ESPN Search

Will boxing ever forgive Timothy Bradley for beating Manny Pacquiao?

Gennady Golovkin, the middleweight champion boxer from Kazakhstan, has entered a strange stage in his career. He is still largely unknown to the American audience, but he has been so wildly hyped within the boxing community that one almost expects hi...

1. Does anyone actually know which boxers are good, which are great, and which are fake? I'm not sure. The sport is so balkanized that there just doesn't seem to be a reliable way of determining who the best fighters really are. If you tried to make...

It's unclear whether Nonito Donaire's opponents enter the ring afraid of the 122-pound super bantamweight champion's power, or if they realize sometime early in the first round that they've bitten off more than they can chew. In fact, since Donaire's...

A theory: If you found someone who had never watched a round of boxing, and you made him watch the recent fights of Andre Ward, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao, Sergio Martinez, Juan Manuel Marquez, Nonito Donaire, Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko,...

Finding magic in an unheralded middleweight title bout.

1. "Make him bleed, Will! Make him bleed! I need com-bah-nay-shuns!" So crowed Jessica Carbone in the sixth round Saturday evening, while her fiance Will Rosinsky shuffled right and left in front of former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik. Pavlik ...

Immediately after the ninth round in Saturday's welterweight fight between Victor Ortiz and Josesito Lopez, I wrote a question in my notebook: "Who is crazier, Ortiz or Lopez?" From ringside at Staples Center, I had just watched Lopez and Ortiz sp...

A report from ringside.

Let's imagine, for a moment, that we're back in the middle of the lockout-shortened, hyper-accelerated NBA regular season. It's a Wednesday night and there are 13 games on the schedule. As a fan, it's hard not to feel excited — Memphis is playi...

McSorley's Old Ale House, St. Patrick's Day, and the old racial politics of boxing.

Two fighters, two styles of boxing brilliance.

Last Saturday, Alfredo Angulo and James Kirkland gave us a great round of boxing. This Saturday when Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez fight for the third time, we're hoping that they'll give fans an even greater spectacle. It's not that far-fet...

Saturday's fight wasn't boring, but it certainly wasn't good.

If you've already read about the 1987 middleweight championship fight between "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler and "Sugar" Ray Leonard, you should spend a few more minutes watching the actual bout. Be warned: Watching this fight may leave permanent scars on...