Author name: Niall Doran

Manny Pacquiao’s retirement from boxing this week has been big news worldwide. Not least that a former world champion will now try to run for President in his native Philippines post-retirement. Throughout the Pacquiao story and professional boxing career was another legend. His trainer Freddie Roach. Freddie Roach’s boxing gym reacted to Pacquiao retiring by […]

Modest Mike Tyson is a far removed man from that of his fight days. These days a more slow paced, easy going individual. Involved still in exhibition bouts in boxing, Tyson now is more focused on his podcast and Cannabis businesses. He spoke here on one of them in California: Different strokes for different folks.

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder face one another for a third time. In a little over a week’s time. A highly anticipated match-up at heavyweight. Involving two of boxing’s biggest characters and exciting talents. Fury last time out dispelled all talk that he couldn’t punch concussively. SEE ALSO: Biggest Character In Boxing Happens To Be

Nico Hernandez had his career put on hold a little under a year ago. A gun shot wound to the leg has kept him on ice during this time. Now however Hernandez (7-0-4 KO) sees a return to the boxing ring in sight: This will be good news for boxing fans as Hernandez has a

Boxing is one of those special sports that can produce some special people and special characters. Sometimes. Sky Sports (hat tip) pointing to one of them this week — who’s birthday it would have been: Former heavyweight champion Max Schmeling was a tremendous prizefighter but outside the ring, perhaps an even better person. Oftentimes in

Teddy Atlas has a rare talent for summing things up in some realms of boxing. One of the great trainers. Why wouldn’t he. An almost intuitive way on a human-level but still clarity-themed way on a clinical level, capability and overall wherewithal, of surmising a fighter’s best abilities, or, their career, as a whole. Forged