SAN DIEGO, April 8, 2017 – Boxing writers are fans, too. We enjoy watching someone as proficient as junior lightweight Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko, until we have to write our recap columns about his performances. None of us like repeating ourselves, but we’ve run out of superlatives to describe how supremely talented Lomachenko is. Lomachenko (8-1, ...
SAN DIEGO, April 7, 2017 – Junior lightweight Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko from Ukraine isn’t just a good boxer. He’s so dominant he makes good fighters look average. In his most recent victory over power puncher Nicholas Walters of Jamaica last November, Walters quit after seven rounds rather than let fans watch the beatdown continue. It ...
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 6, 2017 – Ukrainian cruiserweight Aleksandr Usyk couldn’t find himself in a more foreign environment full of contrasts to his native country than in Southern California. Duck, meet water. Usyk is thriving under the sun, adopting the casual lifestyle outside the ring and enjoying every minute of it. Meeting with news ...
SAN DIEGO, April 1, 2017 – “Relentless” Antonio Orozco put himself back into conversation in the junior welterweight division with precisely the performance he needed Saturday in Las Vegas. Orozco (26-0, 17 KOs) of San Diego scored a fourth round TKO over KeAndre Gibson (16-1-1, 7 KOs) of Las Vegas via St. Louis to remain ...
SAN DIEGO, March 31, 2017 – When two undefeated boxers step into the ring, the added anxiety of suffering a first defeat is no small matter. But the far bigger concern for junior welterweights Antonio Orozco (25-0, 16 KOs) of San Diego and KeAndre Gibson (16-0-1, 7 KOs) of Las Vegas via St. Louis is ...
SAN DIEGO, March 24, 2017 – There are no lukewarm opinions about last Saturday’s unified middleweight championship or super flyweight championship fights. The two razor-close decisions had the boxing community, boxing media, and boxing fans talking all week. HBO Sports airs the exclusive replay of “World Championship Boxing: Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs and Roman ...
SAN DIEGO, March 23, 2017 – “Thursday Night Fights” on ESPN got off to a solid start with three entertaining bouts for fans tuning in for boxing instead of NCAA basketball. In the main event, Jason Quigley of Donegal, Ireland (13-0, 10 KOs) got a much tougher fight than expected from veteran Glen Tapia of ...
SAN DIEGO, March 22, 2017 – Boxing fans were disappointed when ESPN’s long-running “Friday Night Fights” series came to an end when new promotional relationships shifted the schedule. Those same fans are cheering the return of regular boxing event on ESPN courtesy of a new deal between the network and Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden ...
NEW YORK, March 19, 2017 – Entering the ring to a roar of applause, Gennady Golovkin took the stage in the biggest bout of his career. For weeks prior to the fight, he had promised a big show, a present for fans. They got a Big Drama Show, but the plot was different than many ...
NEW YORK, March 18, 2017 – Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez of Nicaragua, widely considered the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter when he walked into the ring Saturday night in front of 19,939 fans at Madison Square Garden, walked out with the first defeat of his professional career, losing a majority decision and his WBC title in a ...
NEW YORK, March 17, 2017 – With four belts on the line and a rare unification bout headlining the show, excitement is heating up the chilly March air around Madison Square Garden in New York City for HBO Boxing’s pay per view card featuring middleweights Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin and Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs in ...
NEW YORK, March 17, 2017 – It may be St. Patrick’s Day in New York, but there is nothing lucky about fighters making weight for Saturday’s “Middleweight Madness” card at Madison Square Garden. It is part of a boxer’s job to step on the scale and come in at or under the division weight limit ...
Wake up and pour some coffee while you watch the fighters to step on the scale and start the countdown to Saturday’s card on HBO PPV.
NEW YORK, March 16, 2017 – Before the top middleweights get in the ring Saturday night at Madison Square Garden for the main event, two significant super flyweight bouts have the potential to steal the show. Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez of Nicaragua, widely considered the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter, puts his WBC title and unbeaten record ...
SAN DIEGO, March 11, 2017 – Yes, we know it’s only March. But it would be nearly impossible to picture a better Knockout of the Year for 2017 than the left hook to the chin from David Lemieux that ended Saturday’s bout with Curtis Stevens. Lemieux (37-3, 33 KOs) stopped Stevens (29-6, 21 KOs) at ...
SAN DIEGO, March 10, 2017 – Mark your calendar, because March 10 is a day boxing fans will want to remember. Two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields of Flint, Michigan (2-0, 1 KO) scored a fourth round TKO of tougher than nails opponent Szilvia Szabados (15-9, 6 KOs) of Hungary in a thrilling main event ...
SAN DIEGO, March 9, 2017 – Middleweights David Lemieux and Curtis Stevens didn’t bother waiting for the opening bell in their fight scheduled on Saturday, March 11 on HBO. They have been swinging away at each other for weeks, verbally at least. After watching the friendly interaction between the two during the post-fight news conference ...
SAN DIEGO, March 10, 2017 – Might women’s professional boxing finally have more than a moment in the U.S.? Although women’s boxing enjoys popularity along with their male counterparts in Mexico, Germany, and even in Great Britain where women fight in the main event on a regular basis, seeing professional women’s bouts on television is ...
SAN DIEGO, March 6, 2017 – If Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs hears “And the new” after defeating unified middleweight champion Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin on March 18, it won’t be a miracle. It will be the result of hard work in the gym and plenty of work in the kitchen, too. Welterweight boxer Chris Algieri ...
SAN DIEGO, March 4, 2017 – Keith “One Time” Thurman got out to a quick start and coasted to a split decision win over Danny “Swift” Garcia in front of 16, 533 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and a broadcast TV audience on CBS. Scores were 116-112 (John McKaie) and 115-113 (Joe Pasquale) for ...