While fully focused on Joey Hernandez, Austin Trout also eyes his future
The last time Austin Trout faced a fellow southpaw, it was Erislandy Lara, the Cuban technician who made for a long, frustrating night for the New Mexico native.
Title hopeful Jermall Charlo is a lion in spring
Scrawled across Jermall Charlo’s pecs: “Heart of a Lion.” The full-blown chest piece stretches from the middle of his sternum to just before his navel with a roaring, wild-eyed king of the jungle.
Anthony Dirrell savages Marco Antonio Rubio in punishing rebound win
Anthony “The Dog” Dirrell has a message, one that he delivered first with his fists and later reiterated with his words—you know, just in case you didn’t get the memo spelled out all over Marco Antonio Rubio’s swollen ribcage.
Jamie McDonnell retains world title in rematch with Tomoki Kameda
It was a fresh start for Tomoki Kameda against Jamie McDonnell, but the end result was—painfully—the same.
Anthony Dirrell ready for a brawl with Mexican tough guy Marco Antonio Rubio
Anthony Dirrell wasn’t fighting a sponge, because we all know that sponges are staunch pacifists. Still, the way the other dude in the ring with him soaked up his punishment and just kept on coming suggested some kind of preternatural absorptive powers.
Peter Quillin lives the dream, buys his mom a house
Quick: What’s the first thing you do when you hit the lottery?
Mouth for war: How Paulie Malignaggi became one of boxing’s most in-demand analysts
Paulie Malignaggi’s voice is like a see-through dress: It hides nothing while revealing just about everything.
Ring rebirth: Anthony Dirrell helps break in the new digs of the legendary Kronk Gym
Anthony Dirrell’s voice rises in unison with the temperatures he’s speaking of. “It was a fire pit down there. Oh my god!” he exclaims of a jalapeno-hot boxing heaven that felt closer to hell. “One of the hottest gyms I ever trained at. It was burning up.”
