Month: May 2020

Daniel Jacobs has altered his rankings of super middleweight champions. After more consideration, the former IBF/WBA middleweight champ has listed WBO title-holder Billy Joe Saunders last among boxing’s four super middleweight champions. Jacobs initially called Caleb Plant the most beatable of those four champions during an Instagram Live interview with promoter Eddie Hearn late in March. The unbeaten Plant, who ...

In a recent interview with Yahoo Sports, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya revealed that he received threats from a Mexican drug trafficker prior to his fight with Julio Cesar Chavez. In 1996, De La Hoya defeated Chávez in just four rounds and captured the World Boxing Council (WBC) junior welterweight title. The victory was historic for De La Hoya, but it earned him ...

Fifteen years after he last fought, and upwards of thirty years after he was last considered the best heavyweight in the world, Mike Tyson still has some people convinced that he can come back and beat up the current crop of heavyweight contenders. Some combination of Tyson being in visually good shape again, quarantine boredom and a lack of other ...

Former WBC world light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk hopes to work his way to a rematch with the division’s unified champion Artur Beterbiev. The two fighters, both unbeaten at the time, collided back in October in a WBC, IBF unification. Beterbiev raised his perfect record o 15-0 with all 15 wins by knockout, after he dropped Gvozdyk three times in ...

Four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield was an undersized fighter who beat some of the sport’s all time greats in boxing’s glamour division. “The Real Deal” believes he would have a real chance against any heavyweight in history. “I was a boxer, and because I knew how to box real well, I could adapt to different styles. I could have fought ...

The patience of Teofimo Lopez is already wearing thin. Two months’ worth of downtime in the sport has managed to produce a record amount of social media bravery from boxers willing to take on all comers. The comments are easy to make when there aren’t any fights happening, but the unbeaten lightweight titlist is working on making that a reality. ...

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards, as he presents a special edition with breaking down his personal top 10 list... for the greatest fighters of all-time. Your views and opinions on boxing history are highly respected.  So I’ll keep this simple, what is your all time great top 10. I know this is always subjective, but your reasons ...

Alistair Overeem overcomes adversity to score TKO win over Walt Harris Alistair Overeem celebrated his 40th birthday with a big win over “The Big Ticket” Walt Harris on Saturday night. It wasn’t a walk in the park for the Dutchman, however. In the first round, Overeem had to dig deep into his reserves after being floored early on. Harris, who ...

Derek Chisora believes former unified heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, 44-years-old, could still be a force in the weight class. Klitschko decided to retire in 2017, a few months following his stoppage loss at the hands of Anthony Joshua. Klitschko had initially exercised an immediate rematch clause, but then backed away from that scenario and decided to call it a day. "Wladimir is ...

According to Evander Holyfield, there have been discussions with Mike Tyson's team with respect to a potential exhibition clash. The two former undisputed heavyweight champions were heated rivals during their respective careers. They first collided in 1996, with Holyfield pulled off a huge upset when he stopped Tyson in the eleventh round. The rematch is more famous than the first, with ...