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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - The answer depends on when fans came of age. Those in their 50s will hear the phrase “big heavyweight fight” and instantly recall 1970s images of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and George Foreman. Those a decade younger might ponder early-1990s matches involving Evander Holyfield and Rid...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - His left jab is menacing. His right cross is lethal. And the IBF, IBO and WBA title belts draped across his shoulder – not to mention a pristine record of 19 knockouts in 19 fights – are ample testament to the ability Anthony Joshua has inside a boxing ring. But that’s not all the newly-minted 28-year-o...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - I’m just a humble boxing writer. I periodically hop airplanes, frequently gas up cars and periodically camp out alongside a big-screen TV in order to stay on top of news from the ring. But it’s high time for a midlife career change. Forget the keyboard-toting and deadline-taunting. I want to be a prom...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s probably not his fault, but I’m still going to blame Edward Brophy. The executive director of the International Boxing Hall of Fame had zero impact on when my parents met, married and decided to have children, so my blessed arrival on day No. 45 of Richard Nixon’s presidency was likely not det...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s been nothing if not a slow burn for Chevelle Hallback. The 40-something Florida native hasn’t been active in a boxing ring for more than a thousand days – or three years, one month and 11 days, to be precise – but when it comes to her next big competitive challenge she insists she remains read...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - For so many years, it was so easy. Love him or loathe him, Floyd Mayweather Jr. laid consensus claim to at least one title for the bulk of his unbeaten, career-defining run between 2009 and 2015: Best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. But since the bell that ended Money's competitive swa...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Go ahead, we dare you. Watch any U.S.-based national newscast these days and try to get through 30 minutes without mention of pre-election dealings involving Trump Tower and the Kremlin, or suggestion that relations between Americans and Russians are as prickly as they’ve been since the en...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s not always indicative, but it helps. So, while sports history is littered with entities that rose up to produce greatness after inglorious stretches, it’s surely more comforting to approach a career-defining night while on a roll. And that’s precisely how Jim Lampley is feeling as he and his HB...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Three years, 11 months and 22 days. That’s how long it’s been since Saul Alvarez entered the ring as a newbie. Lest anyone forget, that night – Sept. 14, 2013, to be exact – a 23-year-old version of Canelo stepped in against the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, and, after 36 minutes of on...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It was a promotion crammed to capacity with offensive moments. And from the instant publicity-tour microphones went live in Los Angeles to the end of the final fight-week presser in Las Vegas, neither Floyd Mayweather Jr. nor Conor McGregor showed much regard for the rules of decen...