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Keith Thurman is a former welterweight champion who not that long ago was considered the best at 147 pounds, was absolutely one of the most entertaining fighters to watch when he owned a couple of belts, and never pulled any punches in interviews. He hasn’t fought in two-and-a-half years since losing to Manny Pacquiao and […]
Boxing’s early days looked nothing like the sport does today, including its confusing and hard to remember division designations that incrementally increase from 105 pounds to 201 pounds and up. Back in the day, weights didn’t really matter when making a fight. Guys just slugged it out without any mind paid to size differentials. That changed starting […]
Ask any boxer or trainer about the mythical pound-for-pound rankings and you’ll usually get one of two responses: a smirk or a massive eye-roll. Because nothing elicits more laughs or scorn from those actively participating in the sport than talk about pound-for-pound rankings. They’re an arbitrary and subjective creation with no set criteria. They have absolutely […]
Andre Rozier, Danny Jacobs’s trainer, kept telling his fighter, “Don’t wait too long.” Jacobs had a history of starting off slowly in some of his biggest fights. It happened in his fight with Gennady Golovkin in 2017. It happened again Saturday night against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. And in the same way the sluggish start may have cost Jacobs […]
Turns out Floyd Mayweather isn’t the only boxer looking to get in on some MMA action, with Gennady Golovkin telling TMZ he’s up for fighting both Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov. When asked which of two he’d be game to fight, he simply responded, “Both.” While he doesn’t seem certain as to whether he’ll actually jump at […]
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