The 30 young boxers on the rise in 2015

These are good days for fighters aged over 30, so much so that even some of boxing’s up-and-comers, such as Gennady Golovkin and light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, are into their third decade. But here is a list of the…

Crawford’s title fight also about pound-for-pound pre-eminence

After 12 meetings this season, the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays are as familiar with each other’s approaches, tendencies, strengths and weaknesses as they’re ever going to be. With one or possibly two games remaining in the American…

Rigondeaux likely to be stripped of one of his belts

Unified junior featherweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux is on the verge of being stripped of one of his title belts because of inactivity. You might recall in July that Demetrius Andrade, who had not defended his WBO junior middleweight belt in…

Golovkin’s path to global stardom runs through Lemieux

When Gennady Golovkin came to the United States in 2012, largely unknown despite owning a middleweight world title, he and Tom Loeffler. It sounded far-fetched as they met with various network executives and Madison Square Garden officials — because Golovkin…

Cunningham rematched with Tomasz Adamek and lost a split decision

Steve Cunningham twice won world titles in the cruiserweight division before doing what most cruiserweights eventually do, which is move up for greater glory and money at heavyweight. A heavyweight since making the move in 2012, Cunningham has gone 4-3-1,…

Unbeaten heavyweight Luis Ortiz to fight Bryant Jennings on Dec. 19

The HBO boxing season has a good chance to end the year with a bang. Heavyweight knockout artist Luis Ortiz and top contender Bryant Jennings will meet in a toss-up fight Dec. Ortiz’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya of Golden…