Colombian fighters are renowned for their power, but Eleider Alvarez wants to be known for more than that
As a young boy in his native Colombia, Eleider Alvarez had energy to burn—so his mother provided a flame.
Steve Cunningham fights for titles inside the ring, his daughter outside of it
For a moment, his voice goes soft, a word seldom associated with the man on the other end of the phone.
He gets knocked down, but he gets up again: Steve Cunningham may be boxing’s most resilient fighter
The third time Steve Cunningham hit the canvas, only to bounce right back up with the sudden recoil of a sprung mousetrap, you began to wonder if the man’s legs were corked with bedsprings.
Anthony Dirrell takes on Marco Antonio Rubio and Tomoki Kameda seeks revenge against Jamie McDonnell in Texas throwdown
Anthony “The Dog” Dirrell isn’t licking his wounds after defeat, preferring instead to raise his hackles at a new challenger.
Explosive 200-pound champ Marco Huck aims to set records, smash faces in American debut
In the bustling Las Vegas gym where Marco Huck’s getting his hands wrapped next to a couple of jiujitsu fighters grappling on a wrestling mat, a blaring Lady Gaga tune still isn't enough to drown out various grunts of exertion.
How serving aboard an aircraft carrier in the Navy prepped Steve Cunningham for a career in boxing
Steve Cunningham’s talking about making things fly—fists and F-14s alike. This is how the conversation tends to go when you’re speaking with a fighter who first entered the boxing ring circuitously, by way of an aircraft carrier.
How Paulie Malignaggi became boxing’s most flamboyant fighter
If he had a different last name, Paulie Malignaggi might never have once arrived at a weigh-in wearing only a stuffed elephant over his crotch. And he probably wouldn’t have shown up at another weigh-in a few years earlier slathered in superhero body paint, looking like he was auditioning for a role in a porno spoof of a Marvel flick (“XXX-Men,” anyone?).
Back on the attack: Sergio Mora adds more offense to his game
Sergio Mora started playing chess in high school so he wouldn’t flunk math. This may seem like an anecdotal aside, but stick with us here, because it actually says plenty about Mora’s mindset as a fighter.
