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By Alden Chodash: Perhaps before the 12th round of Srisaket Sor Rungvisai’s thrilling title defense against Juan Francisco Estrada concluded, boxing fans were thinking rematch. In this case, 12 rounds was not enough to determine who was the better man, despite the judges awarding Sor Rungvisai the majority decision win. More so, 12 rounds was […]

By Alden Chodash: Floyd Mayweather’s brazen 2017 claim that he is “greater than Muhammad Ali” was very controversial, if not untimely, given the sad 2016 passing of the man once regarded as “The Greatest”. However, an objective comparison between the legacies of the man self-referred to as “TBE” (the best ever) and the man who […]

By Marcus Richardson: Tyson Fury is lumping himself in the same situation as Muhammad Ali in talking about his absence from the ring for the last 2 years. Fury has been out of the ring since 2015 after having tested positive for cocaine, and his decision to reveal that he was having depression issues.… Read

The fledgling USA Boxing Alumni Association will host a gala reception this Friday night (Dec.) 8, highlighted by the induction of the inaugural class of the USA Boxing Alumni Hall of Fame, at the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown in Salk Lake City, Utah.… Read

By Juan Flores: Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) believes wins over heavyweight champions Deontay Wilder and Joseph Parker will put him alongside boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. … Read

By Eric Thomas: WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman says heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder’s performance last Saturday night against Bermane Stiverne reminded him at times of great heavyweights of the past in Larry Holmes, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.… Read

By Juan Flores: Promoter Frank Warren saw a lot of flaws in the game of IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) last Saturday night with his 10th round knockout of replacement opponent Carlos Takam (35-4-1, 27 KOs). Warren thinks it’s unfair to Joshua for him to be compared to Muhammad Ali by some […]

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was overjoyed with his fighter WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko’s victory over Miguel Marriaga last Saturday night in saying he hasn’t seen anyone like him with his skills since Muhammad Ali. The fight between Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) and Marriaga (25-3, 21 KOs) was televised by […]

A new book from legendary sportswriter Jerry Izenberg, as witnessed throughout his illustrious sixty-year career. Of all the memories made in ballparks and arenas from California to New York, there was nothing to rival that magic moment that could grab a heavyweight fight crowd by its collective jugular vein and trigger a tsunami of raw […]

An untitled HBO Entertainment multi-part documentary about the life and career of Muhammad Ali from LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Entertainment and Antoine Fuqua’s Fuqua Films has started production and will debut on the network, it was announced today by Kary Antholis, president, HBO Miniseries and CINEMAX Programming. Directed by acclaimed feature-film director Antoine […]