It’s pretty easy to be a glass half-empty kind of guy in boxing. Actually, it’s way too easy. The wound was still open from the fight that didn’t happen between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn, and this week we found out, without question, that the hugely-anticipated clash between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence will not take place in 2022.
Hyperbole is easy to fall into when writing about boxing. It’s not hyperbole to say 2022 is the best year in the history of women’s boxing. Big fights? Check. Crowds? Check. Unifications all over the scale? Check?
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as the return of Deontay Wilder, the big win by Caleb Plant, Devin Haney vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko, Michel Rivera, and much more.
By Corey Erdman - When Claressa Shields, Savannah Marshall, Alycia Baumgardner and Mikaela Mayer all turned pro, their goal, and the hope of women’s boxing fans was that they would wind up in “superfights,” ones just like their male counterparts were a part of.
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Deontay Wilder, Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield, reflecting back on Eder Jofre, Mikaela Mayer vs. Alycia Baumgardner, Jermell Charlo vs. Tim Tszyu, and more.
It’s Monday of fight week, panic time for most promoters. But Terri Moss is not most promoters, and as the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame member was preparing for Thursday’s Atlanta Corporate Fight Night event at the Center Stage Theater, she was as cool, calm and collected as she could be.
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence, undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo, the postponed fight between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn, Andre Ward, and more.
The names Eubank and Benn are not just associated with British pop culture and nostalgic wars, but they provoke dark memories of tragedies. Chris Eubank Sr had a fight with Michael Watson that left Watson with terrible life-changing injuries, and Nigel Benn had the same thing with Gerald McClellan.
The first half of 2022 was as good a six months as boxing could have asked for. The last three months have been a dramatic slowdown in the pace of the year with hopes for a smashing final quarter.
It’s been a long time since the US had the best heavyweight in the world, more than a generation now. Even falling short of being the best of his time, there’s no denying Deontay Wilder has been a spark for his era, providing the thrill of wondering what will happen when his right hand lands.