Many big-name fighters found success in 2017, from both boxing and business standpoints. Others weren’t as fortunate. In this special Weekend Review, we give you some of the biggest winners and losers of the past calendar year.
By Tris Dixon - It’s that time of year, where you mix moments of reflection with segments of unadulterated optimism. It’s when you cast your mind back, as fight fans, to the highs that justify your faith in this, the noblest of arts, while kicking yourself at how the sport managed to again kick itself in the shins. Yet for eve...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling numerous topics, such as IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence, the recently retired Miguel Cotto, a middleweight clash between Gennady Golovkin and Jermall Charlo, and more.
Longtime ESPN boxing analyst Teddy Atlas has confirmed that last weekend's removal from calling live ESPN boxing events will be permanent. There were countless questions on social media last Saturday, regarding Atlas' absence from the ESPN televised card from The Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City - headlined by WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko stopping Guillermo Rigondeaux in six rounds.
According to Bob Bennett, the Executive Director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, there is no reason not grant Nate Diaz's request for a boxing license. Ever since fellow UFC superstar Conor McGregor was granted a license to box, Diaz has been teasing a similar move to pursue some high profile opportunities.
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum has come swinging back at UFC President Dana White. The two executives have been trading words for years, but their rivalry recently heated up when White announced that the UFC's parent company was going to enter the boxing market in 2018.
By Tris Dixon - WHAT does a loss mean for a fighter? What should a loss mean? Too often, in today’s era of padded records and multi-weight division titleholders who do not have a defining win to their name, a loss marks the end. A rebuilding job has to be undertaken but you will never be allowed to shake an off night or a defeat. Unlike other sports, where you can pick yourself up and d...
Fernando Beltran Video Interview - The bright lights of Las Vegas shine on the junior lightweight division when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: ORLANDO SALIDO VS. MIGUEL ROMAN, TEVIN FARMER VS. KENICHI OGAWA AND FRANCISCO VARGAS VS. STEPHEN SMITH is seen SATURDAY, DEC. 9 at 10:20 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) from Mandalay Bay Events Center. The HBO Sports team will call all the action, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino.
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling several subjects, such as Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux, Gennady Golovkin as a Hall of Famer, Mayweather vs. Roy Jones in ATG standing, Miguel Cotto's loss to Sadam Ali, and more.
Tom Loeffler Video Interview - The bright lights of Las Vegas shine on the junior lightweight division when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: ORLANDO SALIDO VS. MIGUEL ROMAN, TEVIN FARMER VS. KENICHI OGAWA AND FRANCISCO VARGAS VS. STEPHEN SMITH is seen SATURDAY, DEC. 9 at 10:20 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) from Mandalay Bay Events Center. The HBO Sports team will call all the action, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino.