Kevin Iole
1,466 articles · MaxBoxing.com
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Will the winner of Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury 2 be the world’s top heavyweight?
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS — For much of his 11-plus years as a professional, including more than five years as the WBC heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder has endured frequently withering criticism. He can’t box,…
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After ‘perfect’ finish, Deontay Wilder seeks conclusive ending in rematch vs. Tyson Fury
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS — The perfect finish, as Deontay Wilder called his 12th-round knockdown of Tyson Fury on Dec. 1, 2018, delivered a decidedly imperfect result. What Wilder routinely refers to as a…
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Why Tyson Fury left Britain to make a brand new start of it in America
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS — It’s still to be determined whether they’re hockey fans, but there is little question that the local residents are diehard Golden Knights fans. Each of the NHL team’s 110…
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Boxer’s incredibly tragic and unlucky life may have just taken a turn for the better
By Kevin Iole
Life was never really normal for Jerrico Walton. He grew up in one of the poorest sections of New Orleans, living in Section 8 public housing. His father, John Sebastian Holmes, was…
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ABC to broadcast Wilder-Fury 2 pre-show on Feb. 22 as Fox, ESPN+ name broadcast team for PPV
By Kevin Iole
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak may consider proclaiming Feb. 22 as Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury day in his state, as not only are the heavyweights going to fight a hotly anticipated rematch…
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Manny Pacquiao says WBC king Deontay Wilder’s power reminds him of Mike Tyson
By Kevin Iole
Manny Pacquiao knows a thing or two about hard punching — he’s the only former flyweight champion to win a title at super welterweight — and it’s that reason that he’s picking…
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Tyson Fury expects to weigh 270 in rematch vs. Deontay Wilder, but why?
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS — Deontay Wilder broke his right arm — the one that has led many to call him the hardest puncher in boxing history — in the early days of his…
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Michael Conlan compelled to help fight Northern Ireland’s suicide crisis
By Kevin Iole
For a brief while in early January, one could have been excused for mistaking Michael Conlan’s Twitter page for eBay, because the the two-time Olympian was auctioning off so much of his…
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Deontay Wilder’s right hand propels him into status among all-time greatest punchers
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS — Earnie Shavers had long since established himself as one of boxing’s most ferocious punchers when he faced the legendary Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title on Sept. 29, 1977,…
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Gervonta Davis mess highlights glaring hole in boxing regulation
By Kevin Iole
The legendary New York-based sports writer Jimmy Cannon, a 2002 inductee into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, once referred to boxing as “the red-light district of sports.” Cannon died at 64…
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Tyson Fury vows he beat Deontay Wilder the first time, ready to do it again
By Kevin Iole
HENDERSON, Nevada — The camera crew inside the tiny gym tucked inside a strip mall a few miles from the hustle and bustle of the Las Vegas Strip is the only clue…
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Deontay Wilder stands on doorstep of boxing immortality after staving off suicide as a teenager
By Kevin Iole
LOS ANGELES — He clutched the gun and let his mind wander, to think of how much better things would be if he just squeezed the trigger. He’d eliminate the pain, the…
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Errol Spence Jr.-Terence Crawford Twitter war should inspire PBC, Top Rank to finally make fight
By Kevin Iole
Errol Spence Jr.’s auto accident should have served as a wakeup call. To Spence, for sure, but also to Al Haymon, the creator of the Premier Boxing Champions; to Todd duBoef, the…
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Wilder-Fury 2 as good as it gets in heavyweight division since ‘The Bite Fight’
By Kevin Iole
The first bout between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier on March 8, 1971, was not only the biggest, most significant, top boxing match of the 20th century to that point, it was…
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Expect to see plenty of Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder as ESPN, Fox join forces to promote their rematch
By Kevin Iole
Prepare to see plenty of Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder on your televisions and your computers over the next two months. Tickets will go on sale for their Feb. 22 rematch at…
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Yahoo Sports Male Boxer of the Year: Difficult choice in a crowded field of elite champions
By Kevin Iole
The sheer number of credible candidates for the 2019 Yahoo Sports Male Boxer of the Year speaks to the outstanding year it’s been. Josh Taylor went 2-0 in a pair of bouts…
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Yahoo Sports Female Boxer of the Year: Katie Taylor by a wide decision
By Kevin Iole
Katie Taylor fought three times in 2019, winning all three, including one by knockout. The combined record of her opponents at the time she fought them in 2019 was 69-2. All three…
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Top 10 Boxing Stories of the Decade
By Kevin Iole
The teens were an overall good decade for boxing, as there were outstanding fights, major events and significant advances in the business side of the sport that helped solidify its future. The…
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Yahoo Sports Boxer of the Decade
By Kevin Iole
When Floyd Mayweather signed to fight Manny Pacquiao in 2015 after more than six years of haggling, most in the boxing community rejoiced. It was the kind of match, boxer versus slugger,…
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Why Tyson Fury split with trainer Ben Davison ahead of Deontay Wilder rematch
By Kevin Iole
There would be no lucrative rematch with WBC champion Deontay Wilder for Tyson Fury were it not for Ben Davison. There may not even have been an initial bout between the two…