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Teddy Atlas, on his superb podcast ‘The Fight,’ recently listed his top 10 greatest ever heavyweights, and the fans sure found the list, the picks, interesting. Now, going one better, Atlas, a man who has so much passion for the sport and always, always will,…

Jaron Ennis laces his boots up tight in preparation for a title unification and more importantly, lineal champion at welterweight. His opponent Eimantas Stanionis is rugged fighter who also brings solid fundamentals offensively to the ring. It’s been a long journey for both men to…

The next opponent for red-hot, unbeaten 20 year old heavyweight prospect/contender Moses Itauma has been announced, and it’s fair to say fans will be less than overwhelmed. Itauma, who many see as a future heavyweight champion, indeed, perhaps the future of the division, will face…

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis looks sickly this week, draining down to 147 to make weight for his fight against Eimantas Stanionis this Saturday night. In comparison, WBA welterweight champion Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs) looks normal and almost filled out. Starved Appearance Ennis looks like he’s been…

Trainer Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis is blaming WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. for why negotiations for a unification fight against IBF champ Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis fell apart for a clash last November in Philadelphia. Bozy says Norman Jr. didn’t want to agree to the $1.7…

Just recently, we saw a controversy in Australia, this when three scoring judges who are all Australian were initially assigned to the Tim Tszyu-Joey Spencer fight. Spencer and his team were understandably angry, having been told there would be neutral judges for the fight in…

We’ve had quite enough fun and games during boxing press conferences just lately, and though Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano didn’t go anywhere near as far as the men have gone just recently, things did get heated at their New York get-together. Chief on the…

I don’t know about you, but I still find myself forgetting, if for just a second or two, that heavyweight great George Foreman is no longer with us. It really was a massive, terrible shock when “Big George” passed away on March 21st, this at…

Raymond Ford says he thinks featherweight Bruce Carrington is “soft”, and he doesn’t like that he’s been talking about him in interviews. Ford doesn’t like how Carrington is bringing up his previous loss to Nick Ball, and acting fake. (Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom) He wants Carrington…