This is the sixth installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Shoot The Moon series covering the career of Larry Holmes. *** March 31, 1980 “Never being happy isn’t the same as being unhappy. Is it?”— Montgomery McNeil, Fame […]
When Otto Wallin was born, in 1990, professional boxing was still outlawed in Sweden, a country that turned its back on blood sports barely a decade after producing a national hero in Ingemar Johansson. Wallin, […]
“I wanted a nickname, but I didn’t want to choose it myself. It was Barry McGuigan, after one of my fights, who said, ‘Crawford’s got chilling power.’ I thought, ‘Hold on a minute. Chilling. That […]
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 […]
“[In] 1996, I was WBC [bantamweight] champ of the world . . . people think because you’re sitting on the top of the world, you’re happy as can be, and they think, why would you […]
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 […]
Former 1970s heavyweight contender Ron Lyle, 43-7-1 (31), is remembered most for dropping former heavyweight champ George Foreman twice in a legendary fight in late January of 1976. Foreman, an all-time great and veteran of […]
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 […]
So boxing’s biggest fight of 2019 is heading to the morally corrupt desert that moonlights as paradise. No, not Nevada, but Saudi Arabia, the Middle Eastern kingdom with an appalling human rights record, will host […]
“My dad used to tell me, ‘Go and pick a belt for me to beat you with.’ “That was more psychological than anything. Like the fear and anxiety you get with boxing in the changing […]
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