The top 10 middleweight champs of the 21st century
With Carlos Adames defending his WBC middleweight title this Saturday, Eric Raskin takes the opportunity to rank the 10 best middleweight champions of the 21st century.
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Great expectations: Fights that lived up to the hype
Given the stylistic matchup between aggressive power punchers Eduardo Nunez and Emanuel Navarrete, the hope is that it will be a classic. Could it live up to others that met expectations?
Eight canceled fights that left boxing fans wanting and wondering
Injuries, promotional disputes and other snafus led to these anticipated fights being snake-bitten.
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Daily Bread Mailbag: Long-lasting champions, fathers and sons, and Crawford vs. the greats
In this week's mailbag, Stephen "Breadman" Edwards analyses which welterweights of the past 50 years would have given Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns problems.
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BoxingScene’s Midweek Mailbag: Erislandy Lara, the WBC, Gennady Golovkin...
In this week’s mailbag, we tackle your thoughts on Erislandy Lara; Conah Walker's big win and career ceiling; Gennadiy Golovkin's Hall of Fame worthiness; and the WBC's silliness.
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Hall of Fame announcement: The surprises, the snubs, the sentimentality
Gennadiy Golovkin going into the International Boxing Hall of Fame was a formality. The rest of the names in the press release? That’s where the real analysis lies.
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A brief history of recent world boxing champions age 40 and over
Lucas Ketelle explores the historic accomplishments of George Foreman and Bernard Hopkins and current titleholders such as Erislandy Lara.
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Gennadiy Golovkin, Nigel Benn, Antonio Tarver among 2026 hall of fame inductees
Gennadiy Golovkin, Nigel Benn and Antonio Tarver lead the International Boxing Hall of Fame class of 2026.
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Gennadiy Golovkin starts three-year term as new president of World Boxing
Former two-time world champion and Athens 2004 Olympic gold medal winner Gennadiy Golovkin has been named as the new President of World Boxing at its Congress 2025 in Rome.
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The 10 most avoided fighters of the past 20 years
Even some of the most talented boxers can't always get the big fights they're seeking. Lucas Ketelle ranks the 10 most avoided boxers of the past 20 years.
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