By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Years ago, it was must-see TV. During my initial period of intoxication with boxing – ages 10 to 18, or thereabout – I can vividly remember turning down all manner of social interaction to make sure I wouldn’t miss the weekly fight cards broadcast on a then-novel cable entity called ESPN. Family going to a late dinner? Sorry, can’t make it...
By Keith Idec - Joe Goossen could’ve directed Diego Corrales to hold Jose Luis Castillo or move away from the man who had just dropped him twice within a 30-second span. His demonstrative trainer instead instructed Corrales to attack Castillo after re-inserting his mouthpiece in the 10th round of what already had been a stunning slugfest. “You gotta...
For now, the fighting is for headlines. Boxing’s biggest names are in a competition to keep their names present and it’s the smart thing to do. The announcement of moving dates, or call outs for fights to be, serve to remind fans where the sport’s status quo left off and that it will be back.
SHOWTIME Sports will continue to serve boxing fans during the current hiatus from live sports, announcing today SHOWTIME BOXING CLASSICS with regularly scheduled replays of legendary bouts from the network’s deep archive of world championship boxing. SHOWTIME BOXING CLASSICS will air on three consecutive Friday nights beginning April 10, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. The telecasts will also be available via the SHOWTIME streaming service and SHOWTIME ANYTIME®.
Champion. Monster. From November 1970 to July 1977, Carlos Monzon was the latter, ruling the middleweight division through 14 title defenses. He might have been the greatest middleweight who ever lived. Monzon went to his grave as the latter. Over 13 compelling parts, available on Netflix, the mini-series Monzon makes the case for the latter having been present all along both as a product of environment and deep character flaw. It came to a head in 1988 when Monzon murdered his wife, Alicia Muniz, sparking a firestorm in his native country and capturing headlines around the world.
The effects of the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has extended beyond the boxing schedule an onto its fraternity. John Skipper, executive chairman of DAZN Group is confirmed to have contracted the infectious disease, although he has since fully recovered and has rejoined the work force. The longtime network executive officially tested positive for COVID-19 on March 16 after having felt ill in the preceding days, as first reported by Sports Business Daily’s John Ourand.
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has forced one of the most prominent companies in boxing to take cost-cutting measures. According to a Sports Business Daily report posted to its website Tuesday, DAZN has begun informing sports leagues with which it has contracts that it won’t pay rights fees for events that have been postponed or other content that hasn’t been provided due to the COVID-19 crisis. The report stated that DAZN is believed to be the first media company involved in such deals to start withholding rights fees for postponed events.
By Corey Erdman - Less than three weeks after we mourned the stoppage of boxing events nearly universally, live boxing returns on April 5 in Japan. The legendary Japanese Rookie Of The Year tournament will begin this week with the East Japan bracket, and will be streamed live and free via YouTube. The event is being branded “Save Japan Boxing,” days after many of Japan’s top boxing gyms were ordered to shut...
In the absence of live in-ring action, Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder once again delivered for boxing fans. ESPN offered the exclusive rebroadcast of the entire four-fight Pay-Per-View event on Monday evening, with the three-hour block averaging 447,000 viewers according to Nielsen Media Research.
Showtime Sports president Stephen Espinoza expects the boxing schedule to be a barnburner once the world and sweet science is back to regularly scheduled programming. Boxing events after mid-March, all the way through April and parts of May, have been snake bitten by the global pandemic that is coronavirus. But once boxing is back up and running, fans should expect to get a jam-packed calendar with a slew of new dates for all of its top combatsmen.