Saul “Canelo” Alvarez isn’t just the unified super middleweight champion – he’s also the unequivocal face of boxing and its fattest cash cow. After nearly 20 years as a professional, most of them on the sport’s biggest stages, Alvarez has proved his mettle as an…
Junior lightweight Maliek Montgomery is returning to his Georgia roots, training alongside his father and two brothers, who were instrumental in his rise as one of the top amateurs in the U.S. After competing in various cities, including Las Vegas, Montgomery is back home, determined…
Raw talent and enthusiasm can take a young sportsman a long way but – and it doesn’t matter what sport they are playing – if they are to really push on, there needs to come a moment where everything suddenly slows down around them, and…
Junior middleweight Andreas Katzourakis learned a crucial lesson in his last fight against Kudratillo Abdukakhorov: that what he perceives in the ring isn’t always what the judges see.
Now, as he prepares to face Robert Terry in the OTX junior middleweight tournament on Aug.…
Paulie Malignaggi believes unbeaten 168-lb contender Diego Pacheco’s performance against Maciej Sulecki this Saturday night could factor in his chance to challenge Canelo Alvarez next for his three super middleweight titles.
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Pacheco’s Performance is Key
Malignaggi says it could come…
This writer once did an article, “‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard Knocked out Floyd Mayweather!” The first line said it was Sr., 15-1, not Jr., in September of 1978. Ray was 13-0.
Looking at both ‘Sugar’ and ‘Money’ starting in the Olympics, Ray won Gold in 1976…
Guido Vianello is back on track after losing two of his last four fights – and he wants that track to keep taking him forward.
Vianello, a 6-foot-6 heavyweight from Italy, turned pro a couple of years after the 2016 Olympics, where he was…
David Morrell is tentatively fighting on December 21st at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in what would be his first defense of his WBA ‘regular’ light heavyweight title against a yet-to-be-determined opponent.
Morrell, 26, captured the WBA secondary 175-lb belt earlier this month, defeating Radivoje ‘Hot…
Super middleweight Steven Nelson's impressive fifth-round knockout of Marcos Vazquez Rodriguez on Aug. 3 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles was marred by the revelation that his opponent tested positive for a banned substance.
Despite his dominant performance, 36-year-old Nelson (20-0, 16 KOs) was…