To suggest that Oscar De La Hoya poked the bear would be an understatement. He grabbed his fur, climbed on top of his broad back, and tried to humiliate the beast in front of a stunned selection of fight fans and assembled media. Watching on in close proximity, Stephen Espinoza was as intrigued as anyone … Read more
SIX years ago, Boxing News featured a cover image of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez without a shirt and the coverline “Lawless”, hinting at an investigation of the Mexican boxer’s two failed performance-enhancing drug tests before his planned fight against Gennady Golovkin on May 5, 2018. Now, Alvarez is once again on the cover of Boxing News, … Read more
By Elliot Worsell IT is easy to believe that Floyd Mayweather, having spawned from a fighting family to become the sport’s biggest money-maker, was a bona fide star from the very beginning. However, that is just one of the many misconceptions people have when it comes to the five-weight world champion. The truth is, long … Read more
By Elliot Worsell AMONG the many problems with social media, one of the big ones is the ease with which people – anyone – can tap something out on their phone, hit the send button, and then watch as this nonsense not only appears online but is somehow considered gospel; newsworthy. In boxing, this is … Read more
By George Gigney Websites TERENCE CRAWFORD – widely regarded as one of, if not the best fighter on the planet – spent many years of his career struggling to break through into the mainstream. Despite his dominance in the ring, across numerous weight classes, he just couldn’t cross over and become a legitimate star. Part … Read more
By George Gigney Broadcasts JORDAN GILL did not owe us the admission he made on Saturday night after he had just stopped Michael Conlan in Belfast. He did not need to admit that he had dragged himself back from the brink, that in June he was going to take his own life, but in a … Read more
