Kevin Iole
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Fantastic boxing card headlined by Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol rematch could be a catalyst for a turnaround for the business in the U.S.
By Kevin Iole
On Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, of all places, perhaps the deepest fight card in a half-century or more will take place at Kingdom Arena. If you count the interim version, there…
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The Final 10-Count? ESPN’s potential exit could cripple boxing in the U.S.
By Kevin Iole
For the second straight year, the Super Bowl set a ratings record. Across all of its platforms, Fox averaged 127.7 million viewers for the Philadelphia Eagles’ 40-22 victory over the Kansas City…
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Freddie Roach, Teddy Atlas discuss if Terence Crawford could defeat Canelo Alvarez and if Jake Paul may have had a shot
By Kevin Iole
Jake Paul did nothing -- in a boxing ring, at least -- to earn a bout with Canelo Alvarez, the unified super middleweight champion and pound-for-pound fixture. A social media influencer turned…
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BoxingTurki Alalshikh gets his man: Canelo Alvarez signs four-fight deal with Riyadh Season, with Terence Crawford bout set for Sept. 13
By Kevin Iole
After a turbulent day with a lot of dueling reports that a fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford was off and one between Alvarez and influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul was on, Turki…
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Who could blame Canelo for taking the money and running if he is offered a bout against influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul?
By Kevin Iole
UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier frequently says of mixed martial arts, "there are levels to this," when odd matches are proposed. The same is true in boxing, where records often mean…
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Hall of Fame boxing columnist Michael Katz dead at 85
By Kevin Iole
Michael Katz, whose cantankerous and irascible personality often overshadowed his brilliance as a boxing writer, died Monday afternoon at a nursing home in New York. A 2012 inductee into the International Boxing…
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Heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk cements his status as an all-time great with impressive gut-check win over battle-hardened Tyson Fury
By Kevin Iole
If you thought Oleksandr Usyk had done enough Saturday -- or like so many, more than enough -- to defeat Tyson Fury in their rematch for the unified heavyweight title at Kingdom…
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Hall of Famer: Eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao leads IBHOF Class of 2025
By Kevin Iole
By the time he agreed to a June 23, 2001, bout against Lehlo Ledwaba at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas on an Oscar De La Hoya undercard, Manny Pacquiao had…
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Feb. 22’s Riyadh Season card could be epic, but boxing promoters must plan for Feb. 23 and beyond
By Kevin Iole
If you live in the United States, you can't get away from the NFL. Media covers it like the White House 12 months a year. It's on the internet. It's on your…
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California judge dismisses claims against Manny Pacquiao in waiter’s suit seeking ‘finder’s fee’ from 2015 Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather bout
By Kevin Iole
A California Superior Court judge on Monday issued a summary judgement in favor of former world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao, finally resolving all claims against him in a years-old lawsuit in which…
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The ultimatum: Turki Alalshikh must tell Artur Beterbiev that Dmitry Bivol rematch is Saudi’s only option
By Kevin Iole
Turki Alalshikh assured all relevant parties early Sunday morning that Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA) will provide the funding for an immediate rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. As the…
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Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol begin the final countdown for the high stakes bout to determine the world’s greatest light heavyweight
By Kevin Iole
Eddie Hearn is one of the world's most ubiquitous boxing promoters. If there is a big fight somewhere in the world, chances are good Hearn can be found at ringside. A year…
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Artur Beterbiev, Dmity Bivol gird for high-stakes battle that will see the winner walk shoulder-to-should with light heavyweight legends
By Kevin Iole
Imagine, it was presented to Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti, if a prime and healthy Artur Beterbiev were able to fight a prime and healthy Matthew Saad Muhammad. Moretti could barely…
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Canelo needs to learn a lesson from ‘Money May’ and save the exhibition bouts for once his career has concluded
By Kevin Iole
There is little Canelo Alvarez can do in however many bouts it is he has remaining in his professional boxing career that would seriously impact his legacy, one way or another. He's…
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There’s no way a 58-year-old man should be boxing, but Jake Paul saw dollar signs and got Mike Tyson to buy into his scheme
By Kevin Iole
Let's assume for the moment that Jake Paul is a special talent, and that he's good enough to one day become a world champion, which he says is his dream. Paul is…
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Experts rave about Terence Crawford, compare him favorably with all of the legendary welterweights of the last 40 years
By Kevin Iole
There have probably been more great welterweights in the last 40 or so years in boxing than in any other weight class. Since 1980, welterweights Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran,…
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Andy Ruiz has gone from the outhouse to the penthouse and much prefers the view from the top
By Kevin Iole
Long before that magical night in New York when he found himself suddenly, and most unexpectedly, on top of the boxing world, all the experts had nothing but good things to say…
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Obituary: Ex-bantamweight champion Richie Sandoval, long-time Top Rank employee, dead at 63 of apparent heart attack
By Kevin Iole
Richie Sandoval, a former lineal bantamweight champion who lost his opportunity to compete in the Olympics when the United States boycotted the 1980 Games in Moscow, died Monday of an apparent heart…
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Junto Nakatani’s lethal body shot more proof that Naoya Inoue isn’t Japan’s only boxing superstar
By Kevin Iole
Japan has long been a boxing hotbed and produced numerous elite boxers. Led by undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue, boxing has reached new heights in Japan in the last several years.…
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WBC president expels Ryan Garcia, says “he is a good person who has severe problems … and needs help badly’
By Kevin Iole
Ryan Garcia was expelled Thursday from the World Boxing Council by its president, Mauricio Sulaiman, who said in a interview with KevinIole.com that he feels Garcia "is in serious danger of hurting…