Not long after the 2008 Olympic Games concluded in Beijing, China, Gary Russell Sr. was attending a professional boxing card in Los Angeles. He approached the reporter, shaking his hand and offering comfort. His son, Gary Jr., was one of the world’s most elite amateurs and medalist, but Gary Jr. He couldn’t make weight in …
More than a third of Danny Garcia’s 39 professional bouts were against men who at some point in his career held a world championship (in one case, an interim world title). He went 2-3 in those fights with four knockouts, proving that this is a man who was underrated in his prime. Garcia never really …
If Andy Ruiz Jr. He is not the most elite boxer in the world, but he is certainly in the top two. He is a unified heavyweight champion in his first career and is still a factor in the title race, but he makes odd choices to continue. Ruiz will fight 43-year-old Cuban southpaw Luis …
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Ryan Garcia looked fantastic Saturday in Round 6 after the passing of Javier Fortune in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo HW Chiu) Four years ago, Ryan Garcia, Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney and Gervonta Davis were all light-weight with increased talents. Speed, strength, speed, mind, charisma, acuity, accuracy, courage, you name it, this sop had it all. …
Ryan Garcia will have to prove to the skeptical public that he is really back and stay here. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Gety Images) Ryan Garcia the 20-year-old recently appeared on the Canelo Alvarez undercard in New York on Dec. 15 2018. Alvarez had to enter the $360-million contract with streaming services DAZN, and there was …
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One of the greatest gifts a talented professional boxer can receive is a quality matchmaker. Very few fighters are ready to fight to the top when they turn pro, even when they overcame Olympic gold and have dominated at the amateur level. The key for these youngsters is with the potential to fight right at …
Though comparisons to Manny Pacquiao are inevitable, Mark Magsayo (L) is on the boxing chart. (AP Photo/John Locher) Marcus Magsayo we prohibit comparisons beforehand. He is a Filipino, he can punch boxes, and he has connected a long series of mediation. But Magsayo, who defends his WBC title against featherweight Rey Vargas on Saturday at …
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From the day he turned instead; this type of performance by Shakur Stevenson it was necessary. He’s the kind of guy who can master boxing for a decade or more. He understands the game on a level, but few do it. Ardently fast, incredibly habitual and unnaturally calm. Oscar Valdez never had an opportunity against …
Shakur Stevenson ends the news conference ends after the brawl breaks out Read More »
LAS VEGAS – Written in almost everything Canelo Alvarez Identical fight over the last several years: He launches an attack on his withering body early in the fight. His opponent, fighting the greatest fight of his life, got the hard fights. Eventually, body shots begin to take their toll, and Alvarez then targets the head. …
