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With just 15 pro bouts to his name, Adam Kownacki has some wondering if he’s ready for an opponent whose last fight was for the WBC heavyweight championship. Brooklyn’s Kownacki is not one of those skeptics.
It’s almost hard to believe that after winning several world titles, fighting the best of the best in multiple weight classes and engaging in one memorable battle after another, Robert Guerrero is still only 34 years old. “I think I’m like Wolverine,” he laughed. “I’m getting in better shape. God is great, that’s all I’ve got to say.”
By Thomas Gerbasi - The Peter Wallis photo in The Courier Mail said even more than 12 rounds with Manny Pacquiao did about what Jeff Horn fights for. Fresh from a July 2 win over the Filipino icon that shocked the boxing world, the 29-year-old Horn sat with his wife Jo in the locker room, far removed from th...
By Thomas Gerbasi - Way before Joe Smith Jr. became a light heavyweight contender by knocking out Andrzej Fonfara in a single round and then halting Bernard Hopkins in eight rounds, his trainer, Jerry Capobianco, believed. “He always told me I had it and that I was going to be champ of the world,” Smith rec...
By Thomas Gerbasi - Whether it’s Ohio or Tennessee, the two states Ryan Martin has called home over the course of his 24 years on this Earth, the lightweight prospect doesn’t subscribe to the notion that where you come from dictates where you end up. Sure, tough times have put a little something extra I...
By Thomas Gerbasi - A win over Aaron Pryor Jr. in their Friday rematch won’t get Mike Jimenez a super middleweight title shot, but it’s a move in the right direction for the Chicago native. That’s okay with him, as he knows a championship career wasn’t built in a day, just like the buildings and bridges he works on as a...
By Thomas Gerbasi - As Luis Arias prepares for his bout with Arif Magomedov, things couldn’t be going better in his boxing career. The 27-year-old is unbeaten, ranked in the top 15 of the IBF thanks to his USBA middleweight title, and he’s fighting on the Pay-Per-View portion of Saturday’s Andre Ward...
By Thomas Gerbasi - As Daniel Franco dusted himself off from his first pro loss against Christopher Martin in March, there were no tears, no busted lockers, no plans to lock himself up in a dark room for six months. He just wanted to fight again. “I wanted to get a fight in right away,” he said. “I didn’t want to take a bi...
There is no dingy gym, no broken down rings or sketchy neighborhoods to walk through in Torrevieja, Spain for Cecilia Braekhus as she prepares for her Friday bout against Erica Farias. Call it the perks of being the undisputed welterweight champion of the world and the queen of the pound-for-pound list.
By Thomas Gerbasi - If Kyrgyzstan native Dmitry Bivol was looking for a way to truly introduce himself to the world in his fourth fight in the United States, the interim WBA light heavyweight champion couldn’t have picked a better time and place than on the June 17 card featuring the top two 175-pounders in the world, Andr...