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Posted on 01/03/2021 By: Sean Crose Showmanship can get a fighter far, particularly in this over the top era. A fighter, however, ultimately has to be more than a showman. A fighter has fight well if he or she doesn’t wish to simply remain a novelty act. Anyone can talk the talk, and indeed some

Ryan Garcia Pays Homage To Canelo Alvarez: “I Wouldn’t Be As Good As I Am If I Didn’t Have You” Posted on 01/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode Long before Canelo Alvarez claimed a spot in his boxing life, lightweight contender Ryan Garcia was already making a name for himself. The California native was followed by millions

Posted on 01/02/2021 By: Hans Themistode At times, it’s hard to see exactly what’s happening. Fans of lightweight contender Ryan Garcia frantically search for their remotes whenever he steps foot inside of the ring. Once found, they immediately press the slow down button to catch exactly what happened. For Garcia, the California native has become

Posted on 01/02/2021 By: Hans Themistode The critics of Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) were officially muted. For years now the young lightweight contender has been told that his good looks and flashy combinations on the heavy bag were good for social media, but not for boxing. Coming into his lightweight showdown against multiple time

Eddy Reynoso Adamant That Canelo Alvarez Is Staying At Super Middleweight: “This Is His Weight” Posted on 01/02/2021 By: Hans Themistode If Gennadiy Golovkin, Jermall Charlo, Demetrius Andrade, or any other middleweight hopeful wants to face Canelo Alvarez, they’ll have to do so eight pounds north. After fluctuating between middleweight and light heavyweight, Alvarez has

Posted on 01/01/2021 By: Sean Crose He’s one of the biggest stars in boxing and he’s well under 25 years old. He’s defeated most of his opponents by knockout, and he has a mouth to go with his power. He has yet to lose a single fight. And, although Ryan Garcia has still to win

Posted on 01/01/2021 By: Hans Themistode Lightweight contenders Ryan Garcia and Luke Campbell have told everyone for months that this fight was of the utmost importance. So it came as no surprise when both jumped onto the scales completely shredded for their main event tomorrow night at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. First up

Posted on 01/01/2021 By: Hans Themistode The big fights are easy to identify. Even the most casual fans will tune into matchups headlined by Terence Crawford vs Errol Spence Jr. or Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua. While those fights are undoubtedly huge, discussing them has become incredibly repetitive. The sport of boxing doesn’t revolve around

Posted on 12/31/2020 By: Hans Themistode At one point in time, a matchup between Gennadiy Golovkin and Jaime Munguia was considered a massacre. At least on paper. After a highly controversial draw with Canelo Alvarez in September of 2017, Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) attempted to set the record straight a few months later. However, with

Dereck Chisora On Oleksandr Usyk: “He’s Not A Scare In The Heavyweight Division” Posted on 12/31/2020 By: Hans Themistode Heavyweight contender Oleksandr Usyk has been built up to be some sort of monster. With the first five years of his career spent at the cruiserweight division, Usyk became known as not only a skillful boxer

Posted on 12/30/2020 By: Sean Crose He’s only lost twice in 27 fights, each time to top level competition and by close margins (both defeats came via split decision). Come Thursday in his native Japan, however, WBO super flyweight titlist Kazuto Ioka will be facing his countryman, the formidable and undefeated Kosei Tanaka in defense

Posted on 12/30/2020 By: Sean Crose Marvelous Marvin Hagler is primarily remembered for three bouts. The first was his hard fought victory over a rejuvenated Roberto Duran in 1983. The second was his stunning third round knockout of Thomas Hearns in 1985. And the third was his still controversial split decision loss to Ray Leonard

Terence Crawford: “If I Don’t Get Errol Spence Or Manny Pacquiao Then I Would Have To Fight Shawn Porter” Posted on 12/29/2020 By: Hans Themistode WBO welterweight belt holder Terence Crawford has long wanted to face WBA titlist Manny Pacquiao or unified champion Errol Spence Jr. However, the 33-year-old has gained no traction in terms

Posted on 12/29/2020 By: Sean Crose Call it the shot heard round the boxing world. With a single punch, the widely unknown, masterfully skilled Mike McCallum knocked out former welterweight kingpin Donald Curry on a summer night in 1987, rattling a public that saw Curry as being on the comeback trail. Not that McCallum-Curry was

Amir Khan On Kell Brook: “I Think It’s Time To Put Him In His Place And Shut Him Up For Good” Posted on 12/29/2020 By: Hans Themistode Better late than never. For years now, both Amir Khan and Kell Brook (39-3, 27 KOs) have bashed one another whenever a microphone was present. Throughout most of

Bernard Hopkins Backs Canelo In Possible Errol Spence Jr. Showdown:”I Don’t Think Spence Understands On That Level Yet” Posted on 12/29/2020 By: Hans Themistode Bernard Hopkins has a ton of respect for unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. However, with the Dallas product stating on several occasions that he would love a matchup with four-division

How Canelo Alvarez Went From Floyd Mayweather Opponent To The Best In The Business Posted on 12/28/2020 By: Sean Crose He no longer gets frustrated. That, perhaps, is the biggest improvement Saul Canelo Alvarez, known mainly these days as Canelo, has made since suffering his only loss to Floyd Mayweather back in 2013. Late in

Bob Arum: “Spence Is Not A Draw No Matter Who He Fights Unless He And Crawford Fight Each Other” Posted on 12/28/2020 By: Hans Themistode The numbers aren’t exactly what they seem. From the outside looking in, it would appear that in terms of Pay-Per-View buys, unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. is a much