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Terrence Bud Crawford
Boxing Profiles

On Notice: Terence Crawford, Jeff Horn, and the Welterweights

June 8, 2018 Jimmy Tobin

Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Terence Crawford fights for a title vouchsafed for him by Top Rank ever since “Bud” made clear his intent to invade the welterweight division. […]

Return of The Mack - Tyson Fury's Comeback vs Sefer Seferi
Boxing Profiles

Return of the Mack: Tyson Fury on the Comeback Trail

June 5, 2018 Oliver Goldstein

After two and half years in exile, Tyson Fury returns to the ring on Saturday night in an expected mismatch against Macedonian cruiserweight Sefer Seferi in Manchester, England. In his last fight in November 2015, […]

George "Sugar" Costner's career record was 74-12-3 (43).
Boxing Analysis

Double Take: George Costner, the Man Who Would be Sugar

May 9, 2018 Carlos Acevedo

He was one of the earliest Sugar Ray knockoffs, but unlike other first-wave Robinson devotees—Johnny Saxton, Freddie Dawson, and Johnny Bratton, for example—George Costner actually had the audacity to dub himself “Sugar.” Costner, a welterweight […]

Canelo vs GGG May 5 2018 Fight Was Cancelled
Boxing Analysis

The Lower Deep: On Saul “Canelo” Alvarez

April 24, 2018 Carlos Acevedo

Ever since Brooklyn button man Bugsy Siegel opened the Flamingo Hotel in 1946, Las Vegas has been the pit stop for casual, catchall amorality in the United States. But not even Sin City seems willing […]

George Benton Defensive YouTube Video
Boxing Analysis

Three Must-See Boxing Highlight Channels on Youtube

February 12, 2018 Kyle Sarofeen

Putting music to boxing is nothing new. A good example I came across recently was Steve Coleman, a respected jazz saxophonist who did a record in part by watching fights on mute, mapping fighters’ movements […]

Fight Night

Chad Dawson vs. Glen Johnson, Hartford, November 2009

January 11, 2018 Kyle Sarofeen

My Wall Street friend and I drove up to Hartford from Westport in my green Town Car with the white landau roof. My neighbor called it a pimpmobile. A couple of hours later, we’d see […]

Ron Lyle Stares Down George Foremen
Boxing History

Ron Lyle: One Bad Motherf*cker

January 5, 2018 Kyle Sarofeen

Ron Lyle’s biography, Off The Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story, is now available from Hamilcar Publications.  This book is a revised edition, with a new foreword by Showtime boxing analyst and International Boxing Hall of Fame […]

5 Best Boxing Songs - "Right Off" by Miles Davis
Boxing Entertainment

The 5 Best Boxing Songs

December 29, 2017 Kyle Sarofeen

Like jazz and hip-hop, boxing is an improvisational art form. Created on the spot and never reproduced in precisely the same way. It’s also urban. From the streets. So throw in a little soul. With […]

Boxing Analysis

3 Must-Read Boxing Writers

December 22, 2017 Kyle Sarofeen

  Update: Since this piece was written, I approached Carlos to contribute to this site and he now serves as its editor as well. We believe he’s one of the best boxing writers in the […]

Danny O'Connor Knocked Out by Gabe Bracero
Fight Night

Date Night at the Fights

December 11, 2017 Kyle Sarofeen

My date said she could see Danny “Bhoy” O’Connor’s eyes roll back into his head when Gabriel Bracero knocked him cold forty-four seconds into round one. I was in the beer line inside the Lowell […]

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See our article series, Lost in Boxing, to learn more about some of the fighters McRae covers during his time embedded with them, including Mike Tyson, James Toney, Evander Holyfield, Prince Naseem Hamed, Roy Jones Jr., Chris Eubank, Oscar De La Hoya, and more.

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