The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Floyd Mayweather vs. Terence Crawford, Crawford vs. Errol Spence, Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo, IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia, and more.
We can probably all agree that the pandemic was a drag. But when it comes to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, we didn’t know how good we had it. The COVID-prompted triple induction ceremony in 2022 yielded an historic collection of fighters who’d been no-brainers from the moment they appeared on the ballot. In fact, it’s no stretch to suggest the nine modern male inductees across those three years were as good a run as the Hall has ever had.
Veteran trainer Brian 'Bomac' McIntyre is free to return home to America. McIntyre pleaded guilty to two firearms offences and was given a 20-month suspended prison sentence at a sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court. The sentence is suspended for a period of two years.
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Canelo Alvarez's big win over Jermell Charlo, fighters going for broke in a major fight, Floyd Mayweather facing a current day Canelo, input on Gennadiy Golovkin, fighters retiring, and more.
October won’t have any super fights and will likely feel to some fans a little bit like August did. There will be fights to see but the stars won’t quite align to be anything more than a breather before what could be a thrilling close to an excellent year.
Bill Clinton was president. Patrick Mahomes was in pull-ups. And at two sites set about 3,000 miles apart in boxing’s backwoods, Chevelle Hallback and Layla McCarter began blazing the trails that’ll take them to a shared spotlight in Las Vegas.
With one quarter to go in 2023, the latest big win from boxing’s biggest star returns him to the top spot in the competition index. Saul Alvarez made easy work of then-undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo on the last day of September. Now three quarters of the way through 2023, it remains to be seen what big fights will solidify and occur to further shake things up.
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Erickson Lubin vs. Jesus Ramos, Zhilei Zhang's big win over Joe Joyce, Shakur Stevenson's beef with Frank Martin, Canelo Alvarez's big fight with Jermell Charlo, and more.
During his incumbency, Sirb formed a reputation as one of the most scrupulous regulators of boxing in the country (an admittedly very short list), emphasizing safety and coherence in a sport perpetually plagued by unethical behavior and flat-out fraudulence.
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo, the rematch between Zhilei Zhang and Joe Joyce, comparing Oscar De La Hoya and Canelo Alvarez, Andre Ward, and more.