Artur Beterbiev’s journey to light-heavyweight domination seemed to take forever. Beterbiev entered the paid ranks in 2013 atop this decade’s wave of enthusiasm for Eastern European fighters and immediately looked the part. In his sixth […]
“Me and my brother Dudley left home when I was fifteen. We had quite an abusive, vicious father, and we had to get away. Our dad was a West Indian guy, and it was his […]
A fighter’s appearance can project his menace. Think Tyson, gold tooth glinting through his snarls, neck so thick his head seemed mounted at the earlobes; think Duran, the ferine fire burning in his predatory stare; […]
Broken glass litters the street corner, along with empty cans of lager and small stones. Swanston Street is an area frequented only by factory workers or aspiring fighters. The cursing heard from the burger van […]
Not even four years have passed since Bill Haney handed over fifty dollars’ worth of crumpled bills to the landlord of a bar called El Perro Salado—the Salty Dog—in downtown Tijuana so his teenage son […]
“There’s a good jab; that’s what he’s known for.” During Saturday’s middleweight title fight between Gennadiy Golovkin and Sergiy Derevyanchenko a member of DAZN’s commentary team distinguished one of the most celebrated destroyers of recent […]
“That moment they announced I was world champion—that was unbelievable. That was my childhood ambition achieved. That was my journey complete and something nobody could ever take away from me. I was down in the […]
The 26-27 bus route through Liverpool is arguably the region’s most notorious journey. Commencing and ending at the city’s bus terminal, the voyage takes in the most deprived parts of Merseyside, both north and south, […]
We are closer to the truth now, a sign that what transpired in the ring in Staples Center this past Saturday had purpose and consequence. An exciting fight, untainted by scandal yet close enough to […]
Just two and a half years ago, the PBC pettifogging machine announced a welterweight tournament, of sorts, that promised to bring some elusive clarity to one of the most talent-rich divisions in boxing. It never […]
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