Fresh off of a career-altering victory over Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs), WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Dmitry Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs) looks to pick up another marquee victory that could land him the honor of Fighter of the Year. Former WBO Super Middleweight Champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (44-0, 30

Canelo Faces Bivol, But On DAZN PPV….? It is great to have Canelo Alvarez back, and against a serious opponent in Dmitry Bivol, that is exciting…what isn’t. DAZN, a boxing-based services that charges monthly or yearly for boxing content, with the concept of ending PPV for good, will put this

Listen To This Week’s Podcast Here Josh Taylor Returns  How To Watch: Saturday, February 26th, 11:00 AM PST – ESPN+ I wrote about Taylor this week on ITRBoxing – here is a little bit of my article read the full thing here. Basic Info: Josh Taylor has the ceiling of being the greatest

Meet The Gold Medal Olympians Of The 2020 Olympics Men’s Flyweight – Galal Yafai (GBR) – A Star Is Born. Galal Yafai seems like a superstar in the making. No other gold medalist showed as much power over their weight class as did Yafai, as he seems like he could

Galal Yafai seems like a superstar in the making. No other gold medalist showed as much power over their weight class as did Yafai, as he seems like he could fight for a world title quickly, as Great Brittan’s gold medalist, to me looks like a fighter who could take

Men’s Flyweight Galal Yafai (GBR) defeated Carlo Paalam (PHI) – How do you spell star, well it might be Galal Yafai, as literally dropped Paalam in the first round and his pro-ready pressure style seems like a style that fans will get behind. Yafai is impressive, and his gold medal

Gold Medal Match Men’s Featherweight Albert Batyrgaziev (ROC) defeated Duke Ragan (USA) – Albert Batyrgaziev has a style built for the amateurs, and the Cinderella run of Duke Ragan, sadly ends in a manner all of us Americans were not hoping to see, a little short of a gold medal

Notable Performances Men’s Flyweight Yuberjen Martínez (COL) defeated Amit Panghal (IND) – Martinez is feeling like a generational talent, as his pressure, will and ability to cut off the ring, left the #1 seed Panghal trying to survive in the second half of the fight rather than trying to win.

Early Olympics Observations Imam Khataev, light heavyweight, Khataev gave his opponent five standing eight counts en route to stopping him with two standing-eight counts in the first round, as well as one more in the second round as well as two in the third round. Khataev is one of the

Notable Fighters Men’s Flyweight Yuberjen Martínez (COL) defeated Rajab Mahommed (BOT) – Martinez has a high work, puts forth a lot of pressure, and is just all-around solid as he outclassed Mahommed. Martinez is in the type of volume puncher fans of the lower weights tend to fall in love