Frank Lotierzo is also a staff writer for NY Fights. Over the years, his work has appeared in The Sweet Science, Boxing Illustrated, Fight Game, and Boxing Scene. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was an amateur boxer based out of Philadelphia and trained by George Benton. He is a member of the International Boxing research Organization and an ex-member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He can be reached at glovedfist@gmail.com.
The dynamics of this weekend’s heavyweight title bout between WBA-IBF-WBO world champion Andy Ruiz, 33-1 (22), and the man he won the titles from via seventh-round TKO, Anthony Joshua, 22-1 (21), make it one of […]
When the light-heavyweight title fight between WBO champion Sergey Kovalev 34-3-1 (29) and unified middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez 51-1-2 (34) was announced, two thoughts immediately stood out. The first is that this won’t be […]
Former 1970s heavyweight contender Ron Lyle, 43-7-1 (31), is remembered most for dropping former heavyweight champ George Foreman twice in a legendary fight in late January of 1976. Foreman, an all-time great and veteran of […]
The upcoming WBA welterweight title bout between belt holder Keith Thurman, 29-0 (22), and former multiple-division champion Manny Pacquiao, 61-7-2 (39), is a difficult fight to preview for many reasons. Especially when you look at […]
When IBF middleweight titleholder Daniel Jacobs, 35-2 (29), faces WBA and WBC titleholder Canelo Alvarez, 51-1-2 (35), at the T-Mobile Center in Las Vegas this weekend, it’ll mark the collision of two fighters who established […]
WBO welterweight titleholder Terence Crawford, 34-0 (25), will be watched closely for several reasons this weekend when he makes the second title defense against former junior welterweight titlist Amir Kahn, 33-4 (20). Most notably, his […]
It’s been over thirty years since two of the most legendary fighters of the 1980s met in what had to be one of the most anticipated bouts since the first title bout between Joe Frazier […]
In his first title defense on March 9, WBC welterweight titlist Shawn Porter, 30-2-1 (17), won a controversial twelve-round split decision over Cuban Yordenis Ugas, 23-4 (11). It was also the second fight in a […]
As most boxing observers know, WBA-IBF-WBO heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua, 22-0 (21), of the United Kingdom will make his debut in America on June 1 at Madison Square Garden. His opponent Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller, […]
This Saturday night at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the career of former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, who faces Eleider Alvarez in a rematch, will either be revitalized or wrecked. […]