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On the morning of February 24, 2022, a quick trip to Ukraine to renew his work visa suddenly became something else for Serhii Bohachuk, as the 154-pound up and comer got woken up by his mother in their home in Vinnytsia.
By Thomas Gerbasi - Nearly 11 years ago, boxing was Mikhail Varshavski’s savior as he looked to the sport to help him deal with the loss of his mother from leukemia. On Saturday, “Doctor Mike” takes to the ring for the first time as a professional to face UFC veteran Chris Avila on the Jake Paul-Anderson Silva undercard in Glendale, Arizona.
By Thomas Gerbasi - Claressa Shields was right all along. For years, she told us that she was the “Greatest Woman Of All Time” (GWOAT) when it came to the sweeter science, and while there were many believers in that statement, there were just as many, if not more, skeptics.
Call me old-fashioned, or maybe just old, but I’ve always believed that the greatest compliment you can pay someone who steps into a boxing ring is that they’re an honest fighter.
It’s Monday of fight week, panic time for most promoters. But Terri Moss is not most promoters, and as the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame member was preparing for Thursday’s Atlanta Corporate Fight Night event at the Center Stage Theater, she was as cool, calm and collected as she could be.
It only took a couple wins in the boxing ring to let Daniel “Chucky” Barrera know that his place was competing in the sweet science and not Muay Thai kickboxing.
In the world of boxing, Mary Spencer is a unicorn. Given that the oft-repeated mantra is strike while the iron is hot, Spencer didn’t turn pro after her appearance in the 2012 Olympics, or even after approached to enter the punch for pay ranks in 2017 with the goal being to face two-time Olympic gold medalist and former opponent Claressa Shields. Anyone else would have. Spencer had other things to do.
By Thomas Gerbasi - Six years ago, the campaign Shakur Stevenson was promoting in his hometown was Powerade’s “Just a Kid,” and the soon-to-be Olympian was just that, 18 years old and ready to not just take on the world, but to show his peers that dreaming big and making those dreams happen wasn’t exclusive to certain neighborhoods in certain cities.
By Thomas Gerbasi - No matter what happens on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Gennadiy Golovkin will be a first-ballot hall of famer when he hangs up his gloves. The numbers confirm it, whether it’s his 42-1-1 record with 37 knockouts, or status as the middleweight champion from 2010 to 2018 and again from 2019 to the present with 22 total title defenses.
By Thomas Gerbasi - It’s typical boxing that two of the United States’ biggest stars on the ladies’ side must go overseas for the biggest fights of their careers, but in the most important year in the history of women’s boxing, former Olympic teammates Claressa Shields and Mikaela Mayer don’t care.