External Louder than a Bomb: Deontay Wilder-Dominic Breazeale Preview Not long ago, the heavyweight division, for years the madman in the attic of boxing, had a chance to shuck off its straitjacket and bring so… Sat, 18 May 2019
External Terence Crawford: The Alpha Dog at Welterweight n his last bout, on October 12th, WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford successfully defended his title when, after five close rounds a… Fri, 26 Oct 2018
External Double Take: George Costner, the Man Who Would be Sugar He was one of the earliest Sugar Ray knockoffs, but unlike other first-wave Robinson devotees?Johnny Saxton, Freddie Dawson, and Johnny Brat… Thu, 10 May 2018
External The Lower Deep: On Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez Ever since Brooklyn button man Bugsy Siegel opened the Flamingo Hotel in 1946, Las Vegas has been the pit stop for casual, catchall amoralit… Thu, 26 Apr 2018
External The Square Jungle: Blame it on the ?80s When Premier Boxing Champions revealed Phase One of ?Operation Takeover? during a New York City press conference last year, it trotted out 1… Tue, 05 Jul 2016
External The Miguel Cotto-Saul Alvarez Prediction Panel The Cruelest Sport staff and a few special guest panelists offer their thoughts and picks on the Miguel Cotto-Saul Alvarez fight. Joel Calah… Fri, 20 Nov 2015
External The making of Floyd Mayweather?s millions F SCOTT FITZGERALD, who skyrocketed to riches by chronicling the Jazz Age in novels such as This Side of Paradise, made his spendthrift phil… Tue, 22 Sep 2015
External Exit the King: On Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Andre Berto ?The most important tool of my trade was a mirror.? ? Lana Turner If Floyd Mayweather Jr. thought the backlash after his dull fandango with … Sat, 12 Sep 2015
External Lush Life: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. W10 Marcos Reyes The ?Lush Life? tour?or is it ?Louche???continued for Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., last night when he churned out a unanimous decision over over… Mon, 20 Jul 2015
External The Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao Prediction Panel The Cruelest Sport staff and a few special guest panelists offer their thoughts and picks on the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-Manny Pacquiao blockb… Sat, 02 May 2015
External Snakebite: Roger Mayweather in the 1980s Long before Roger Mayweather became famous for twelve-letter expletives and for discovering A-side Meth, he was a bold case study in hot-and… Tue, 28 Apr 2015
External EIGHT MINUTES OF HELL: APRIL 15, 1985: MARVELOUS MARVIN HAGLER STOPS THOMAS HEARNS It was like something out of the Circus Maximus played out in a ring. On April 15, 1985, a sold-out crowd of over 15,000 gathered in Las Veg… Tue, 14 Apr 2015
External The Four Horsemen: Welterweight Legends Who Would Have Beaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Mayweather, Jr., improved his flawless record to 46-0 after notching a majority decision over rough-hewn Marcos Maidana on May 3. It w… Fri, 20 Mar 2015
External Everybody Pays: Sergey Kovalev-Jean Pascal Preview In boxing, there is safe Twitter courage and then there is its grimy opposite: the wraps-shoes-trunks-cup-gloves-mouthpiece type of courage.… Sat, 14 Mar 2015
External Always Crashing in the Same Car: Andre Berto-Josesito Lopez Preview Because Andre ?The Human Bermuda Triangle of Boxing? Berto has had a career as stage-managed as that of any politician running for office, i… Fri, 13 Mar 2015
External Bright Young Thing: Terence Crawford-Ray Beltran Preview onight down here in Linden Town I watch the cars rushin? by home from the mill There?s a beautiful full moon rising above the mansion on the… Sat, 29 Nov 2014
External The Square Jungle: Bernard Hopkins, Sergey Kovalev, Pacquiao-Algieri, etc. In boxing, the last loss is usually the saddest one of all. But Bernard Hopkins, who was shut out by Sergey Kovalev last weekend in Atlantic… Mon, 17 Nov 2014
External The Square Jungle: Golovkin-Murray, Khan-Alexander, Hopkins-Kovalev, etc. I have a regular column, ?The Square Jungle,? featured on the Undisputed Champion Network, a digital entertainment website and video channel… Sun, 02 Nov 2014
External Butcher Boy: Nicholas Walters TKO6 Nonito Donaire It was grim, gruesome, and glorious?Nicholas ?Axe Man? Walters turned the StubHub Center in Carson, California, into his own personal Grand … Tue, 21 Oct 2014
External Tijuana Brass: Orlando Salido TKO 11 Terdsak Kokietgym Orlando Salido might have offered a little prayer to St. Anthony last night in Tijuana between the second and third rounds of his brutal giv… Mon, 22 Sep 2014
