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 […]
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; […]
“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 […]
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 […]
After fighting to a disputed draw last December and promising to renew hostilities at the nearest possible opportunity, Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury then plotted themselves on as protracted and barren a course to that […]
The version of Vasiliy Lomachenko that ethered Rocky Martinez was something. That uppercut-hook combination, a two-step destruction delivered with the smooth ferocity of a 110 mph serve, how could anyone who appreciates a blood sport […]
Next time you’ll understand: Sergey Kovalev is finished and has been for years. It was over for Kovalev when he bowed before the “Son of God.” And if “Krusher” wasn’t yet kaput when he quit […]
While preparing for his May 2012 fight against Miguel Cotto, Floyd Mayweather Jr., then 42-0, was asked to name his toughest opponent. His answer was the same as it had always been: Emanuel Augustus. He […]
They always have one great performance left in them. Follow boxing long enough, and you’ll hear how some great fighter or another at his career’s end conjured enough of his exhausted excellence to snatch one […]
The lightweight division has nothing left for Raymundo Beltran. Did the thirty-eight-year-old realize as much on Thursday, in the grueling hours before the scale’s cold verdict? Or was it earlier? When he felt the impossibility […]
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