In what was likely the last HBO prize fight to take place in New York City, Daniel Jacobs edged his stablemate Sergiy Derevyanchenko via split-decision at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Saturday […]
In his last bout, on October 12th, WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford successfully defended his title when, after five close rounds against Jose Benavidez, Jr., he adapted and morphed his style and dominated the action […]
The following is an excerpt from Steve Kim‘s “THE HIT PARADE” column in our monthly newsletter, CAESTUS. In front of his typical enthusiastic following at the CHI Health Center in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, […]
…“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 […]
On a pouring Saturday night in London, Anthony Joshua suffered strife and delivered drama before triumphing at last via seventh-round knockout against Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium. All of Joshua’s bouts since his coming-of-age against […]
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 […]
Almost a year ago WBA/WBC/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin retained his titles via a draw against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. This weekend they’ll fight a rematch with the same […]
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 […]
The least interesting part of his return was the fight. It’s okay, you can admit it. That is a strange thing to say considering the headliner is a darling of boxing’s most devoted band of […]
Saturday night in London saw a man on the far brink of exhaustion toppled but not felled by a man freed suddenly from the grip of torpor, alas, too late. Had Joseph Parker not spent […]