By: Sean Crose Naoya Inoue has one again shown why he’s known as “The Monster.” Battling the little known but determined and talented Ye Joon Kim on Friday, Inoue did what he does best: Break his opponent down through the superior use of pressure and power. Kim was good. Indeed, the man had his moments.
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By: Sean Crose The 22-0 super middleweight contender Diego Pacheco may have dreamed of getting a crack at divisional kingpin Canelo Alvarez, but on Saturday night his focus was on the 20-0 Steven Nelson. Although both men slipped between the ropes undefeated on Saturday, the considerably younger Pacheco was, at 23, perceived as being fresher
By: Sean Crose “I understand it. It’s a lame ass game, dog” Shakur Stevenson recently said to IFL TV. “Boxing has turned very lame. There’s a lot of politics and… sometimes it’s who you know.” Stevenson said this, not in defense of himself, but in defense of the popular, undefeated and explosive Gervonta “Tank” Davis,
By: Sean Crose No one could blame him had he decided to spend some of his prime years waiting for Canelo Alvarez to agree to meet him in ring. Canelo, after all, is still the biggest name in the sport. Should he have somehow landed a fight with the Mexican star, and then somehow won
By Eric Bottjer Michael Katz was one of the Big Four in New York boxing writing in the 1990s. Each of those writers reflected the personality of their publications. The loud and entertaining Mike Marley for the New York Post (the trash tabloid with world-class classless headlines {“Headless Man Found in Topless Bar” being the most famous,
By: Sean Crose “I have been waiting for this opportunity to fight Benavidez for a long time,” said David Morrell (via the World Boxing Council) who will be facing David Benavidez this weekend in a pay per view main event. “Saturday, February 1st, I promise Benavidez and everyone watching, it will be a great fight.”
New York, Jan. 30, 2025 — The 2025 Ring Masters Championships kicks off this weekend. Over the next 10 weeks, more than 400 amateur boxers will compete, hoping to make it to the finals at Madison Square Garden – The Mecca of Boxing. “Ring Masters season is my favorite part of the year. It’s an
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By: Sean Crose It’s the first major fight of the year: power punching light heavyweights David Morrell and David Benavidez will be squaring off tomorrow night in Las Vegas as the main event of a pay per view card. Although a minor title will be on the line, what’s really at stake here is the
By: Sean Crose I’ll be frank – this is one of the hardest calls I’ve had to make in my ten plus years of writing about boxing. The truth is that the first Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk battle was so close – so completely back and fourth – that it’s hard to decide which man is
By: Sean Crose Tyson Fury made his way to the ring in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to the sounds of Christmas music courtesy of Mariah Carey. By the time the towering Englishman reached the ring, however, Carey’s vocals had been replaced by the music of Biggie Smalls. It was all, to be sure, classic Fury.
By: Sean Crose On Saturday in Saudi Arabia, WBC, WBA, and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk put an end to a theory that was once on the verge of becoming accepted fact: that the heavyweight division was now the exclusive realm of fighters six and half feet tall (6’5 at a minimum) or over. Great
By: Sean Crose IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois deserves a second chance at WBO, WBC, and WBA heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. While Usyk ended the first bout between the two men in August 2023 in thunderous fashion, that victory has been overshadowed at times by a controversial incident that occurred in the 5th round of
If there’s one thing people love it’s watching someone fall from on high. Call it jealousy, or caving in to the dark side of human nature, the fact remains people find it enjoyable and amusing to watch as someone’s world collapses. Such is the case with one Devin Haney, who has gone from being seen
By: Sean Crose Some shots are impressive. Others are downright frightening. The thunderbolt Anthony Joshua landed on Francis Ngannou’s temple last March was downright frightening. While it was true that Ngannou had successfully knocked heavyweight honcho Tyson Fury down on the mat in his professional debut, he would have no such moments to call his
By: Sean Crose The first fight was terrific. The second was even better. Make no mistake about it Katie Taylor’s blistering rematch with Amanda Serrano this past November was more than just a great women’s fight – it was a great fight, period. There’s good reason why the 10 round battle is Boxing Insider’s 2024
By: Sean Crose While it’s often good advice not to follow the crowd, sometimes the crowd is on to something. That’s certainly the case this year, as heavyweight kingpin Oleksandr Usyk is almost universally being trumpeted as the premier professional boxer of 2024. There used to be a saying in Hollywood that script readers primarily
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz By: Sean Crose They’ve both lost to Oleksandr Usyk on two occasions. What’s more, there is little demand for either man to face the dominant Usyk again. There was a time, though, very recently in fact, when former heavyweight titlists Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury were considered the two