Is it one and done for Wilder?
By Robert Ecksel on March 5, 2020
He and Fury will meet a third time on July 18 at the MGM Grand in Vegas. (Getty Images)
Even Wilder’s staunchest supporters, including those who spread disinformation about Jack Reiss’s nonexistent long count in the first fight, know that Fury gave him good old-fashioned whooping in the rematch…
Charlie Chaplin vs. Buster Keaton
January 19, 2020
“The Great Stone Face,” as Buster Keaton was known, created a boxing template from which Charlie Chaplin drew inspiration in “City Lights”...
Joe Louis vs. Jersey Joe Walcott 1
February 3, 2020
The Brown Bomber was approaching the end of his singular career and would retire, albeit briefly, after the rematch with Jersey Joe in June of ‘48...
Inside PBC Wilder vs. Fury II (Episodes 1-3)
February 11, 2020
Anticipating upwards of 2 million pay-per-view buys, if Wilder-Fury 2 achieves that lofty goal, it will be the highest grossing heavyweight fight of all time...
Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury 1
February 17, 2020
The bull/matador, hunter/hunted comparisons still suffice when discussing the first fight as their different styles meshed as though made for each other…
Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo 1
February 21, 2020
Nonstop action and rugged noncompliance with basic survival instincts, it was boxing at its most primordial, the very essence of a sport still full of surprises…
Saturday Review: Kownacki vs. Helenius
By Robert Ecksel on March 6, 2020
“This is not going to be a fight; it’s going to be a war. I will be the last man standing.”
Even a prime Helenius might have had trouble with the battle-scarred but relentless Arreola, but he’s a big man with big plans who sees Saturday’s bout as the opportunity he’s been longing for…