This piece begins 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 of Dark Trade: Lost in […]
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 […]
This is the second installment in Carlos Acevedo’s After The Fall series looking at Floyd Patterson’s late career. “He could have knocked Patterson out whenever he wanted, but let’s face it, Clay is selfish and […]
Interview with Shawn Porter, by Sean Nam. See more Hannibal Boxing interviews >> *** Shawn Porter’s lifelong zeal for watching professional football hardly distinguishes him from the millions of other pigskin-adoring Americans, but as someone […]
This is the first installment in Carlos Acevedo’s After The Fall series looking at Floyd Patterson’s late career. “How could the same thing happen twice? How? That’s all I kept thinking after the knockout… Was […]
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 […]
This is the second installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Shoot The Moon series covering the career of Larry Holmes. *** Is it any wonder I reject you first? Fame, fame, fame, fame Is it any wonder […]
“That’s him,” you tell your friend, “the tank with the military haircut, the gap between his front teeth, a touch of the unhinged in his gaze.” Tapping the screen, you make the pixels swirl with […]
The view of Amir Khan and Kell Brook that prevails today in boxing circles corresponds roughly to their respective failures to get themselves a meaningful and lasting antagonist. That both fighters have suffered multiple losses—meaning […]