It is now confirmed that Terence Crawford vs Shawn Porter will take place on November 20th in Las Vegas. Another great fight on the upcoming boxing schedule for the rest of the year. Crawford will likely be looked at as expected to win. As one of the best pound for pound boxers in the world. […]

Professional athletes who generate significant numbers and are deemed of interest with quotes given to the public domain, more often than not, are verified on social media company platforms. Be it Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram etc. Boxing falls into this as a largely web-driven sport. It has been for sometime but in the years ahead,

Boxing’s biggest star, and in the eyes of many, the current pound for pound best fighter in the world, Mexico’s Canelo Alvarez’ next fight has now being confirmed. He will take on the highly skilled world champion Caleb Plant next up. Here is the date and venue: As expected, even though professional boxing fell on

It has been twenty five years already since one of the greatest, ever, lyrical geniuses departed this Earth. Tupac Shakur left a body of work here that has stood the time since. Prophetic, slowly, but surely, in some ways, indicative of any time, in others. His final chapter in this temporary life on Earth was

It was a big weekend for Brazilian fight legends just gone. Vitor Belfort and Anderson Silva, former UFC Champions, both scored knockouts in Florida. Silva scored the decisive one, however, over former UFC champion Tito Ortiz in brutal fashion: No doubt Silva back in the day would have been one of the few who could

WBC featherweight champion Oscar Valdez of Mexico went 30-0 last Friday night in Tucson. A unanimous points decision was enough to get the job done in the end. For anyone who missed it, here are the fight highlights: (hat tip Top Rank YouTube) Valdez appears to be a fighter who fights to the level of

This weekend’s fight featuring a boxing legend (Evander Holyfield) well over the age usually allowed to compete in a pro boxing ring brings up another important subject. That of pensions for boxers after they retire. This has never traditionally existed in boxing but trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas made a constructive suggestion that might be