About a year ago I worte an article titled “Can the Can-Man come back”. I chronicled Adrien Broner’s troubles outside the ring and his … read more “The sad fall of Adrien Broner”
The fight has been rumored for awhile now. For many years it was a very intriguing clash. Amir Khan vs Manny Pacquiao. While that fight … read more “Khan vs. Pacquiao – Should we be excited?”
I am a boxing superfan. I will watch anything boxing related. Live fights, old fights on YouTube, movies, anime. If it has two people with … read more “Changes to the squared circle”
Adonis “Superman” Stevenson is the WBC and Lineal Lightheavyweight Champion. He is also 40 years of age. He will be 41 on September 22nd of … read more “Adonis Stevenson: The Curious Case of Age”
Suprise. Intrigue. Confusion. Laughter… all of these emotions and more spread across the boxing world with the announcement that Tyson Fury is back and will … read more “The Gypsy King has returned – Tyson Fury is back”
On February 20, 2018 one of boxing’s toughest man decided to call it career as Andy Lee decided to hang up his gloves. Lee’s professional … read more “Andy Lee: A true warrior”
We were treated to a very interesting and entertaining week in the boxing word. Exciting fights, surprise upsets and questionable judging. We had it all. Here are a few quick points I took away from the past few days.
Devon Alexander is back.
There comes a time for all us when we have to make a stand. Maybe we are backed against wall or faced with impossible decision. Either way we are forced to bet on ourselves. We choose a path and walk down it confident that we have made the right choice. Many of us have had to traverse many crossroads in life. These particular fighters are at a crossroad in their respective careers. Down one road is another shot at glory, relevancy, big paydays and title opportunities. Down the other is the path to mid-level purgatory. Labeled as a gatekeeper, a hype job, wasted potential or stepping stone fighter. Devon Alexander vs Victor Ortiz is a fight where the two men involved are at that crossroad right now. Both of these men need a win. Both of them want to get back to the top of their division. Both were once labeled as future heirs to the throne at 140 or 147. Now they are fighting to reclaim that lost glory. Below we break down these fighters and how they got to this point in their careers.
January 20, 2018. Less than two weeks from today IBF Welterweight Champion Errol Spence Jr. will defend his title against two division champion Lamont Peterson. One has to applaud Spence for taking on such a difficult challenge in his first title defense. Peterson is not only a recognizable name to boxing fans. He is also a handful for any boxer not named Lucas Matthysse. However, I wonder if this was an error in judgement by Team Spence.
Written by: DeMarkus Jones – As the last few hours and minutes of 2017 tick away I cannot help but get excited about what 2018 holds for all of us die hard boxing fans. 2017 gave us a lot of good moments. The rise of Terrence Crawford. The dominating run of Vasyl Lomachenko. The fall of Roman Gonazalez. Golovkin vs Alvarez. Mayweather vs Mcgregor. I know there are so many other huge moments that I could name however this article is about the future. With that being said here are five things I am wishing to see in 2018.