When Terence Crawford headlines Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, there’s a safe bet that the name of his hometown will appear along the waistband of his trunks. This alone isn’t terribly surprising: One of the strongest bonds between athlete and hometown is found in a ring. What is peculiar is the metropolitan area that […]
Almost exactly one year after they fought to a controversial draw — prompting a near-aneurysm from ESPN’s Teddy Atlas — Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin will meet once again in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena in a middleweight world title rematch. Alvarez-Golovkin has been the best pure bout that contemporary boxing has produced […]
At the age of 40, after a 21-year career and a 50-0 record, Floyd Mayweather, the greatest prizefighter of his era, has walked away. He peddled the most lucrative act in the history of not only boxing, and not only sports, but entertainment. When Mayweather fought Manny Pacquiao in 2015, he earned over $200 million […]
At the age of 40, after a 21-year career and a 50-0 record, Floyd Mayweather, the greatest prizefighter of his era, has walked away. He peddled the most lucrative act in the history of not only boxing, and not only sports, but entertainment. When Mayweather fought Manny Pacquiao in 2015, he earned over $200 million […]
Whether it’s a case of friendly cross-pollination or premeditated incest, something curious has been happening between the worlds of boxing, mixed martial arts and professional wrestling. The lines between them have increasingly blurred. Never more so, it would seem, than with Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor’s megafight on Saturday on the Las Vegas Strip, which […]
