Eric Raskin

Eric Raskin is a veteran boxing journalist with more than 25 years of experience covering the sport for such outlets as BoxingScene, ESPN, Grantland, Playboy, Ringside Seat and The Ring (where he served as managing editor for seven years). He also co-hosted “The HBO Boxing Podcast,” “Showtime Boxing with Raskin & Mulvaney,” “The Interim Champion Boxing Podcast with Raskin & Mulvaney” and “Ring Theory.” He has won three first-place writing awards from the BWAA, for his work with The Ring, Grantland and HBO. Outside boxing, he is the senior editor of CasinoReports and the author of 2014’s ”The Moneymaker Effect.”

Professional Details

Area of Expertise: Long-form features, columns
Career Background: Number of years on the boxing beat: 28. I have passion for boxing (sometimes against my better judgment), passion for writing, opportunity to work with an elite team of writers and editors at BoxingScene.
Articles Published on BoxingScene: 198

Additional Information

Awards: 3 first-places plus multiple Top 3 placements in BWAA Writing Awards.
Interests: Attended Lennox Lewis vs. Andrew Golota, Atlantic City, Oct. 4, 1997 (with Arturo Gatti vs. Gabe Ruelas in the co-feature)
Gender: Male

Eric Raskin Featured Articles

The life, legacy and last days of Israel Vazquez

No matter how bad things got for Israel Vazquez, you couldn’t wipe the smile off his face. Although plagued later in life by serious vision problems, an MS diagnosis and the cancer that cost him his life at age 46, he is remembered for his "warrior spirit" and the love he roused in and out of the ring.

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Riyadh Season has boxing media independence on the ropes

None of what is happening now is entirely novel but it's more extreme than anything I've seen in the 28 years I've been a boxing journalist, writes Eric Raskin.

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Oleksandr Usyk and Manny Pacquiao: double-PPV running diary

Experience 10 hours of boxing alongside Eric Raskin and friends as they watched Oleksandr Usyk KO Daniel Dubois and Manny Pacquiao fight Mario Barrios to a draw.

The golden age of women’s boxing – and the consequences that await

According to Netflix, 74 million viewers worldwide watched Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano’s rematch in November. The two fighters reportedly made more than...