Saturday’s title bout between WBC heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder, 40-0 (39), and lineal champ Tyson Fury, 27-0 (19), is unique in many ways, and perhaps the thing that stands out most is this: it’ll feature […]
This is the eighth piece in a ten-part series looking at the fighters whose stories make Donald McRae’s Dark Trade the enduring classic that it is. Learn more about the 1st U.S. edition of Dark […]
On the night of September 16, 1981, the biggest and most anticipated welterweight championship bout in boxing history was contested. In addition to that the participants, WBC champ Sugar Ray Leonard 30-1 (21) and WBA […]
For months, lightweight titlist Mikey Garcia responded the same way to questions of his future, and for months aficionados met his response with crinkled brows, upturned noses, rolling eyes. Was Garcia’s absurd answer tactical? A […]
You remember the December night in 2016 when Jermall Charlo stepped into the ring at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles for what was expected to be the sternest challenge of his career. You […]
Make no mistake, Team Wilder is banking on Fury having suffered irreversible damage from his season(s) in hell. –Carlos Acevedo *** Our November issue of CAESTUS went out yesterday, and here is just a taste of […]
Interview with Tony Bellew, by Shaun Brown. See more Hannibal Boxing interviews >> *** He wants the fight beaten out of him. He wants boxing beaten out of him. By Sunday, November 11, he desperately […]
The three biggest fights that could be made in boxing are Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder, with the undisputed heavyweight title on the line; Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence, since both hold a title at […]
This is the seventh piece in a ten-part series looking at the fighters whose stories make Donald McRae’s Dark Trade the enduring classic that it is. Learn more about the 1st U.S. edition of Dark […]
In what was likely the last HBO prize fight to take place in New York City, Daniel Jacobs edged his stablemate Sergiy Derevyanchenko via split-decision at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Saturday […]