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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

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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The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JANUARY 19: Manny Pacquiao celebrates after defeating Adrien Broner by unanimous decision during the WBA welterweight championship at MGM Grand Garden Arena on January 19, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Boxing Analysis

Gatekeeping: Manny Pacquiao Dominates Adrien Broner

January 23, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

By any criteria you choose, Manny Pacquiao is a great fighter. We may differ on when we think he achieved that distinction, but no one doubts he’s earned it. He will remain a great fighter […]

Boxing Profiles

This is the Future: James Toney Batters Vassiliy Jirov for His Third World Title

January 3, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

This is the tenth, and final, 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 […]

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JULY 21, 2018: WBC/WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk (front) of Ukraine, poses with the Muhammad Ali Trophy as he wins his WBSS (World Boxing Super Series) cruiserweight final bout against WBA/IBF champion Murat Gassiev of Russia, at Moscow's Olympiyskiy Arena. Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images)
Boxing Profiles

The World Boxing Super Series: Hope for More of the Same

January 3, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

Early last month, promoter Top Rank announced that Jose Ramirez will make the second defense of his WBC junior welterweight title on February 10, against Jose Zepeda, a fighter absent from the sanctioning body’s top-ten […]

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 15: Canelo Alvarez punches Rocky Fielding during their WBA super middleweight title fight at Madison Square Garden on December 15, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
Boxing Analysis

When the Present Bores You: Canelo Alvarez and the Future (After Rocky Fielding)

December 18, 2018 Jimmy Tobin

In boxing, the least a farce can do is end quickly; the favorite going purposefully about his business, the underdog crumbling accordingly. Because there is little to learn from so frivolous a spectacle, and woe […]

VASILIY LOMACHENKO defeats JOSE PEDRAZA
Boxing Analysis

Frightful Synergy: Vasiliy Lomachenko Defeats Jose Pedraza

December 11, 2018 Jimmy Tobin

The best fighter in the world. You or someone you know believes Vasiliy Lomachenko is just that. Is he? The answer isn’t particularly important, in part because it is difficult to prove anyone’s claim to […]

QUEBEC CITY, QC - DECEMBER 1: Adonis Stevenson (gold trunk) is being checked out by Marc Gagne after being knocked out by Oleksandr Gvosdyk during their WBC light heavyweight championship fight at the Videotron Center on December 1, 2018 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Mathieu Belanger/Getty Images)
Boxing Analysis

Violent Men, Violent Ends:  Adonis Stevenson Falls to Oleksandr Gvozdyk

December 5, 2018 Jimmy Tobin

Adonis Stevenson waged a war on two fronts in 2018. Age, dogged in its assault, hounded the forty-one-year-old fighter in both his fights and his preparation; while youth, aspiring and robust, assailed him between the […]

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 13: (L-R) Errol Spence Jr., lennox Lewis and Mikey Garcia attend FOX Sports and Premier Boxing Champions Press Conference Experience on November 13, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images)
Fight Previews

Deeds Matching Words: On Mikey Garcia-Errol Spence

November 19, 2018 Jimmy Tobin

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 […]

LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 21: Twin brothers IBF junior middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (L) and WBC super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo pose with their titles at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on May 21, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images)
Boxing Profiles

The Waning: On Jermell and Jermall Charlo

November 14, 2018 Jimmy Tobin

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 […]

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