Articles by author: Thomas Gerbasi(625 results)
Joe Gallagher: Once You Get The Boxing Bug - Your Life is Over!
By Thomas Gerbasi - Joe Gallagher never had a chance. “My life has never been my own,” he laughs. “Once you get the boxing bug, that’s it, your life is over.” It bit the Manchester native early, and h...Read More
Mike Lee: I Know I'm Getting Better and Better Every Fight
As Mike Lee approaches tonight’s bout with Jose Hernandez at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, the light heavyweight contender is finally able to start talking about a future that could include a world titl...Read More
Jeff Horn: This is The Fight That Will Silence All The Critics
By Thomas Gerbasi - Glenn Rushton says the same thing to Jeff Horn just before it’s time for them to make the walk to the ring for the next battle. “We're here because we want to be here. No one's for...Read More
Joey Alday - You Have To Be a Fighter, Businessman & Stay Hungry
Joey Alday Jr. watches his four-year-old son LJ and he sees himself, recalling the age when his own father put the gloves on him for the first time. But if the middleweight prospect has his way, LJ wi...Read More
Title Bout II - Resurrecting a Classic
By Thomas Gerbasi - For those of a certain age, playing a boxing game as a kid bore little resemblance to what is available these days. Let’s put it this way. In 1983, the ColecoVision game Rocky Supe...Read More
Bobby Gunn Continues Run on Big Bare Knuckle Fight Card
By Thomas Gerbasi - Ricco Rodriguez has been here before. As a former UFC heavyweight champion who ruled his division before network deals, international expansion and major mainstream exposure, Rodri...Read More
Gary Russell, Joseph Diaz Express Deep Confidence of Victory
By Thomas Gerbasi - The squeaky wheel is the one that gets oiled. Joseph Diaz Jr. is no squeaky wheel. And it may be why that the best featherweight matchup this side of next month’s Leo Santa Cruz vs...Read More
Linares: Lomachenko Knows What He's in For, I'm Not Ordinary
By Thomas Gerbasi - A fighter can lie to the world. He can’t lie to himself. Jorge Linares knows that now, but the way the WBA lightweight champion feels heading into his Saturday bout with Vasyl Loma...Read More
George Kambosos Ready To Make a Big Splash in United States
There’s a fine line between confident and cocky. Unbeaten lightweight up and comer George Kambosos Jr. walks it as brilliantly as a 24-year-old intent on taking over the world can....Read More
Reis Aims To Make Her Own History By Shocking Cecilia Braekhus
By Thomas Gerbasi - It might be bad form to ask about the aftermath of a fight before that fight happens, but in the case of this Saturday’s Cecilia Braekhus vs Kali Reis welterweight title bout, it’s...Read More
Jarrell Miller Dominates Johann Duhaupas For Decision Win
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York - In heavyweight bout, Jarrell Miller (21-0-1, 18 KOs) won a lopsided twelve round unanimous decision over Johann Duhaupas (37-5, 24 KOs). The scores were 119-109, ...Read More
Katie Taylor Decisions Victoria Bustos To Unify WBA, IBF titles
Barclays Center, Brooklyn - Dominant throughout, 2012 Olympic gold medalist and WBA lightweight champion Katie Taylor added another world title belt to her collection, scoring a lopsided 10-round deci...Read More
Daniel Jacobs vs. Sulecki - LIVE Results From Barclays
Mexico'?s Angel Sarinara got the night at Barclays Center started with an upset, as he went over the .500 mark by handing Brooklyn-based Kazakhstan junior welterweight Dimash Niyazov his first pro los...Read More
Jacobs Reflects on Charlo Confrontation, Building Superstar Run
By Thomas Gerbasi - Daniel Jacobs was just a kid. That was the first thought when looking at the Instagram video posted by Gary Stark Jr. in March. The now retired super bantamweight was coming off a ...Read More
Josue Vargas Looks To Build Road To a World Title in New York
Josue Vargas is back home, this time he hopes to stay. “I’m planning on staying in New York,” said the Bronx junior welterweight, who fights Victor Vazquez this Saturday in Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre. “...Read More
Max Ornelas: I'll Do Whatever it Takes To Be a World Champion
All it takes is a couple minutes on the phone with Max Ornelas to know that the unbeaten bantamweight is a fighter who prefers to let his fists do the talking. Regardless, I ask him if he tries to sta...Read More
Hardy: I Never Left Boxing, I Wanted To Be a Two-Sport Athlete
By Thomas Gerbasi - Heather Hardy’s return to boxing after three mixed martial arts bouts isn’t like Michael Corleone getting dragged back into the family business in The Godfather III, but it’s close...Read More
Ruben Villa: I Feel Like My Time is Kicking in Right Now
As the story goes, Ruben Villa got a trip to the boxing gym with his father for his fifth birthday. No bike, no toys? “I guess not,” Villa laughs. “I guess I was too hyper for all that.” Fifteen years...Read More
Burt Young Reflects on 'Rocky' Series, Career, 'Paulie' Character
By Thomas Gerbasi - Several films into a budding acting career, Burt Young probably thought he was done with boxing when he was approached about appearing in a low-budget production about a club fight...Read More
Cristian Cangelosi – Coming to America
Cristian Cangelosi has learned a lot from former two-division world champion Paul Malignaggi in the time they’ve known each other. But did he learn the most important lesson of the fight game, to not ...Read More