Kevin Iole
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Jake Paul facing first ‘real’ boxer, but with Tommy Fury’s opponents at 24-176-5, is Fury a legitimate boxer?
By Kevin Iole
For much of his fledgling boxing career, social media content creator turned boxer Jake Paul has been criticized for not actually having fought a boxer. He's fought another YouTuber, a retired NBA…
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Terence Crawford is great, but his opponents have not been and that’s why he hasn’t earned mainstream recognition
By Kevin Iole
There is always an excitement, as well as a sense of wonder, when one is privileged to watch the best in the world perform. Terence Crawford is boxing's best, a truly great…
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Regis Prograis set to receive full $1.2 million payment after fight check bounced
By Kevin Iole
Regis Prograis, the newly crowned WBC super lightweight world champion, received 50% of his fight purse on Wednesday and will receive the other 50% on Thursday after his initial check bounced at…
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All credit to Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia for standing their ground and ensuring they’ll fight in 2023
By Kevin Iole
This isn't the kind of thing that normally happens in boxing in the 21st century. When two fighters perform at a high level for a period of time and they're in the…
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Dmitry Bivol exposes Gilberto Ramirez, retains light heavyweight title by wide unanimous decision
By Kevin Iole
Gilberto Ramirez may never have been able to beat Dmitry Bivol no matter how he’d been matched earlier in his career. But it was an illusion on Saturday that Bivol-Ramirez was some…
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Terence Crawford, Errol Spence Jr. proving boxing’s business model is broken and in serious trouble
By Kevin Iole
If you wonder why boxing shrinks in prominence week after week, month after month, year after year and, sadly, decade after decade, head over to Twitter and check out the thread between…
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After near-death experience, Nico Robledo Jr. will work Anderson Silva’s corner against Jake Paul
By Kevin Iole
Anderson Silva will walk to the ring on Saturday at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, to fight YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul in a bout that has curiously turned into a…
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Devin Haney outclasses George Kambosos Jr. again, retains undisputed lightweight title
By Kevin Iole
Devin Haney easily outclassed George Kambosos Jr. for a second time in four months on Saturday, retaining his undisputed lightweight title with a one-sided victory at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.…
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Lack of buzz surrounds Canelo Alvarez-Gennadiy Golovkin 3 despite intense rivalry
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS — NFL coaches are renowned for being workaholics, for sleeping on the couches in their offices during the season, going over video to try to find the slightest edge. Johnathon…
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A bitter Gennadiy Golovkin needs a win over Canelo Alvarez to change perception
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS — In the four years since Gennadiy Golovkin last fought Canelo Alvarez at T-Mobile Arena, much has changed. Alvarez rode a victory over Golovkin in that second fight to even…
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Gennadiy Golovkin talks super middleweight debut ahead of Canelo Alvarez trilogy bout
By Kevin Iole
Yahoo Sports' Kevin Iole interviews unified middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin, who faces Canelo Alvarez a third time Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Video Transcript KEVIN IOLE: Hey, folks. I am…
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Omar Figueroa Jr. opens up on his mental health issues and how Simone Biles inspired him to seek treatment
By Kevin Iole
Omar Figueroa Jr. was speaking casually with a reporter last week about his mental health diagnoses. Figueroa is one of the most entertaining fighters in boxing, and on this day was discussing…
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#GetTheChampAStamp social media campaign to memorialize Muhammad Ali on a postage stamp picks up steam
By Kevin Iole
Peter Villegas, the chairman of the California State Athletic Commission, joined the board of the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, in February. An avowed Ali fan, he’d even named his daughter,…
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‘There’s no next Manny Pacquiao’: Filipino champion Mark Magsayo out to blaze his own trail in boxing
By Kevin Iole
Mark Magsayo is the first one to quash the comparisons. He’s Filipino, he boxes, he can punch and he’s strung together a long winning streak. But Magsayo, who defends his WBC featherweight…
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Gennadiy Golovkin 1-on-1 with Kevin Iole
By Kevin Iole
Yahoo Sports' Kevin Iole interviews unified middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin ahead of his Sept. 17 trilogy fight versus Canelo Alvarez. Video Transcript [CHEERING] KEVIN IOLE: Hey, folks, I am Kevin Iole. Welcome…
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Naoya Inoue drops Nonito Donaire twice en route to vicious 2nd-round stoppage
By Kevin Iole
Nonito Donaire is one of the great lighter weight fighters of the last 50 years, a four-division champion who at nearly 40 years old still held a bantamweight championship. But on Tuesday…
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Remembering Muhammad Ali’s massive impact on the sixth anniversary of his death
By Kevin Iole
As a young boy who grew up wanting nothing more than to be a famous sportswriter, I read everything I could get my hands on that had to do about sports: Books,…
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Devin Haney sends strong message to boxing world
By Kevin Iole
Devin Haney stole a page from the boxing playbook of the 1940s last December. Moments after successfully defending his WBC lightweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas against Joseph "JoJo"…
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Gennadiy Golovkin badly needs to beat Canelo Alvarez as his legacy hangs in the balance
By Kevin Iole
Gennadiy Golovkin made life-changing money for each of his two bouts with Canelo Alvarez, earning an eight-figure paycheck in each, but his career took a decided turn in the wrong direction even…
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Meet Dmitry Bivol, one of the best opponents of Canelo Alvarez’s decorated career
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS — There are, as they say in the parlance, plenty of good seats still available for the WBA light heavyweight title fight on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena between Canelo Alvarez…