A fighter taking a long layoff in his prime is a rare sight to see, unless the situation is forced by physical or legal matters. But after a 17-month-long soul-searching recess right during the pinnacle of his career, former WBC interim 140-pound titlist and fan favorite Lucas Matthysse claims that ...
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QUILMES, BUENOS AIRES, ARG. -- It is difficult to expect something new when two fighters have faced each other in five previous opportunities, but that's exactly what Jorge Sebastian Heiland and Mateo Damian Veron gave us on Friday, April 21st in the town of Quilmes, in a back-and-forth, intense bou...
CAN OMAR NARVAEZ AFFORD TO KEEP FIGHTING? -- On a long-enough timeline, every former fighter sees his finances fall into disarray – just like any of us. But very few successful, long-time champions end their careers with barely enough money to make it through their training camp for their last bou...
2016 Boxing Year in Review -- With mega stars Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally out of the big picture as the main attractions in all of boxing, Latino boxing was poised to jump back into the spotlight with guys like Canelo Alvarez and Roman Gonzalez as the flag bearers of the sport. And t...
The year of 2016 was a rocky one for Al Haymon and his PBC outfit. And 2017 appears to hold a lot of gray clouds in the horizon, according to the latest forecasts. Reports abound about the depletion of his war chest, the growing complaints by formerly pampered and overpaid fighters who feel aband...
ARGENTINA'S TOP PROSPECT. Argentine boxing has suffered a long slump since the retirement of Marcos Maidana, the semi-reclusion of Lucas Matthysse and a few other setbacks and delays in the careers of a few notorious names. But all that could change this Saturday night, Nov. 26, when unbeaten young ...
By Diego Morilla October 31st was the last day for boxing scribes, observers and historians worldwide to cast their ballots to choose the 2017 inductees of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. As usual, some of them are no-brainers and a few others are no-hopers...
After Beating Robert Guerrero, David Peralta Finally Goes Pro - The classic story of the underdog dreaming about making it big while working odd jobs and living in a crime-ridden neighborhood has already been scripted, filmed and praised as a classic. But even the wildly fictional Rocky Balboa had t...
By Diego Morilla. Returning to the ring after an absence of more than 22 months, former welterweight contender Luis Carlos Abregú endured a disastrous, career-ending loss in front of his local crowd in Salta, Argentina this past Saturday, Sept. 24. In a shocker, Abregu was dropped three ...
“O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?” Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy They came from every corner of the sprawling, growing metropolis. Thousands of men in black suits and hats, populating the sidewalks and then the streets and then the lawns ...