Month: November 2021

Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Gray Mortimore/Allsport Steve Bunce remembers the Lewis and Maloney journey WHEN Kellie Maloney, the boxing promoter and manager, was known as Frank Maloney, the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas was one of her playgrounds. The exotic jungle splendour of the hotel, once an isolated building way down the Strip,
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Issue • Opinion • Premium Thomas Hauser reviews Nicola Tallant’s book Clash of the Clans MTK Global is a fighter management company now headquartered in Dubai. It offers managerial services to more than two hundred boxers (foremost among them, Tyson Fury) and is affiliated with gyms around the world. Its website states, “We have firmly
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Posted on 11/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode From a distance, he appeared to be a great fighter. The right hooks, left uppercuts, unparalleled foot movement, the uncanny timing, and the effortless transition from southpaw to orthodox – made Terence Crawford look otherworldly in the ring. But, once fans took a close examination of whom he was
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8:47 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Shawn Porter’s final moments in the ring showed why he had to walk away. Following his second knockdown in the 10th round of Saturday’s WBO welterweight championship fight against Terence Crawford, Porter scowled and repeatedly smacked the canvas with his gloves as referee Celestino Ruiz issued an 8-count. With
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Issue • Opinion • Premium Andrade-Charlo is certainly not the ‘biggest fight in boxing,’ while Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter are also making news in George Gigney’s media review IT was the American fighters who claimed most of the headlines this weekend, with Terence Crawford generating the most chatter with his stoppage win over Shawn
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Rankings go up on Mondays. Ranked fights this week: Lightweight: (1) Teofimo Lopez vs (9) George Kambosos Jr, Nov. 27 Junior Lightweight: (7) Azinga Fuzile vs Kenichi Ogawa, Nov. 27 Junior Featherweight: (2) Stephen Fulton Jr vs (3) Brandon Figueroa, Nov. 27 Junior Featherweight: (10) Ra’eese Aleem vs Eduardo Baez, Nov. 27 Minimumweight: (10) Ayanda
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Posted on 11/21/2021 By: Sean Crose Wearing sun glasses and a black and orange gym suit, Shawn Porter addressed reporters on Saturday after his loss to Terence Crawford in Las Vegas. “I’m prepared to retire,” he said. “I was prepared to announce my retirement tonight, win, lose. or draw. Even if it was a draw
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Posted on 11/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode With Shawn Porter and Terence Crawford engaging in a back and forth war, Errol Spence Jr. thoroughly enjoyed his view from his ringside seat. A crowd of just over 11,000 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, routinely rose to their feet for the majority
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