I feared that the women would be overshadowed when they moved to October 15th, but they were the ray of hope in the boxing landscape that is even more divided than ever. With fighters forgoing large parts of their prime, waiting upon other fighters to fight, we saw four of

This week Andreas Katzourakis got a win on a small show that not many people outside of the regional market saw. The 25-year-old fighter, hailing from Athens, Greece, has moved his life to America, to pursue the most American thing possible – a dream. What is that dream? To be

Last night 2020 Olympian Darrelle Valsaint stopped a guy I know very well Paul Mendez, who actually is the headliner for a poster in my work office for a bot that took place on July 26th of some year in the past decade, that was promoted by Don Chargin Productions

In front of a sold-out crowd at The Henry Clay, in Louisville, KY, rising contender Demontaze “Juicy” Duncan picked up a 2nd round stoppage victory over Tyrone Crowley Jr., who refused to come out of the corner after the second round. Duncan, who has independently gotten all of his fights,

Links pod youtube web Share It Wasn’t What We Hoped…. I wrote on Saturday that Canelo vs. Golovkin III felt like Lethal Weapon 4, the last-installment of a buddy-cop film with Mel Gibson, and Danny Glover. A few days later, I hate to say it – but I was right. 

newsletter pod youtube web Share Despite seeing Andy Ruiz Jr. drop Luis Ortiz, three times, his low output saw an incredibly close fight go his way, for one simple reason. Ruiz Jr. just didn’t throw all that much.  Ruiz, one of the most marketable heavyweights based on his look (a

Pedraza, Commey Fight To Draw Super lightweights Jose Pedraza and Richard Commey fought to a draw in Oklahoma, on a Top Rank card broadcast on ESPN.  The fight was hard to score. Commey was very aggressive early. A cut opened up above Commey’s eye in the sixth round, and seemingly Pedraza never lost around

Damian “Samurai” Sosa got a ten-round decision over Ronald Cruz. So is the most developed fighter from Toscano Boxing Promotions, and at 154 lbs Sosa is currently the #10 ranked fighter in the WBO rankings. Future opponents I see for Sosa are Xander Zayas, Jesus Ramos Jr., or even former world champion Brian Castano. other notable results Giovannie Gonzalez got a

This is a recap of the 2022 National Golden Gloves, and my general thoughts.  A few general observations. Not loving the paywall of $10 or $30 for the whole week, when the direct competitor, USA Boxing offers a free live stream of each event. The landscape of the 156 lbs

Join the newsletter podcast web Youtube Usyk, The All-Time Great Oleksandr Usyk was the subplot going into his rematch with Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia yesterday. The bout wasn’t the first fight – Usyk wasn’t as impressive, which made his win in another way that much more impressive. Joshua came