Gayle Falkenthal
125 articles · The Washington Times
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Spence vs Tszyu: Everyone Loves A Boxing Mystery
What to Know Former world champions Errol Spence Jr. and Tim Tszyu face each other in a must-win fight on Saturday, July 25, from Afterpay Arena in Sydney, Australia. Spence vs Tszyu…
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Oleksandr Usyk Escapes Shocking Upset By Rico Verhoeven
What To Know It would have been the biggest upset in modern boxing history, but WBC World Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk found a way to pull out a win against former…
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Big Men, Big Stakes: Wardley vs Dubois Heavyweight Showdown, Saturday, DAZN PPV
What To Know about Wardley vs Dubois: WBO World Heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley and former heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois fight on Saturday, May 9, in Manchester, England for Wardley’s title The fight…
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Barrios vs Garcia: Will It Shine or Stink?
Some people love the thrill of an unpredictable life. Others like knowing what to expect. Whichever you are, Saturday’s main event between WBC World Welterweight champion Mario Barrios and challenger Ryan Garcia…
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‘It Happened’ – Jim Lampley’s new book covers his wide world of sports
After working for 50 years as a Hall of Fame sportscaster and the voice of the world’s greatest events – including nearly every major sport and 14 Olympic Games – you would…
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Shakur Stevenson Stops Josh Padley In Nine Rounds
WBC World Lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson of Newark, New Jersey (23-0, 11 KOs) stopped late replacement opponent Josh Padley of Yorkshire (15-1, 4 KOs) with a barrage of body shots, forcing Padley’s…
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Vergil Ortiz Jr. Outclasses Israil Madrimov
Super welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr. of Grand Prairie, Texas (23-0, 21 KOs) played against type and played it smart in his fight against Israil Madrimov of Uzbekistan (10-2, 7 KOs) to win…
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Stone Cold: Beterbiev and Bivol Meet At Final Presser
Dmitry Bivol of St. Petersburg, Russia (23-0, 12 KOs) holds the WBO World Light Heavyweight title. Artur Beterbiev of Montreal, Quebec, Canada (20-0, 20 KOs) holds the WBC/WBA/IBF World Light Heavyweight belts.…
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Daniel Dubois Delivers Shocking Beatdown Of Anthony Joshua
In front of a sold-out crowd of 96,000 fans, including boxing royalty and British celebrities, fortunes changed for two of the world's top heavyweight talents in a shocking outcome between Daniel Dubois…
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Mike Tyson Coin Toss Leads Spence Crawford Show
When Mike Tyson shows up to promote a fight, you know promoters are pulling out all the stops to make it a success. The iconic former world heavyweight champion appeared Thursday at…
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Stevenson vs. Conceição Fight Results: Big Win, No Belts for Stevenson
Shakur Stevenson returned to Newark, New Jersey, intending to treat 10,107 hometown fans at the Prudential Center to a victory over challenger Robson Conceição of Brazil by their WBC/WBA unified world junior…
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Christy Martin Wins The Ultimate Fight – The Battle To Be Herself
Retired world champion and International Hall of Fame boxer Christy Salters Martin’s recently released book, “Fighting For Survival: My Journey Through Boxing Fame, Abuse, Murder, and Resurrection,” isn’t a book about boxing.…
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Chocolatito Gonzalez Delivers Boxing Master Class Saturday
Classical music has Yo-Yo Ma. Acting has Meryl Streep. Boxing has Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez. Super flyweight Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez of Nicaragua produced perhaps his best performance ever at 115 pounds, winning an…
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Mark Magsayo ends Gary Russell Jr.‘s reign, becomes new WBC World Featherweight champion
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 21, 2022 – Filipino fight fans worldwide celebrated their nation’s newest champion Saturday. Challenger Mark Magsayo took advantage of his opportunity, defeating boxing’s longest reigning champion Gary Russell…
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Best In Boxing 2021: Canelo, Fury Wilder 3, and George Kambosos Jr. make their mark
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 1, 2022 –The coronavirus still had its say about the boxing calendar, but the fans finally came back, and boxing did its part coming through with notable performances…
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Festival of fights: Lomachenko, Donaire, Taylor headline multiple events Saturday
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 10, 2021 – The minute you finish reading this preview, be sure you’ve got fresh batteries in the remote control and all your electronic devices are fully charged.…
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Joshua vs Usyk hit the heavyweight dance floor, DAZN Saturday
SAN DIEGO, Calif., September 24, 2021 – After Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk both scored relatively easy victories in their respective fights to close out 2020, Usyk remained the WBO mandatory challenger…
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No Sweat: Rigondeaux vs Casimero, Ortiz Jr vs Kavaliauskas, #FrancoMoloney3, headline big boxing weekend August 14
SAN DIEGO, Calif., August 13, 2021 – Boxing returns from its brief summer vacay with multiple compelling cards offering fans plenty of good entertainment choices. What’s your pleasure? Watching the emergence of…
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Oubaali vs Donaire preview: Big ambitions at bantamweight
SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 28, 2021 – While boxing fans fixate on heavyweights and celebrity fights, they risk missing the biggest and best action in the sport found in the smaller weight…
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Some Like It Hot: Herring vs Frampton goes down in Dubai Saturday
SAN DIEGO Calif., April 2, 2021 – In boxing, toughness is a given. The heavyweight division champion is frequently called the baddest man on the planet. I’m here to tell you there’s…