May 20th, 2019
Is it safe to say that Deontay Wilder has officially passed Anthony Joshua as the no. 1 heavyweight in the world?
Wilder Bombs Out Breazeale in One – May 18th, 2019
Two minutes in, Wilder’s straight right hand upstairs landed clean on the left side of Breazeale’s jaw and dropped him heavily…
Breazeale Is Looking for Trouble – May 17th, 2019
He’s acquired the services of Virgil Hunter, who appears to be the go-to trainer for fighters looking for a makeover…
Deontay Wilder: From Laughable to Respectable – May 14th, 2019
Putting silly tough guy posturing and a cynical rise to the top aside, Wilder has fought his way to honest-to-goodness respectability…
The Screwing of Dillian Whyte (And The Bright Side) – May 9th, 2019
“He’s not a good mouthpiece for the WBC. They should make one of their special belts to muzzle him with…”
British Boxing Pound for Pound – May 7th, 2019
With many of the stars of British boxing on their way out or already retired, it is an intriguing time as the young replacements look to prove their worth…
Andy Ruiz is The One – May 1st, 2019
“It’s really bad what happened to Jarrell Miller. I’m just glad everything happened for a reason. It’s my turn to accomplish my dreams…”
Bob Arum’s Desperate War on Al Haymon – April 22nd, 2019
The Hall of Fame promoter is suddenly all about hurrying up and giving fans what they want for—sorry if I chuckle here—the betterment of the sport…
Everyone Loves Dave Allen – April 21st, 2019
Last night was, I think, the final confirmation of his redemption. Dave Allen stopped Lucas Browne with a body blow that would have dropped anybody…
Big Baby, Big Faux Pas – April 19th, 2019
The results of a second and third test are in. He failed those tests as well, albeit with different banned substances in his system…
Miller/Joshua. One Good/One Bad. – April 18th, 2019
Caveat Emptor is a warning to purchasers everywhere and when you look up the translation, take a minute or two to reflect on it…
GGG, WTF? – April 18th, 2019
Screw diplomacy and tact, this is a bucket of chum splattered at the feet of the Kazakh former world champ…
Has Big Baby Blown It? – April 17th, 2019
It’s not the first time “Big Baby” has failed a drug test. Live and don’t learn appears to be the motto of some athletes…
Vasiliy Lomachenko May Need Gervonta Davis After All – April 11th, 2019
“What to do next” talk is okay this one time. The problem is that Lomachenko pretty much has nothing to do next…
If A Tree Falls in the Forest… – April 3rd, 2019
Crawford is set to fight his first major fight as the cornerstone of ESPN’s revamped boxing program against the most recognizable name on his résumé…
Reviving a Dead Klitschko (Or Counting Joshuas Before They Hatch) – March 29th, 2019
The cocks of the walk are coming to terms with the fact that their guy is no longer on that road to worldwide superstardom…
Could Free Agency Work in Boxing? – March 24th, 2019
Mayweather is like Curt Flood, who, through his own struggles, paved the way for major league baseball free agency in 1970…
Pulev Pummels Dinu – March 23rd, 2019
Pulev took most of the rounds. Dinu drew first blood in the fourth from a bad cut over Pulev’s left eye...
Meet Tom Schwarz – March 22nd, 2019
Former WBC heavyweight champion Frank Bruno said, “Boxing is just show business with blood…”
DAZN Doubles Down...On Its Prices – March 21st, 2019
Could that DAZN “significant research project” be something as simple as a look at the company ledger and the tally of upcoming expenditures?
DAZN: Tidal Wave or A Bubble Waiting To Burst? – March 15th, 2019
Applying the Netflix business model to an extremely mercurial, volatile business like boxing is a huge risk, even under the best of conditions…
The Courtship of Deontay Wilder – March 13th, 2019
Here we are, days away from a decision that will set Wilder for life economically and, possibly, turn the boxing world upside down…
Whyte Washed: The Last Piece of the Unsolvable Heavyweight Jigsaw Puzzle – March 6th, 2019
The appearance of big money and the availability of side deals to siphon off some of that money has turbo-charged the already-present greed and ill will…
Tyson Fury has an opponent – March 5th, 2019
Hard-hitting Dillian Whyte (25-1, 18 KOs) is on the cusp of signing a multi-fight contract with Top Rank Promotions…
Did King Kong earn another shot? – March 4th, 2019
“Ortiz is a very good and experienced fighter. He’s technical and smart but he’s not as intimidating as people say he is…”
Eubank outpoints DeGale in ugly wrestling match – February 23rd, 2019
Saturday night at the O2 Arena, Chris Eubank Jr. outpointed James DeGale to win the vacant IBO super middleweight title…
ESPN Boxing: The Island of Misfit Toys? – February 20th, 2019
An optimist, or a boxing-ignorant mainstream sports network executive, might see Arum’s recent signing of heavyweight Tyson Fury as a stroke of genius…
Anthony Joshua Talks Boxing, Tyson and Wilder – February 20th, 2019
“Every fighter needs a defining fight in their career and I felt with Klitschko, he understood that it took two to tango…”
Joshua-Miller MSG Presser – February 19th, 2019
No thighs were bitten nor sucker punches thrown, but the fighters deserve a medal for giving it their best shot...
Did Fury drop “Big Baby” seven times? – February 18th, 2019
“I was back home in Morecambe and I needed a sparring partner. The first person that sprang to mind was Jarrell Miller…”
The Art of the Non-Deal: Why Wilder Has Already Beaten Joshua – February 15th, 2019
Why exactly is the boxing world being so hard on Anthony Joshua for the failure to wrangle a Deontay Wilder bout?
Garden Party: Big Baby Challenges AJ – February 13th, 2019
Talk is cheap. But reality is born of dreams, and if the boxing gods smile on Jarrell Miller, American fight fans will be beside themselves…
Who Excites Me – February 8th, 2019
Jarrett Hurd and Jaime Munguia excite me as big, strong kids who hold no pretenses and only want to bang their way to belts...
AJ to fight Miller—spread the news – February 7th, 2019
The division is not just one huge conveyor belt of compliant and thankful morsels, grilled lightly in butter and then dropped slowly into Joshua’s chiseled jaws…
Money Belts – January 16th, 2019
So, now, after winning two weird belts, Horn believes Alvarez and/or Golovkin should travel to Australia to fight him…
Dr. Steelhammer: Fake News – January 14th, 2019
The first choice of 6000-plus respondents, who either believe in polls, Twitter, or what passes for democracy, was Dillian Whyte…
Klitschko makes a comeback? – January 12th, 2019
Klitschko may be coming out of retirement before the year is through. One last time, eh. Don’t they all say that?
Top 30 Boxers of 2019 – January 12th, 2019
Oleksandr Usyk will look towards the heavyweight division where his work-rate, speed and movement can cause trouble…
How Deep Is Your Love? (What Will It Take For You To Give Up On Boxing?) – January 8th, 2019
It’s hard to maintain a great enthusiasm for dining on sausage when one spends too much time in a slaughterhouse…
Pound for Pound – January 5th, 2019
He made Gary Russell look like a relative novice and showed his guts as well as his patented skill when stopping Jorge Linares with a vicious body shot…
AJ—Line ‘em up – December 19th, 2018
Sun Tzu was kind of right. If Anthony Joshua waits long enough by the boxing river his enemies will float by…
By This Time Next Year…What Will Boxing’s Biggest Stars Have Done? – December 18th, 2018
With boxing suddenly becoming a hot commodity on the open market for those looking for “content,” some fans are just happy to feel the love…
Eddie Hearn’s Battle to Keep Anthony Joshua Relevant – December 4th, 2018
It would be smart business for Hearn and Team Joshua to bust up a Wilder-Fury rematch and scoop up one of the participants—preferably Wilder…
American Fight Fans Can Learn From British Counterparts – December 2nd, 2018
Take it from the British fans, who could teach us Americans a thing or two about what support for a country’s athletes looks like…
Wilder vs. Fury an Action-Packed Draw – December 2nd, 2018
Tonight, we had the best, most compelling fight in the division since Wladimir Klitschko fought Anthony Joshua…
Deontay and Tyson—Red Tide – December 2nd, 2018
Saturday’s fight between WBC belt holder Deontay Wilder and ‘lineal’ champion Tyson Fury may have indeed lived up to its billing…
Wilder vs. Fury: Can The Gypsy King Handle a Bomb Blast? – November 29th, 2018
Neither fighter is what they appear to be, but both have fought their ways to being in the spot they find themselves in now…
Big Baby Flattens Romanian – November 18th, 2018
“Big Baby” moves well for a man his size. He has fast hands. He has a good beard. He’s also hungry and he can punch…
Special Processed Heavyweights – November 15th, 2018
For whatever reason, the heavyweight division always seems to have the weirdest behavior on-camera, and the most cutthroat off of it…
Usyk and Bellew dance for us – November 8th, 2018
Bellew is a roughhouse fighter, all heart and guts and old school thunder. Usyk is a cultured and magnificent boxer…