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The term “peer pressure” comes loaded with negative connotations.  People cave in or submit to peer pressure. They are very rarely described as thriving or improving because of it. Royston Barney-Smith puts his progress solely down to the habits he observes every day…

IBF junior featherweight mandatory challenger Sam Goodman (18-0, 8 KOs) believes he has enough skill in his repertoire to dethrone Naoya Inoue.  Australia’s Goodman was ringside at the Tokyo Dome to witness Naoya Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) drop Luis Nery (35-2, 27 KOs) three…

Tuesday, April 30 Word on the ground in Las Vegas is that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s next opponent will be Edgar Berlanga. On Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena, Alvarez will defend his undisputed super middleweight title against Jaime Munguia, and for all that theirs is an…

Following a newfound injection of confidence that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez gained from his impressive unanimous decision victory over the younger, taller Jaime Munguia on Saturday night, the path to a September showdown between Alvarez and unbeaten David Benavidez has legs. Envision it: Should…

Saturday night, as I sat down in my T-Mobile Arena press seat to document the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Jaime Munguia undisputed super middleweight title fight next to my PPV.com live chat colleague Jim Lampley, I was astounded by the first story he told our chat participants.…

Savannah Marshall may not have boxed since taking the undisputed super middleweight title from Franchon Crews Dezurn last summer, but she certainly hasn’t been idle. Marshall (13-1, 10 KOs) is currently knee- (and elbow-)deep in preparations for her MMA debut. The cage door will…