As we get to the halfway point in the year, here is Lukie’s take on the awards as we head into a stacked summer schedule of boxing. Boxer Of The Year 2021 winner: Canelo Dmitry Bivol – After defeating Canelo Alvarez, the consensus pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, Bivol

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

Haney Passes First Career Test Devin Haney checks the boxes for being an elite fighter, with a strong in-ring IQ, and unmatched quickness and physical traits, Haney seems destined for big things, and his 12-round win over Jorge Linares was yet another accomplishment, that felt like high-school graduation for a

May 29th, Carson, CA – Nonito Donaire (41-6, 27 KOs), is now a nine-time world champion, as the man who one day will be in the hall-of-fame knocked out WBC bantamweight world champion, Nordine Oubaali (17-1, 12 KOs), in main event of a fight being held at the Dignity Health

How To Watch: Saturday, May 29th, 7 PM PST Tickets: https://www.dignityhealthsportspark.com/events/detail/premier-boxing-champions-oubaali-vs-donaire Network: Showtime 2016 U.S. Olympian super lightweight contender Gary Antuanne Russell (13-0, 13 KOs), on paper feels like Errol Spence 2.0, a southpaw with middleweight punch at welterweight, who can think as well as bully opponents and has a

Gary Antuanne Russell was 2016 U.S. Olympian and is currently 10-0 with 10 knockouts as pro, but has little mainstream fanfare nor is he consistently on television. Russell, who is trained by his father, Gary Russell Sr., or as most call him “Big G”, is the second-youngest of the six

Fans at T-Mobile Arena and millions watching at home will be treated to a stacked undercard featuring current world champions and returning contenders in support of the September 15 fight between Lineal Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) and WBC/WBA/IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (38-0, 34 KOs). The event will take place Saturday,

Boxing in Pleasanton, Ca In front of a sold-out crowd in Pleasanton, CA at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, Squarevision Entertainment returned with its inaugural champion, Luis “Vicious” Garcia (10-1-1 7KOs) got a seventh-round TKO victory over Jhonathan Zamudio (1-5-4 1KO) in an action-packed main event. Zamudio started strong, but the

Shakur Stevenson became the second member of TEAM USA boxing to win a medal as he defeated Erdenebat Tsendbaatar in the bantamweight quarterfinals. Stevenson becomes the second member of Team USA to gain a medal as Nico Hernandez gained a bronze last week. Shakur Stevenson meets Vladimir Nikitin in the semi-finals