Cliff Rold
427 articles · Hard Core Boxing
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BoxingScene.com’s Television Pick of The Week – December 2
By Cliff Rold
Pick It: TBRB #1 Errol Spence vs. #7 Danny Garcia (Saturday, Fox PPV, 8 PM EST) It might not be the welterweight fight the hardcore faithful want the most, but it’s plenty…
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Gervonta Davis vs. Leo Santa Cruz: Afterthoughts
By Cliff Rold
It was a statement victory. Following his win over Jose Pedraza in 2017, it’s fair to say the handlers of Gervonta Davis held serve on his opposition. His best wins the last…
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Naoya Inoue – The Run, In Progress
By Cliff Rold
The idea that boxing’s best have already settled into the rearview mirror is disproven regularly. There’s always someone new, somewhere on the scale, who comes along to expand the history of where…
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Vasiliy Lomachenko-Teofimo Lopez: Stats and Stakes
By Cliff Rold
The consensus is as near unanimous as it gets. There are two men in the moment who have separated themselves from the pack at lightweight. Vasiliy Lomachenko. Teofimo Lopez. They have the…
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BoxingScene.com’s Television Pick of The Week – October 3
By Cliff Rold
Pick It: TBRB #7 Ivan Baranchyk vs. #9 Jose Zepeda (Saturday, ESPN+, 7:30 PM EST) Jr. welterweight has plenty going for it right now and while the world waits for a unification…
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The Canelo Drama: Everyone Else’s Show Goes On
By Cliff Rold
It would be foolish to say it doesn’t matter. Tuesday’s news that middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is suing his promoter and network matters. It renders, at the least, an overwhelming likelihood…
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Boxing Will Be Back, But How Much Will It Cost?
By Cliff Rold
For now, the fighting is for headlines. Boxing’s biggest names are in a competition to keep their names present and it’s the smart thing to do. The announcement of moving dates, or…
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Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder II: Afterthoughts
By Cliff Rold
ESPN doesn’t have to provide the world an inadvertent drinking game anymore. They did a good job pushing the lineal claim of Tyson Fury between the first two chapters of the Fury-Deontay…
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For Fighter of The Decade, The BWAA Got it Right
By Cliff Rold
Hardcore fight fans might have several answers to the question of the best fighter of the 1970s. It was the decade where Roberto Duran was at his most destructive and in his…
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Anthony Joshua-Andy Ruiz II: Afterthoughts
By Cliff Rold
2019 ends as it began. Sort of. The heavyweight division resumed its previous three-headed status quo on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia. Anthony Joshua, using his jab, his feet, and a remarkable…
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John Riel Casimero-Zolani Tete: Afterthoughts
By Cliff Rold
Watching footage of both men’s last few fights before Saturday, Zolani Tete looked quicker, more active in letting his hands go, and capable of keeping the fight at a pace and distance…
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Tete-Casimero: An Unpredictable Holiday Gift
By Cliff Rold
First there was a rematch. Soon there will be another. Rightfully, much of the boxing world is focused on the heavyweight division. WBC titlist Deontay Wilder scored another sensational knockout last weekend…
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Naoya Inoue-Nonito Donaire: Afterthoughts
By Cliff Rold
For all its flaws in execution and managing the calendar, the World Boxing Super Series has been one of the genuine highlights of boxing the last couple years in the ring. Callum…
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Errol Spence-Shawn Porter: Afterthoughts
By Cliff Rold
In the preview for Saturday night?s fight, welterweight titlist Errol Spence was acknowledged for the talent he?s displayed to date while still lacking a depth to his ring record, leaving questions only…
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Manny Pacquiao-Keith Thurman: Afterthoughts
By Cliff Rold
No matter what happens from here, last Saturday night is always going to stand out. It wasn?t just Manny Pacquiao winning. It was the way he won. Keith Thurman resisted, gave everything…
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Golovkin – Has the Moment Passed?
By Cliff Rold
It was one of the sport?s longest running stories. Beginning before he even became a fixture on HBO, the legend of Gennady Golovkin was building. He was the guy Felix Sturm was…
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Berchelt-Vargas, Navarrete-Dogboe – Uncertain Sequels
By Cliff Rold
Rematches happen for a lot of reasons in boxing. The best reason is a first fight so good it created instant demand for a sequel. Just two weeks ago, Jr. bantamweight Juan…
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Canelo Alvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs – Rainmaker’s Burden
By Cliff Rold
Everyone gets a gimme? sometimes. After two straight defenses of history?s middleweight crown against Gennady Golovkin, the second of which saw him regain the WBC belt and add the WBA strap to…
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Vasiliy Lomachenko-Anthony Crolla – The Fights Between
By Cliff Rold
If everything had gone according to plan, unified WBA/WBO and Ring magazine lightweight titlist Vasyl Lomachenko (12-1, 9 KO) would be seeking his third belt in the division. An injury to newly…
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Porter Escapes, Bivol Dominates: Afterthoughts
By Cliff Rold
Two interesting fights on paper ended up being a little more interesting in theory than in execution. At welterweight, Shawn Porter-Yordenis Ugas ended up being the sort of difficult to score contest…