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When considering a sport as ancient and complex as boxing from every angle, one must have the ability to distinguish facts from opinions. Some considerations can be made beyond any reasonable doubt, based on the information available to us and cannot be contested by those acting in good faith and with some level of expertise. Others, however, are debatable and inevitably retain a significant degree of subjectivity. In this section, we aim to gather articles that express the author’s perspective on issues devoid of certainties, without claiming to reveal the truth, but rather with the intention of providing readers with useful food for thought.

Recent articles

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...

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...

In Defense of Guido Vianello

What we witnessed on Saturday night at London’s O2 Arena in Guido Vianello’s fight can be described...

McKenna vs Oliha: Lenient Refereeing, but Fighters Must Adapt

Many Italian boxing fans were left disappointed by the officiating of Mr. Padraig...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...