Day: January 13, 2019

Mikey Garcia moves up two weight divisions later this year to take on IBF welterweight champion and pound for pound rated Errol Spence in his home State of Texas. All in all, it’s possibly up there with one of the bravest moves of a fighter in years. Reminiscent perhaps of…

When you look back to problem fights Pacquiao has had in his career slick boxers have troubled him in the past. Typically guys who come head on or who look to go for the knockout tend to suit Pacquiao down to the ground, a clever boxer in his own right…

Next weekend’s big fight in Vegas sees Adrien Broner and Paulie Malignaggi collide at the MGM Grand on Showtime pay per view in a really unique clash of styles for the WBA welterweight title. One one hand you have a high output southpaw in Pacquiao against a low output orthodox…

Say what you want about Oscar De La Hoya, he’s still one of the best promoters in the game today all things considering. A former fighter himself — he knows both from a fighter’s standpoint and from a fans’ point of view how to drum up a bit of interest.…

Pound for pound best fighter of all time debates are always difficult. Matching fighters from different eras is always going to be tricky due to the sheer amount of things one must consider before even attempting to do so. Competition at the time, strength of the era they competed in,…

Paulie Malignaggi is back in the spot light this week after his renewed social media war with Conor McGregor. The retired former world champion boxer is now one of the top commentators in the sport today and is never shy to give his opinion on the popular current topics and…

Hall of Fame boxing trainer Freddie Roach returns to the corner of his long time most successful pupil Manny Pacquiao next week in the capacity of an adviser as well as coach in the build-up to the fight with Adrien Broner. Roach has trained more world champions than most in…

‘Rigo’ also known as Guillermo Rigondeaux returns to the boxing ring tonight for the first time since he lost last year and indeed the first loss of his pro career to Vasy Lomachenko. A man who was better and much bigger than Rigondeaux on the night and something that the…

Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren and bitter London rival promoter Eddie Hearn and indeed his father and fellow Hall of Famer like Warren, Barry Hearn — are all at one another’s throats as the new year begins in boxing and the heavyweight landscape comes to life once again. Warren…

Now training under Freddie Roach at the Wild Card ‘Rigo’ returns to work tonight live on Fox Sports 1 in a show in LA for the first time since losing to Vasyl Lomachenko last year. Not many have heard or seen of the Cuban boxing great since then. Until now,…

For those wanting to see an Amir Khan vs Kell Brook fight next up — forget about it. Potentially for good too. If I were to put my house on it I’d vanquish the fight to those of the ilk of the past such as Lennox Lewis vs Riddick Bowe,…

Wladimir Klitschko was the last long reigning undisputed heavyweight world champion before Tyson Fury defeated him to claim his belts a few years back. The belts subsequently became fragmented after Fury vacated them not long after due to a lengthy battle with depression that he overcame last year. What went…

Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin shared the ring for a second time in 2018 in what was one of the best fights of the year. A rematch that took place in Las Vegas after many months of bad blood, drug test controversy and that ultimately led to a battle at…

Cuban boxing great Guillermo Rigondeaux returns to the ring tonight after going very under the radar in recent times and signing with Al Haymon to join forces with Premier Boxing Champions stable. ‘Rigo’ came unstuck last year for the first time as a professional (17-1-11KO) but against only the best…