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Posted on 09/29/2021 By: Sean Crose Frankly, it lasted longer than anyone probably could have imagined. It seems like ages ago that Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather finally answered the bell and battled a full twelve rounds (Mayweather, for those who don’t know, was awarded the decision win). That was supposed to be the high

Posted on 09/29/2021 By: Hans Themistode Terence Crawford believes it. Those in his circle believe it. And his never-ending supporters believe it as well. Yet, not everyone shares that same mindset. In the opinion of the WBO welterweight titlist, he is far and away the best fighter in the division. However, with the likes of

Posted on 09/28/2021 By: John “Gutterdandy” Walker Ukrainian boxing legend and former two-time WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali “Dr. Ironfist” Klitschko, currently the mayor of the country’s capital city of Kyiv, honored his countryman Oleksandr Usyk today, symbolically “passing the torch” to the man who put on a boxing display for the ages last Saturday in defeating former

Posted on 09/29/2021 By: Hans Themistode For nearly three decades, Manny Pacquiao calmly entered the ring, and more times than not, he gave fans their money’s worth. Yet, like all good things in life, it comes to an end. With a Presidential run in his native land of the Philippines now in his immediate future,

Posted on 09/28/2021 By: Hans Themistode Cha-Ching was all Mike Tyson could hear. The former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world was extremely hopeful that a showdown between himself and long-time rival Evander Holyfield could come to fruition. Having shared the ring with one another on two occasions, the pair have generated an excess of

Posted on 09/28/2021 By: Sean Crose Top Rank Promotion’s Bob Arum claims that Anthony Joshua should forget about having an undoubtedly difficult immediate rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, and simply focus on facing Arum’s own fighter, Tyson Fury, instead. Joshua and Fury were set to throw down in a supermatch for the undisputed heavyweight championship of

Posted on 09/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode Caleb Plant is sitting alone on an island. But he doesn’t mind. With the majority of the boxing public viewing the IBF super middleweight champion as a no-hoper in his contest against Canelo Alvarez on November 6th, Plant has decided to tune out the noise. While he acknowledges that

Posted on 09/27/2021 By: Sean Crose I remember hearing repeatedly that heavyweights of the past, no matter how great or dominant, simply could not hold up against today’s supersized heavies. I recall wondering if the theory of bigger means better was actually true when the supersized, and very skilled, heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko battled Bryant

Posted on 09/27/2021 By: Hans Themistode Was he ever truly in the conversation? Of course not. The best heavyweight in the world had ultimately come down to a pair of British natives and an American with a heavy right hand. Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, and Deontay Wilder all looked the part. Joshua was a Greek

Posted on 09/26/2021 By: Hans Themistode Roy Jones Jr. has a tremendous amount of respect for Oleksandr Usyk. The former multiple division titlist has watched closely from the sidelines as Usyk dominated the cruiserweight division. Jones Jr. has also been an interested observer as Usyk made the trek to the land of the heavyweights. Yet,

Posted on 09/26/2021 By: Hans Themistode The resume of Oleksandr Usyk can match up with just about anyone in the entire sport of boxing. In just his 10th pro fight, Usyk lifted his first world title against Krzysztof Glowacki. He would then go on to strip every cruiserweight belt holder of their championship status. This

Posted on 09/25/2021 By: Hans Themistode It was inevitable. After sharing the gold medal stage in the 2012 Olympic Games, albeit in separate weight classes, heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua knew he would eventually face Oleksandr Usyk. Nine years following their Olympic triumphs, the two met at the top of the heavyweight mountain top. Oleksandr Usyk

Posted on 09/25/2021 By: Sean Crose Oleksandr Usyk surprised a whole lot of people on Saturday when he bested Anthony Joshua on Joshua’s home turf of Great Britain. It was something to see. The former undisputed cruiserweight champion simply controlled the tempo of most of the fight. Whenever Joshua appeared to be asserting himself, Usyk

Posted on 09/25/2021 As many expected, Lawrence Okolie (17-0, 14 KOs) had little to no trouble dealing with the unheralded Dilan Prasovic (15-1, 12 KOs). In front of a ruckus crowd at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in the United Kingdom, Lawrence registered two knockdowns on the night. The fight ending blow came in the third round

Posted on 09/25/2021 Nobody ever handed anything to Shelby Walker. Nothing was easy……ever. Maybe it was her hardscrabble upbringing. Maybe it was her background in the military. But somehow, there was nothing that was going to stop her. Until something did. And now, we commemorate her on the 15th anniversary of the night she was

Posted on 09/24/2021 By: Sean Crose In an era where a big mouth has become almost more important than boxing skills (it’s sad, but true), it’s nice to see men like Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk meet in the ring. Neither man is what you’d call ordinary. Usyk is a character and Joshua isn’t at

Posted on 09/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode Tyson Fury is thoroughly enjoying the position he’s currently in. But more than anything, he believes Deontay Wilder is stuck between a rock and a hard place. With the two currently set to face off in just a few short weeks on October 9th, the British native is exuding

Posted on 09/23/2021 By: Hector Franco This weekend in the United Kingdom, arguably the biggest star in boxing will fight for the first time in 2021 when Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) defends his WBA, WBO, and IBF heavyweight titles against the Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs).  Initially, Joshua was set to take on