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Posted on 08/02/2022 By Stephanie Kent Nearly fifty years after Muhammad Ali and George Foreman met in Kinshasa, Zaire, Taschen pays homage to the Rumble in the Jungle with a special edition of Norman Mailer’s The Fight.  This version takes Mailer’s account of the boxing match and presents it alongside photography from renowned sports photographers Neil

Posted on 08/02/2022 By: Sean Crose “He’s on hold pending the outcome of the Usyk fight with Joshua,” promoter Bob Arum told FightHype of his fighter, WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. There have been many questions regarding the towering Englishman since his destruction of longtime contender Dillian Whyte last spring in the UK.

Posted on 08/01/2022 By: Sean There’s an expression in Hollywood – if you’re going to steal, steal from the best. Keith Thurman has apparently taken those words to heart. Danny Garcia returned to the ring after a lengthy absence Saturday night, beating Jose Benavidez in impressive fashion. In the post fight interview, the fighter known

Posted on 08/01/2022 By: Sean Crose “Michael Conlan could have taken a much less risky fight for his return to the ring at the SSE Arena on Saturday night,” writes former titlist Carl Frampton for the Belfast Telegraph, “but to his credit he is jumping in with Miguel Marriaga who is a major threat despite

Posted on 07/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Things just haven’t been working out for Jake Paul lately. After Tommy Fury was unable to come to America to face the fiery cruiserweight on August 6th, Hasim Rahman Jr, son of former heavyweight champ Hasim Rahman, agreed to take Fury’s place. It certainly looked like it could be

Posted on 07/30/2022 By: Sean Crose The 20-2 heavyweight contender Adam Kownacki squared off against the 16-1 Ali Eren Demirezen in a scheduled 10 round affair Saturday at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York. Both big men threw heavy leather in the first, with Kownacki proving to be the more active of the two.

Posted on 07/31/2022 By: Sean Crose Size didn’t much matter on Saturday night as Jose Benavidez proved to be no match for a smaller and older Danny Garcia. Having been out of the ring for about a year and a half after losing to Errol Spence, there were questions as to how well Garcia would

Posted on 07/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Undefeated junior welterweight Gary Anutanne Russell, 15-0, stepped into the ring at the Barclay’s Center Saturday night to face the 29-1-1 veteran Rances Barthelemy in a scheduled 10 rounder. Russell started aggressively in the first, but Barthelemy rattled his man in the final minute of the round. The second

Posted on 07/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Danny Garcia returns to the ring on Saturday night to face Jose Benavidez Jr after being essentially out of action since he lost to welterweight powerhouse Errol Spence around a year and a half ago. The fight will be broadcast live on Showtime from Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center, a kinda/sorta

Posted on 07/29/2022 By: Sean Crose “I don’t think it’s dead or close to dead,” Showtime honcho Stephen Espinoza has told Fight Hype about negotiations for a Terence Crawford-Errol Spence welterweight superfight. “Were a little bit stuck,” he admits in the interview, “but I don’t think anyone’s ready to throw in the towel, least of

Posted on 07/29/2022 By: Sean Crose Golden Boy boxing returned to the DAZN airwaves Thursday night as Jousce Gonzalez faced Jose Angulo in the main event of a “Fight Night Card” broadcast live from the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in California. The 16-2 Angulo was the more active of the two in the first round of

Posted on 07/28/2022 By: Sean Crose Mayweather Promotions’ CEO Leonard Ellerbe responded to Oscar De La Hoya’s recent interview with FightHype where the Golden Boy claimed Gervonta “Tank” Davis, a potential uber-opponent for De La Hoya’s protégé, Ryan Garcia is not a significant pay per view attraction. “Gervonta Davis can get on pay per view

Posted on 07/28/2022 By: Sean Crose He was brimming with confidence, perhaps justifiably so, with his record of 27 wins against zero defeats. Jose Benavidez Jr wasn’t supposed to beat Terence Crawford in front of Crawford’s home town audience that night in 2018, but the Arizonan was ready to shock the world. “I don’t think

Posted on 07/27/2022 By: Sean Crose “It shouldn’t be that tricky to make,” Oscar De La Hoya says in a fascinating interview with FightHype, “but since you have two guys that are A-side, it’s going to be a little back and forth.” The Golden Boy is talking about a potential high profile match between his

Posted on 07/26/2022 Sean Crose You remember the pop culture event of Summer 2017, don’t you? That was the summer when brash UFC star Conor McGregor stepped into the boxing ring to face the great Floyd Mayweather. The fight ended predictably, in a Mayweather victory by stoppage, though McGregor certainly didn’t embarrass himself. Suffice to

Posted on 07/25/2022 By: Sean Crose “I’ve been doing these events for seven or eight years now,” says trainer of note John Scully. He’s speaking of amateur boxer reunions, where former ring successes such as himself, Marlon Starling, and Michael Olajide gather to reminisce and generally have a good time among their peers. The fifty-four

Posted on 07/25/2022 By: Sean Crose “At the end of the day, I don’t pick my opponents,” Danny Garcia said in the summer of 2014. “My manager, Al Haymon does, and I never go against him.” This was not the sort of thing fans wanted to hear from the Philadelphia fighter at the time. For the

Posted on 07/23/2022 By: Sean Crose Respected and veteran British broadcaster Johnny Nelson knows his boxing. Not only is he a notable presence in the sport, he was a longtime holder of the WBO world cruiserweight title. When Nelson speaks, people listen. That’s why his words about former heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder, uttered during an