It’s not often that one card can unify boxing discussion for a time period.  So disparate are the players, factions, and machinations at work within championship boxing’s grand universe that most who follow the sport must pick and choose what to care about.  As with most everything, this truth was more applicable when news traveled [...]

Being “underrated” is fairly difficult in 2012.  It was much easier in, say 1912, when news traveled at the speed of trans-Atlantic steamships and men riding horses.  It was even easier in 2002, when the Internet was more about porn and redundant websites that sold pet supplies than actual connectivity and efficient knowledge dissemination.  You [...]

Given fan interest in my recent piece on the 10 best pound-for-pounders of all time (no autographs, please), I’ve decided to proffer my opinion of history’s 10 best middleweights.  I selected that division because of fan enthusiasm for Sergio Martinez, Gennady Golovkin, and other leading lights of the current crop.  In future, I’m open to [...]

Below is my list of the 10 best pound-for-pound boxers throughout the history of the Sweet Science.  I invite and encourage the whole gamut of responses from staff and fans alike – agreement, disagreement, incredulity, vilification, or adulation bordering on worship.  And feel free to post your own list.  If it’s not in tandem with [...]

Around the beginning of the year, two major rematches were supposed to happend. Victor Ortiz vs. Andre Berto and Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson. In April of 2011 Victor Ortiz took on Andre Berto and defeated him in a sensational fight. The fight became fight of the year for 2011 and set up Ortiz with [...]

There are a few different ways to become a top pound-for-pound fighter in boxing. The most common way is to simply beat the best opponents available, but you can also get in based off longevity and consistency. Pound-for-pound is not necessarily a list of the “best” fighters in order, but rather a list of the [...]

How great was November for the sport of Boxing? Turkey month was jam-packed with tons of outstanding fights that should make everybody proud to call themselves a fight fan. While we doubt December can come close to excitement November had, boxing fans know their sport has a bright future with all of the great talent [...]