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“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…

Collazo dominates Haro and forces his corner to stop the fight after six one-sided rounds

Yesterday, March 14, in California at the Honda Center in Anaheim, during a boxing card promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Miguel Cotto Promotions, 29-year-old Puerto Rican southpaw Oscar Collazo…

Cacace outpoints Dickens and becomes world champion again

At the 3Arena in Dublin last night, the bout between WBA super-featherweight world champion James Dickens (36-6-0, 15 KOs) and title challenger Anthony Cacace (25-1-0, 9 KOs) took place. Anthony…

Hunting Usyk’s belts: are the IBF and WBA ready to dethrone him?

As has been known for weeks now, Oleksandr Usyk has decided to face kickboxing legend Rico Verhoeven on May 23 at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Following the Ukrainian…

Claressa Shields Is Unbeatable: Total Domination Over Franchon Crews-Dezurn

Once again, Claressa Shields delivered a clear-cut victory. The bout against Franchon Crews-Dezurn, made especially heated by the brawl that broke out during the weigh-in, turned out to be completely…

Russell Defeats Hiraoka on Points in a Two-Sided Fight

Yesterday, February 21, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, during the event organized by Golden Boy Promotions in collaboration with Premier Boxing Champions, WBA super lightweight world champion Gary…

Brandon Figueroa Knocks Out Nick Ball in the Final Round!

A battle was expected, and a battle it was inside Liverpool’s Echo Arena. WBA featherweight world champion Nick Ball and challenger Brandon Figueroa held nothing back, producing an intense and…

Zayas defeats Baraou, showcasing surprising class

At the Coliseo José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico, hometown favorite Xander Zayas (23-0-0, 13 KOs), holder of the WBO super welterweight title, faced Germany’s Abbass Baraou (17-2-0,…

Murtazaliev vs Kelly and Zayas vs Baraou: two must-watch fights

This weekend the eyes of the boxing world will be focused mainly on the clash between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson, but the main event of the “The Ring VI”…

From Moscow Gold to the World Title: Interview with Patrizio Oliva

Hit without getting hit: this is the pure and simple essence of the “Sweet Science”, and very few have interpreted it as literally as the great Patrizio Oliva, an indispensable…