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There is no turning back for Shawn Porter now. As the main event of Saturday’s Showtime event at Barclays Center, the former IBF welterweight champion is at the point in his career that a return to undercards and off-TV bouts just isn’t a reality anymore. He’s made his bones, earned his stripes, and that’s an enviable spot to be in as he prepares to face another former champ in Andre Berto.
By Thomas Gerbasi - It was a moment many might have not even paid attention to, but for Andre Berto, it meant everything. Five years after a thrilling 2011 bout with Victor Ortiz, Berto finally got the opportunity to avenge his first – and most bitter – loss. But after getting knocked down in the second roun...
Seanie Monaghan doesn’t need an excuse – or a fight – to go to the gym and spar. “I’m dedicated to my craft and I’m always working on things,” the unbeaten light heavyweight contender said. “In boxing, you always try to improve, and I actually enjoy sparring and working on what needs to be worked on. I don’t need a fight to go in there and train hard.”
By Thomas Gerbasi - Less than a month after his 12-rounder with Gennady Golovkin, Daniel Jacobs isn’t sitting in a dark room, lamenting his close decision loss to “GGG” at Madison Square Garden on March 18. He’s already moved on, appreciating the lessons taken from the fight, the fans gained in the process, and...
The noise was all around Karlos Balderas as he prepared for his pro boxing debut Sunday night in Los Angeles. There was the usual excitement for any Olympian making his first walk to the ring as a professional, but as the 20-year-old warmed up for his bout against Thomas Smith, he had a couple legends giving him some pre-fight advice.
By Thomas Gerbasi - When he’s not punching someone in the face, Aleksandr Usyk can usually be found with a smile on his face, a joke coming out of his mouth, magic tricks, or maybe even a song bellowing out to the world. In the process, it’s made the WBO cruiserweight champion pretty popular these days. “I'm alread...
By Thomas Gerbasi - It may have been one of the few things Tim Ryan and Gil Clancy ever disagreed on, but unlike some fans and pundits over the years, the dynamic duo that was synonymous with televised boxing back in its last Golden Age didn’t get too heated about the result of the 1987 bout between Sugar Ray Leona...
By Thomas Gerbasi - The “gym” is as far away from the glamour associated with the professional debut of an Olympian, but for the young man who collected a bronze medal for the United States in the 2016 Games, a fight’s a fight, so wherever you can get the work done, you do it.
Daniel Franco is proudly displaying his USBA featherweight title belt under the TV in his living room, but as he points out with a laugh, “I definitely have room for a few more.” It’s an ambitious goal, but one you want to hear from any hot prospect, or should I say contender, as Franco’s victory over Derrick Murray last November earned him a top 15 IBF ranking. And with that ranking, “Twitch” is eagerly awaiting what’s next.
By Thomas Gerbasi - Every boxer is confident. If he wasn’t, then he wouldn’t walk up those four steps into the ring. But there are different levels of confidence. On the scale, you could put Floyd Mayweather on the top, home to the loud, boisterous confidence that lets the world know how the former pound-for-poun...