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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It was the sort of performance that challenges vocabularies and changes perceptions. Because it's not enough to simply say Vasyl Lomachenko beat Nicholas Walters. And it's not enough to say he forced a heretofore sturdy Jamaican — previously unconquered in 27 professional outi...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Forget the time machine references. Because even at the typically ancient boxing age of 41, Wladimir Klitschko doesn’t want one. “Honestly, I do not feel my age,” he said. “Believe it or not, at least now, I don’t feel it. “I don’t know what it’s going to be like in five years, but right now I cannot complai...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Let’s get a few things out of the way. I scored Saturday night’s fight 114-113 in favor of Danny Jacobs, but in no way do I believe – contrary to many of the social media troll persuasion – that the word “robbery” in any way applies to the goings-on at the world’s most famous midtown Manha...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s not a phrase you often hear from a confident title challenger. But Daniel Jacobs insists his being “scared to death” ahead of a midtown Manhattan bout with middleweight destroyer Gennady Golovkin is actually a good thing. “Who wouldn’t be?” he said. “This is the biggest challenge that yo...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Go ahead and claim that you saw it coming. On second thought, don’t bother. Because no one of sound mind would believe – especially upon playback of Paulie Malignaggi’s desultory rematch against Lovemore N’Dou in 2008 – that the fighter toting the “Magic Man” nickname and the dreadfu...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - This small-budget guy is dreaming big. Make no mistake, I’m quite content with my humble life – first-grade teacher by weekday, sports writer by weeknight/weekend, modest four-bedroom house with a cluttered garage – but every now and then the idea of making an ostentatious dis...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Deontay Wilder has a fight this weekend. Nevertheless, he’s got bigger things on his agenda than 6-foot-6 Gerald Washington. The WBC champion will defend his share of the heavyweight division against the organization’s No. 8 contender – a former football player at the Universi...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s the point of the process where others began wondering what they’d signed up for. But not Daniel Jacobs. Instead, the 30-year-old is oozing cool as the days tick down to his date with multi-belted middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, set for March 18 at Madison Square Garden...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Leo Santa Cruz took a close one in Las Vegas. Carl Frampton earned a featherweight trilogy, perhaps on his home turf. But neither main-eventer was the biggest winner at the MGM Grand in late January. Instead, that honor goes to Mikey Garcia, who – while fighting for just the second...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - There were still six rounds to go Saturday night. But the fighters, the handlers, the fans and the Showtime broadcast crew knew what was up. It was at that halfway moment – as Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton walked back to their respective corners at the MGM Grand – that blow-by-blow...