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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.
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 […]

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The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison

VASILIY LOMACHENKO defeats JOSE PEDRAZA
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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 […]

Bud Crawford forces Jose Benavidez to focus on the fight during their match on October 13, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska. Image credit: Eric Francis/Getty Images
Boxing Analysis

Maximum Penalty: Terence Crawford Stops Jose Benavidez, Jr.

October 15, 2018 Jimmy Tobin

…“Focus on your fight.” That was Terence Crawford’s advice to Jose Benavidez Jr. when the two crossed paths in the Bank of America Center in Corpus Christi last February. According to Crawford, Benavidez confronted him […]

Gennady Golovkin v Canelo Alvarez
Boxing Analysis

The Transfer of Power: On Saul Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin

September 18, 2018 Jimmy Tobin

Forget about the decision. Whatever your reaction to it, that reaction is explained by how accurately those scorecards reflected what you saw; and what you saw is probably influenced by what you wanted to see […]

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 08: Shawn Porter (left) lands a left hand against Danny Garcia at Barclays Center on September 8, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Porter would win by unanimous decision. (Photo by Edward Diller/Getty Images)
Boxing Analysis

Regrettably Short on Hurt: On Shawn Porter-Danny Garcia

September 11, 2018 Jimmy Tobin

Nearly three and a half years have passed since Al Haymon launched Premier Boxing Champions and his unofficial welterweight tournament is only now near complete. Unofficial, of course, because even the most optimistic of a […]

Eleider Alvarez vs Sergey Kovalev
Boxing Profiles

Dividing Line: Eleider Alvarez Shocks Sergey Kovalev, Light Heavyweight Division

August 7, 2018 Jimmy Tobin

Boxing returned to Atlantic City this past Saturday with a doubleheader from the Hard Rock Resort and Hotel intended to bring us closer to establishing an HBO light heavyweight champion. And while we may indeed […]

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