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
By Thomas Hauser - Boxing, like all live spectator sports, relies on the here and now for revenue. If fights don't happen, people don't get paid. In recent weeks, boxing has ground to a halt. Fighters
The tireless of those on the front line fighting the coronavirus pandemic has not gone unnoticed, least of all in the boxing industry. Matchroom Boxing has extended its appreciation by donating 200 t
By Tris Dixon - The vast majority of us are on lockdown due to coronavirus and its hold on the global population. Fight fans are sharing great bouts, forgotten classics and much more, but here are 50
By Keith Idec - Meng Fanlong figured he would weigh in today for the biggest fight of his life. The unbeaten Chinese challenger was supposed to test himself against Artur Beterbiev on Saturday night a
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s already been 556 days. And if recent suggestions are correct, it’ll be another 172 more. But regardless of when it occurs, one thing’s for certain: Gennady Golovkin is looki
By Thomas Gerbasi - 307. The number of suicides in Northern Ireland in 2018. 4,500. The estimated number of suicides in Northern Ireland since the Good Friday agreement in 1998 that put an end to the
By Corey Erdman - TOLEDO, OH—Junction Avenue in Toledo looks like many low-income neighborhoods in America. Faded white houses built in the 1940s, some with plywood boards covering their front doors,
By Thomas Hauser - Someone asked me recently what I thought Muhammad Ali would make of the burgeoning coronavirus crisis. Let's start by noting what Ali was not. He was a not a doctor. He was not a sc
By Tris Dixon - Who was Roger Mayweather’s best fight against? Was he a better boxer or trainer? Which Mayweather was the best? Chances are, if you had to ask Roger any of the above, you might have be
By Keith Idec - Regis Prograis earned nearly $30,000 for his first televised fight. The eventual WBA super lightweight champion had never made that much money for a single bout before out-pointing Amo
By Cliff Rold - For the second time in 2020, the sports world lost a memorable “Black Mamba.” The boxing world knew their Mamba first. On Tuesday, the sad news of the passing of former lineal Jr. ligh
By Thomas Gerbasi - A week ago, Cecilia Braekhus had a fight. Today, her April 17 bout against Jessica McCaskill is scrapped for the time being due to the Coronavirus outbreak, but as is her custom, i
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - OK, raise your hand if you’ve ever lived through something like this. No? Yeah… me neither. If you hadn’t noticed, beyond a middling UFC card in front of an empty Brazilian arena
By Corey Erdman - When ShoBox: The New Generation went to air on Friday night, the scene of a quiet Minnesota casino ballroom hosting a boxing event in the middle of a global pandemic kind of didn’t f
By Ron Lewis - Eddie Hearn says it is “business as usual” in the wake of the coronavirus crisis but says there is no chance of Anthony Joshua’s fight with Kubrat Pulev, scheduled for June 20, or any o
By Tris Dixon - A global pandemic is currently forcing boxing to swim in unchartered waters. The coronavirus has caused chaos with the sporting calendar and the boxing timetable is being disrupted. It
By Keith Idec - NEW YORK – Now that Shakur Stevenson’s fight against Miguel Marriaga has been postponed, when he’ll return isn’t the most pressing question the undefeated featherweight faces. First an
by Cliff Rold - On the sporting front, the biggest news of the day is the suspension of the NBA season. It follows on the heels of the announcement that the NCAA will conduct March Madness largely to
There are several story lines attached to the recently announced clash between Elvis 'Semental' Garcia and Sahret 'The Hammer' Delgado. The best one is the part about two unbeaten heavyweight prospect