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“Showtime” Shawn Porter Cleans Up Andre Berto
“What time is it??” shouted a beaming Shawn Porter (27-2-1, 17KOs) from the podium at the post fight presser. “Showtime!!!” screamed a confident and voluptuous vixen...
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BADASSES IN BROOKLYN: Checking Out Porter, Berto and the Boys At Gleason’s
“No. Sleep. Till Brooklyn!” Beastie Boys, circa before the internet *** *** *** I overslept. The NBA Playoffs beckoned on Tuesday night deep in the heart of Jersey,...
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Canelo V Chavez: From Dusk Till Dawn
On September 14, 2002, I had perhaps the best birthday celebration of my life. Way before “The Hangover,” the culmination of a long road trip from...
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Shawn Porter V Andre Berto: Mike Tyson’s Punchout!
I arrived late. About an hour before arriving at Barclays Center for Keith Thurman versus Danny Garcia on March 4, I’d received an e-mail with news...
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SUPERFIGHT: Vasyl Lomachenko vs Mikey Garcia
“Whoa.” ...
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WATCH TONIGHT ON HBO: Vasyl Lomachenko Is Pugilistic Poetry
I don’t want to be ranked in a better position because someone else failed.” —Vasyl Lomachenko He wears the colors of Yellow and Blue, which makes...
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Superfight: Gennady “GGG” Golovkin V Andre “SOG” Ward
“Blah, BLAH-Blah, BlaH-BLAH, Blaah, Blah, BLAH… All that chit-chat’s gonna get chaaaa- hurt!” —The Joker, Suicide Squad ...
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Ward V Kovalev II: Excuse Me?
“I really hope that Andre Ward will get into the ring with me for the rematch.” –Sergey Kovalev, as Ward/Kovalev II “No Excuses” was formally announced...
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TBE v GGG: 49-1
When asked by FightHype.com about Gervonta Davis and Errol Spence, Floyd Mayweather (49-0, 27 KOs) chose to ignore those questions entirely, opting instead to trash Gennady...
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The OT: NY Fights Back!
These are the days made critical by dudes in suits Too political, its critical they blind the truth See the way they burrow- underneath your feet/ they’re rats thorough/...
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Superfight: Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez V Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao
“Made You Look” Nas, circa 2002 I started imagining the crazy bastard who runs the fictional “Daily Bugle” from Spiderman and how he might decide to title this...
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Gennady Golovkin, 37-0, Is A WINNER
“GGG” is also the very best fighter, pound-for-pound, in the world. The funny thing about life as an artist is that, it is often after death do we truly...
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GGG V Jacobs [Vol.II]: Ghost of Chavez/Taylor
Today is St. Patrick’s Day. On St. Patrick’s Day in 1990, approximately 27 years ago, the epic saga between the great Julio Cesar Chavez and Meldrick...
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Roman Gonzalez: The Invisible Emperor
A chocolate pound cake spooned– not sliced. Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo. So told us Jon Sinclair. If looks could lose, Carlos Cuadras would’ve...
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GGG V Jacobs [Vol.I]: Daniel Enters The Lion’s Den
They say, “You coming to the lion’s den to maim, tame and handle?”/ The problem is– you don’t look nothing like Daniel… –T@z Or does he?...
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Lemieux V Stevens: Fried Canadian Bacon
This one is gonna go down like that 3 a.m. meal you got involved with after an iffy night of partying and bullshit at the club. It’s going...
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Thurman V Garcia [Vol.VI]: Ponytails
Keith “No-Time” Thurman V Dandelion “Pfft” Garcia. Yeah… That’s what I’m calling this one. Friday’s weigh-in was shockingly anticlimactic, as the fight itself morphed into extreme buzz kill....
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Thurman V Garcia [Vol.V]: Fireworks
“I tell people all the time, nobody wants to be hit. You have to trick a man to hit a man.” —Keith “One-Time” Thurman, WBA welterweight...
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Thurman V Garcia [Vol.IV]: One-Time For Ya Mind
“The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to, is the reason so many good minds are idle.” —George C. Lightenberg, German Scientist I wanted so...
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Is Deontay Wilder The Best Heavyweight Alive?
No. “Iron” Mike Tyson was also called the “Baddest Man On The Planet” and we believed it. He showed us, while parting seas of humanity that...