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

It isn’t often the biggest character in an entire sport happens to be heavyweight champion and quiet possibly, one of the very best pure boxers of the current era. Pound for pound. Ukraine’s Alexander Usyk might not speak English that well yet but it is hard not to like him. SEE ALSO: Tyson Fury Reacts

Widely considered pound for pound number one Canelo Alvarez of Mexico has been on a tear in the sport in recent years. Next up he takes on Caleb Plant in a tremendous match up at 168 lbs. for all the belts. An unbelievable fight in store. Speaking to Fight Hype on training and his view

You know, the upcoming Jamell Herring vs Shakur Stevenson fight could actually be one of the best fights in boxing. This year. So much on the line. For both. Good clash of styles. The up and coming Stevenson with the Olympic pedigree against the unassuming, likeable, hard-working marine in Herring. Never write off a marine.

The term genius gets thrown around way too much in professional sport sometimes. Sometimes though, at least in boxing, they actually come along. A sport that can, sometimes, transcend the scientific nature of it into sometimes miraculous, the impossible. That little space in life where sometimes unexplainable magic sometimes happens. That’s why we all love

What a fight in store between Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter. A genuinely terrific match up in the welterweight division. The 147 lbs. contest has now had its details confirmed. Formally. It will take place on November 20th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Very good. Crawford and Porter had this to say today: