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10 Reasons Why Katie Taylor Is the Greatest Female Boxer of All Time
Her final fight, held in front of a massive crowd of around 82,000 spectators at Croke Park in Dublin, captured the attention of the entire world. Her ring walk, accompanied…
Dario Morello Discovers the Obvious at 33
Dario Morello is one of the most polarizing figures in Italian boxing. You either love him or hate him, with no middle ground. Some people scour the web for any…
In Defense of Guido Vianello
What we witnessed on Saturday night at London’s O2 Arena in Guido Vianello’s fight can be described as a “false start.” In his first bout with Queensberry Promotions, “The Gladiator”…
McKenna vs Oliha: Lenient Refereeing, but Fighters Must Adapt
Many Italian boxing fans were left disappointed by the officiating of Mr. Padraig O’Reachtagain during Saturday night’s world title fight between our own Etinosa Oliha and Ireland’s Aaron McKenna, as…
The Backlash Against Zayas: Boxing’s Unhealthy Culture of Treating the Sport as a Fight to the Death
Last Saturday, Vergil Ortiz Jr., Devin Haney, Adrien Broner, among others, pointed the finger at Puerto Rican boxer Xander Zayas, accusing him of quitting in his fight against Jaron Ennis…
Jurk’s KO Over Castillo: A Response to the Controversy
Last Friday night, at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, 26-year-old German heavyweight Viktor Jurk scored an extremely quick knockout over Colombian fighter Edwin Castillo, dropping him for the full count…
De Rosa vs Lorusso: facts and opinions on a fight that won’t happen (unfortunately)
We had included it in our list of “dream Italian derbies,” we got excited when the EBU named the two fighters as co-challengers for the European title, and finally we…
Open Letter to Giuseppe Osnato, Unfairly Defeated
Fighting away from home in boxing means having to work twice as hard. It’s not enough to win—you have to “convince,” and sometimes even “dominate,” to avoid being left empty-handed.…
The outrageous verdict against Ali Marcel Valdevit demands answers!
A routine six-round bout involving a debuting professional is not the kind of event that usually makes headlines. And so, a blatant and shocking injustice risks slipping under the radar,…
“The Year of the World Championships”: an idea to revive boxing
Criticism, complaints, and grievances about everything that doesn’t work in the world of international boxing have become so frequent and widespread that they are hardly news anymore. We ourselves have…