Boxing

Berto and Porter Make Weight Ahead Of Barclays Scrap

Consummate pros Shawn Porter and Andre Berto did the expected and made the welterweight limit Friday at the weigh in for their Saturday scrap at Barclays...

Michael Perez Wins on ESPN/Golden Boy Show

LOS ANGELES (April 20, 2017) – Battling to stay in the super lightweight championship hunt, Michael “The Artist” Perez (25-2-2, 11 KOs) of Newark, NJ defeated tough Argentine Marcelino...

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,...

Andre Berto Could Have Quit, But No Way…A Warrior Has To Fight

Nobody would have begrudged Andre Berto if he had chosen to give his body a rest, and stepped away from the sport of boxing after making...

David Benavidez (17-0) Fights Porky Medina May 20

LAREDO, TX (April 19, 2017) – Unbeaten rising contender David Benavidez (17-0, 16 KOs) will meet exciting former title challenger Rogelio “Porky” Medina (37-7, 31 KOs) in a super middleweight world...

Amanda Serrano Fight To Screen On SHOWTIME EXTREME

BROOKLYN (April 19, 2017) – Four-time world champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano will look for a record-setting fifth world title when she battles former world champion Dahiana Santana for the...

Kelly Pavlik: Past, Present, and Future

  The story of the retired athlete is often a sad one. Financial mismanagement, physical decline, mental health concerns and simply missing the sport are too...

Showtime Announces More Fights

NEW YORK (April 17, 2017) – SHOWTIME Sports has unveiled the network’s complete spring 2017 boxing schedule following today’s earlier announcement that the heavyweight boxing event...

Here’s How To Watch Joshua v Klitschko

LONDON (April 17, 2017) – Matchroom Sport, Klitschko Management Group (KMG) and K2 Promotions have reached agreement with U.S. premium television giants Showtime and HBO to...

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...

Indongo Beats Ricky Burns in Glasgow

  Before the fight we knew very little about Julius “The Blue Machine” Indongo. The IBF title holder at 140lbs came into Saturday night’s unification bout...

MAKE THE FIGHT! Joe Smith Versus Sean Monaghan, The Battle For Long Island

There isn’t much ideological overlap in the minds of Lou Dibella and Donald Trump, but that isn’t to say there is zero common ground found in...

Eric Kelly Assesses Shawn Porter vs. Andre Berto Fight

Seeing as these guys have both been called World Champion, on paper, this may look like an evenly matched fight, and while I’m sure that this...

Ward and Kovalev Spar At Third Presser, And Duva Gives Media Positive Shoutout

Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev did the last leg of a three town press tour to hype their June 17 sequel to a light heavyweight clash...

PBC DONE ON SPIKE! OR NOT?

Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame Info

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Tickets are on sale now for the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame (ACBHOF) Inaugural Induction Ceremony & Celebration Weekend. The world-renowned...

Quotes From 2nd Ward-Kovalev 2 Presser

Oakland, CA (April 11, 2017) – On Tuesday at the Oakland Marriott in Oakland, CA, Unified Light Heavyweight World Champion Andre “SOG” Ward (31-0, 15 KOs)...

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...

Duva Suggests We’ll See Kovalev Fighting From A “Dark Russian Place” In Ward Rematch

Conventional widsom is that boxers are best suited not to fight angry, that being angry leads to defensive lapses and punishes the mad man for being...

SUPERFIGHT: Vasyl Lomachenko vs Mikey Garcia

                                         “Whoa.”          ...