The rankings and policies of the International Boxing Federation [IBF] have come into sharp focus in recent months because of the sanctioning body enforcing nonsensical mandatories and kyboshing undisputed championships in the process.
In particular, Oleksandr Usyk at heavyweight and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at…
Edgar Berlanga was handing out money to fans on the beach in his vacation in Mexico this week, still celebrating his huge windfall against unified three-belt super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on September 14th.
It’s unclear whether the people Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) was handing…
Shakur Stevenson says he won’t fight unbeaten light welterweight contender Richardson Hitchins because “He would have to get his name up.” WBC lightweight champion Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) states that a fight between him and Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) doesn’t make sense “business-wise.”
Hitchins Needs…
At a recent movie convention, this ESB contributor was able to spend some time with veteran actor David Clennon (“The Thing,” “The Greatest,” “Being There,” “Gone Girl,” “The Couch Trip,” “The Right Stuff”) – and the 81 year old had some interesting things to say…
Promoter Bob Arum is confident that his matchmakers at Top Rank can rebuild heavyweight Jared Anderson to bring him back after he suffered a fifth-round knockout against Martin Bakole on August 3rd.
Can Top Rank Rebuild Their Manufactured Fighter?
It will take time to rebuild…
Canelo Alvarez can make history by challenging Artur Beterbiev for his undisputed light heavyweight championship next. Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) is without an opponent due to his rematch with Dmitry Bivol being pushed back to October 2025 for the next Riyadh Season opening, and Canelo…
Knowing the history of how dishonest aging fighters can be with themselves, it’s only natural to wonder what becomes of former two-time 140-pound world champion Regis Prograis as he stares down an overseas fight against a younger, higher-ranked opponent.
Is Saturday’s match against England’s…
The new WBC heavyweight rankings have been released, and there is a new name in the current top 10. Britain’s Lawrence Okolie, who won the WBO belt down at cruiserweight and the WBC bridgerweight belt, a title he chose to vacate, is now ranked five…
Basing their set of rankings on the following: Overall record, titles, ability in the ring, the folks at Give Me Sport have taken on the lofty task of coming up with the ten greatest American heavyweights in history, of all time. The list, certain to…