IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is still undefeated after 17 fights, all of which he won by knockout, and is hoping to take the next step in his career, which is to unify the heavyweight belts. The British fighter has looked impressive in his fights, making him the online boxing betting favorite when he steps in the ring. However, his continued success means other … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
Bert Sugar Was a Fake. (A Tribute)
(Originally Published March, 2012 in RockCellar Magazine) Absolutely the hardest thing to do in boxing is to get noticed. Boxing people are cynics; their default position is to either ignore you or say no to you. Bert Randolph Sugar, who died on March 25, 2012, didn’t know much about boxing and he didn’t know much about writing. But, for over forty years, he managed to … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Oscar De La Hoya-Roberto Duran II
by Fox Doucette We're breaking all the rules in this week's edition of Historical Fight Night. Unlike most fights, which exist in vacuums, involve mind-wipes of the participants so they have no memory of what took place in what is to them the future, and otherwise work from clean slates, this time we're doing things a little different. See, this is the second fight between … [Read more...]