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Articles by Jimmy Tobin

About Jimmy Tobin
Jimmy Tobin is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. His work has appeared in The Cruelest Sport, 15 Rounds, Undisputed Champion Network, Esquina Boxeo, El Malpensante, The Queensbury Rules, and The Fight Network. Jimmy is the author of Killed in Brazil? The Mysterious Death of Arturo “Thunder” Gatti, published by Hamilcar Publications. Connect with Jimmy on Twitter.
Boxing Analysis

“Nothing Special Today”: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez Outpoints Danny Jacobs

May 7, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

When it was over, he called it a “contest.” Danny Jacobs lost a unanimous decision to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night, lost his middleweight title, lost his […]

NEW YORK CITY, NY- FEBRUARY 27: Canelo Alvarez poses at the press conference for his fight against Daniel Jacobs on February 27, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Tom Hogan/Golden Boy/Getty Images)
Boxing Profiles

Future Obstacles: Saul Alvarez After Danny Jacobs

May 3, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

After Saul “Canelo” Alvarez gutted Michael “Rocky” Fielding, lifting the middling super-middleweight’s title, promoter Oscar De La Hoya tweeted something to the effect of: “You’re going to be surprised by who we fight next.” Why […]

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The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison

INGLEWOOD, CA - APRIL 26: Juan Francisco Estrada II holds his championship belt after defeating Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (not pictured) in their WBC Council World Super Flyweight fight at The Forum on April 26, 2019 in Inglewood, California. Estrada II won by unanimous decision. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
Boxing Analysis

No Less Violent: Juan Francisco Estrada Outlasts Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

April 30, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

He was right to feel confident at the final bell last year; and if a little relief crept in, well, that was okay too. Super-flyweight Juan Francisco Estrada had just gone twelve rounds with Srisaket […]

Boxing Analysis

A Charming Cruelty: Terence Crawford Mauls Amir Khan

April 23, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

No one believed him; and in the end, he didn’t believe himself either. Amir Khan swore he would produce the first blemish on Terence Crawford’s career when the two met at Madison Square Garden. Fighters […]

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 09: Vasiliy Lomachenko works out at Ukrainian Cultural Center on April 09, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)
Fight Previews

The Price for Praise: Vasiliy Lomachenko Defends Against Anthony Crolla

April 11, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

Unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko mesmerized Anthony “Million Dolla” Crolla over twelve one-sided rounds at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Friday night, proving again that the two-time Olympic gold medalist who in only fourteen fights […]

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - MARCH 16: (R-L) Errol Spence Jr fights Mikey Garcia in an IBF World Welterweight Championship bout at AT&T Stadium on March 16, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Boxing Analysis

No Man Down: Errol Spence Cruises Past Mikey Garcia

March 19, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

Errol Spence bounced into the ring in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, to headline his first pay-per-view. He did so before a crowd of over 47,000, accompanied by a rapper (a nod to his community), […]

Fight Previews

No Laughing Matter: Errol Spence Versus Mikey Garcia Preview

March 13, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

We ask much of our best fighters, despite being conditioned to having our requests ignored. Yet when those requests are answered—which is more frequently than the hardest cynics among us care to note—we walk back […]

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 23: James Degale (black shorts) and Chris Eubank Jr (white shorts) trade punches during the IBO World Super Middleweight Title fight between James DeGale and Chris Eubank Jr at The O2 Arena on February 23, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
Boxing Analysis

A Disaster of Technique: Chris Eubank Jr. Outpoints James DeGale

February 27, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

Trussed in talk of Olympic pedigree, of retirement and new beginnings, James DeGale–Chris Eubank Jr. was imbued with the type of gravity American commentators are encouraged to and typically fail to conjure. And yet, with […]

Boxing Analysis

Picking Up The Pieces: Sergey Kovalev Reverses His Loss to Eleider Alvarez

February 5, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

If you thought Sergey Kovalev was finished as an elite fighter, you weren’t alone. And if you thought Kovalev harbored similar thoughts, that he too questioned his place in the sport, his desire to regain […]

American "Sugar" Shane Mosley (R) lands the final punch on Antonio Margarito of Mexico before the fight was stopped and declared a technical knockout win for Mosley in the World Boxing Association welterweight title at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 24, 2009. Mosley, at 37 some seven years older than Margarito claimed the Mexican's World Boxing Association welterweight world title after winning the bout in the ninth round.. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
Boxing History

A Backward Step is Treason: The Night Shane Mosley Shattered Antonio Margarito

January 24, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

Perhaps it was the aura of his opponent, a fighter with a preternatural—grotesque even—capacity for violence. Or maybe it was the troubles both professional and personal dogging him. He was the opponent that night, too; […]

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