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By Thomas Gerbasi - John Molina Jr. promised us Armageddon in short pants when he faced Ruslan Provodnikov on June 11. What he gave us instead earned him a title shot against Terence Crawford a week from Saturday, so he’s not upset that the bout won’t be in the running for 2016 Fight of the Year. And...
By Thomas Gerbasi - At the moment, the count on a Google search of “Vasyl Lomachenko Matrix” is 7,160. It’s an impressive result for a series of videos that have found their way to YouTube and social media that celebrate the technical brilliance of a Ukrainian fighter with just seven pro bouts and little English...
By Thomas Gerbasi - Boyd Melson is like most boxers, with retirement just a word used to take a break until the next fight comes along. But unlike most boxers, when Melson’s next fight came along, it had nothing to do with the ring. This one was much more important than a title, a TV date or a big payday. For the...
By Thomas Gerbasi - The call from boxing manager Egis Klimas to boxing trainer John David Jackson wasn’t a long one. Klimas’ fighter, Sergey Kovalev, had just split with his previous trainer, Abel Sanchez, after a seventh round stoppage of Roman Simakov in December of 2011 that lifted his pro record to...
By Thomas Gerbasi - If being married to a Puerto Rican woman has taught me anything, it’s that Puerto Ricans don’t forget anything you said to them. Never. Like ten years later they’ll bring up something you said on Thanksgiving at 3:52 in the afternoon. So should anyone be surprised that when referee Ramon Pena stepped in to wave off Juan Manuel Lopez’ fight against Wilfredo...
By Thomas Gerbasi - In the world of boxing, there will always be a good case for the 1976 or 1984 United States Olympic teams as the greatest ever, but who’s to say if that remains the case in twenty years. Then, when the dust will likely settle on another stellar squad, this one the 2012 Ukrainian Olympic team...
By Thomas Gerbasi - As far as knockouts go, they’re never good, but this one was particularly bad. In the ring with Gabriel Bracero on October 10, 2015, Danny O’Connor was right where he wanted to be, at home in Massachusetts and on the verge of bigger and better things in the ring should he pick up the win. Sure, New...
By Thomas Gerbasi - Featherweight prospect Daniel Franco might be boxing’s last optimist. And he knows it. “I guess you have to be an optimist,” he laughs. “In anything, you really want to have the glass half full and have your eyes wide open to make sure you’re able to get everything you can out of this world.”
By Thomas Gerbasi - Last Friday night, Scotland’s Mike Towell succumbed to injuries suffered in his September 29 bout against Dale Evans. Owner of a 13-0-1 record leading up to the fight, the 25-year-old is the latest casualty in a sport that has suffered too many of them. One is too many. Yet the following words...
Mike Lee may be living in the land of sun and sand in Los Angeles these days, but that blue collar Chicago blood still runs through his veins. It’s why he took the barbs from fans and media, battled through injuries that kept him on the sidelines for over a year and a half and still decided that getting into the ring was something he wanted to do. Because where he comes from, you finish what you start.