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Wilder vs. Fury: The Phoniest Real Fight – October 1st, 2018
Monday’s kick-off press conference in London for the Wilder-Fury Las Vegas spectacle was predictably cheesy and full of fake bravado…
Fury/Wilder at odds in LA – September 28th, 2018
The Staples Center won’t care about Billy Joe when Wilder and Fury hear the start of round one, and neither will you…
Anthony Joshua vs. The World – September 23rd, 2018
What if it was suggested that Anthony Joshua was not so much the champion of the world as the champion of a fairly small island?
AJ vs. Povetkin—Direction KO – September 22nd, 2018
Post-fight, AJ thanked the crowd, DAZN, and asked for a round of applause for Eddie Hearn (he received loud and heartfelt boos)…
The Lesson in Wembley – September 21st, 2018
What’s at stake for the undefeated Anthony Joshua? Every major belt in the heavyweight division, save for the WBC and Ring Magazine titles…
Joshua vs. Povetkin vs. Wilder – September 21st, 2018
Povetkin was never an A-list fighter and is seven years past his prime, but he is skilled and Joshua will be tested…
Oh yeah, Anthony Joshua’s Fighting This Weekend – September 19th, 2018
Fans aren’t caring about Anthony Joshua this Saturday because of who he’s fighting and how this fight came into existence…
What to Watch: September 21-22 – September 19th, 2018
Here is my pick this week. It's just a shame it's hiding behind yet another paywall in the U.S.—the last thing the sport needs…
AJ vs. Povetkin—Karma – September 16th, 2018
Anthony Joshua has never tested positive for a banned substance during his career. I like that a lot…
Blue Collar Anger – September 2nd, 2018
You thought you had fists of steel and could dance like a butterfly in front of your mates. Good clean fun. No, my friend, you were wrong...
European Pound for Pound – September 1st, 2018
He moved up to lightweight for his last bout and stopped Jorge Linares in an exciting bout which saw him dropped for the first time...
Hughie Fury beats the Ox – August 30th, 2018
Hughie is a tricky, mobile, fighter with a long reach and he has the guidance of his father which only the stupid would ignore in this case…
Coming Soon: A September to Remember – August 28th, 2018
Fight fans suffering through the usually boxing-slow dog days of summer have a lot to look forward to in September…
Bellew's fairytale ending – August 27th, 2018
Tony isn’t aiming low. He is holding out for a fairytale ending. He’s picked Oleksandr Usyk at cruiserweight…
Anthony Joshua: From no. 1 to a steaming no. 2 – August 22nd, 2018
There’s a real case to be made that the winner of Wilder-Fury should be rated top heavyweight in the world, above Joshua…
Nathan Cleverly isn't Logan Paul – August 21st, 2018
I don’t care if I am a hypocrite. I won’t be watching. I like my boxing with at least an element of skill to it…
Fights You Won’t See In a Streaming Boxing World – August 20th, 2018
The boxing businessmen are doubling down on this dubious strategy and dividing the talent into at least four isolated groups…
Finkel/Hearn & the Chicken missile – August 19th, 2018
“Either Eddie Hearn didn’t want the fight, or the fighter didn’t want the fight enough to go against Eddie...”
Fury vs. Wilder—Interesting Conundrum – August 18th, 2018
Fury’s easy, one-sided ten-round stroll past Pianeta set up a date between him and Wilder before the end of 2018. Hooray…
Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury is The Perfect Revenge – August 14th, 2018
Sit back and enjoy the guaranteed craziness involved in the run to a big bout between two of the sport’s most offensive shit talkers…
Is Fury The Greatest or The Latest? – August 11th, 2018
Speaking with The Daily Telegraph, Fury made the absurd claim that he’s the greatest heavyweight of all time…
Joshua vs. Povetkin undercard – August 7th, 2018
First up was Yvan Mendy (40-4-1) taking on Luke Campbell (18-2). Mendy handed Campbell his first loss…
King Kong Wants Anthony Joshua – July 30th, 2018
“I’m going to ask the government to put me on disability,” said Ortiz, “maybe that way Joshua will fight me…”
Whyte Decisions Parker – July 29th, 2018
Whyte twice dropped the former WBO heavyweight champion on his way to a hard-fought unanimous decision…
Kong: Alone on Skull Island – July 28th, 2018
Even if Ortiz had beaten Wilder, he’d still be in a similar dilemma as a relatively low-profile heavyweight with high-risk potential…
Heavyweight Money buys you anything – July 25th, 2018
At today's presser for Whyte vs. Parker, Hearn said he expected the winner to be firmly in the mix…
Run – July 23rd, 2018
"Get in the gym. Focus on your gym work. The best fighters spent more time in the gym than anywhere else…"
London Calling – July 5th, 2018
Sky Sports reports that the September date will be against WBC champ Deontay Wilder or WBA mandatory Alexander Povetkin…
Povetkin on Drugs – July 3rd, 2018
“Povetkin is a different man when he’s on drugs, and I say this because I know sparring partners who have been in his camp…”
Pound for Pound – July 1st, 2018
The boxers out there are all aiming for the top of the pound for pound rankings, but it can only be one man…
Shields vs. Gabriels Breaks Records & Barriers – June 27th, 2018
There has been a long-standing myth in United States boxing that female fighters don't have an audience. Shields and Gabriels shattered that notion...
Tyson Fury makes cruiserweight quit – June 9th, 2018
Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, in his first fight in over two-and-a-half years, stopped unheralded cruiserweight contender Sefer Seferi…
Parker vs. Whyte announced – June 7th, 2018
This bout will likely put one of them into the mix as a contender, likely becoming the third ranked heavyweight in the world…
TBE or Not TBE – June 5th, 2018
“I already beat the legendary Wladimir Klitschko and I did it easy, it was an easy fight. So put me in the ring with these bums...”
Campbell vs. Mendy agree terms – June 4th, 2018
Olympic gold medalist in 2012, Luke Campbell (18-2), has come to terms for a WBC Eliminator with Yvan Mendy (40-4-1)…
Holyfield Handicaps Joshua/Wilder – May 30th, 2018
“He is getting better and better and I think he’s hitting the people a little harder than he used to hit them...”
Lomachenko is a Victim of Boxing Business – May 14th, 2018
Lomachenko could be an Ali without a Frazier, a Leonard without a Duran—a genius without true opposition…
British Pound for Pound – May 1st, 2018
It does feel slightly like British boxing, although still in a wonderful place, is not quite as high as it was…
Jacobs Decisions Sulecki in Action-Packed Bout – April 28th, 2018
Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Daniel Jacobs won a unanimous decision over rugged Maciej Sulecki…
Deontay Wilder Exclusive: On Joshua, Ortiz, and the Heavyweight Division – April 26th, 2018
“I recreated boxing with my style. I have a new style that I’ve introduced to boxing, and it’s not going nowhere…”
Henry Tillman: “All fights was tough” – April 17th, 2018
“Boxing is not a sport actually, for the actual boxer, it's a lifestyle. You have to live it, live it, eat it, drink it, sleep it…”
Sweet Smell of Success – April 17th, 2018
It sounds like Klitschko is ragging on Fury, saying he’s “like a fart in the wind” qualifies, but language is often imprecise…
Deontay Wilder Exclusive: Behind the Hype – April 11th, 2018
I’ve spoken with several world champion fighters, and they’ve all told me about that switch that goes off as they prepare to enter the ring…
How good is Joe Joyce? – April 6th, 2018
He signed with David Haye who immediately suggested it would take him five or six bouts to get to world title level…
Deontay’s Dangerous Bravado – April 4th, 2018
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder openly admitted that he’d like to intentionally kill his opponent in the ring…
The Money Machine (2018/1938): No Change Here – April 2nd, 2018
Mike Jacobs liked to keep Joe Louis fighting in New York. Eddie Hearn likes to keep Joshua fighting in the United Kingdom…
Jaded Joshua Ruins The Day – April 1st, 2018
This may have been “boxing finesse,” as he bragged in the post-fight interview, but it was also cynical as fuck…
Joshua Outpoints Parker in Tactical Snoozer – March 31st, 2018
IBF/WBA champion Anthony Joshua outpointed WBO champion Joseph Parker to unify three of the four major heavyweight titles…
Joshua vs. Parker—Please, Make Us Care Again – March 31st, 2018
The bout is set to take place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, and the telecast on the Showtime network begins at 5PM EST…
Carl Froch: A very, very close fight – March 29th, 2018
Froch, one of the more astute commentators in the game, believes Joshua will get the win, but it won’t be a walk in the park…