Whether you believe the reports saying that Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs failed to crack 150,000 buys or you believe Golovkin’s people saying that it did 170,000 buys, the truth is that neither number could be considered a success without making a huge reach or claiming ignorance. Golovkin’s second pay-per-view not only failed to prop him up to superstar status (much … [Read more...]
David Lemieux Tramples Curtis Stevens in Crossroads Clash
In a bout that served as a process of elimination for the Middleweight division, Lemieux and Stevens both came in the fight knowing that a win could re-ignite the momentum each man lost after being respectively battered by Gennady Golovkin and a loss would be devastating for their future prospects. Not as devastating, however, as the left hook that Lemieux landed that not … [Read more...]
David Lemieux vs. Curtis Stevens: The Boxing Tribune Preview
If next weekend’s clash between Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs is a battle for Middleweight supremacy, then that makes this weekend’s fight between David Lemieux and Curtis Stevens a battle for Middleweight survival. The bout pits two of the division’s most appealing also rans that highlights not only the continuously sorry state of the Middleweight division but also has … [Read more...]
David Lemieux vs. Curtis Stevens: Must See TV
On March 18th Madison Square Garden will host unified Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s defense against Daniel Jacobs. This is not an article about that fight. No, I won’t bore you with a tale of the champion, his belts, or a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden. We’re heading upstateto the Turning Stone Resort and Casino to look at what just might be a more exciting … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali
by Fox Doucette Happy first anniversary to Historical Fight Night, which first ran as a one-off spinoff pilot to replace the old What If series before moving into its new home as a weekly series after ESPN's Friday Night Fights went off the air. The first episode of the series ran on May 29, 2015...tomorrow marks a year and over 100 fights since it began (and, as with all … [Read more...]