Koki Kameda chasing history in title shot against 115-pound champion Kohei Kono
Expressive as a stoned eggplant, Koki Kameda smiles approximately once over the course of a 20-minute conversation. His game face is on, and you’d need a scalpel to remove it.
Lee Selby graduates from small halls to packed arenas in his Greatest Hits
To quote French poet Charles Baudelaire, or maybe it was AC/DC: “It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll.” And the trip is no shorter if you’re blasting noses in place of eardrums for a living. Just ask Lee Selby.
Why rugged heavyweight Gerald Washington brands himself a chicken
No man who steps into the ring to trade blows with another man qualifies as a chicken. And yet, that’s what Gerald Washington calls himself. To be fair, though, it’s a pretty badass bird.
Hot prospect Prichard Colon faces undefeated Terrel Williams on October 17
Prichard Colon has put plenty of opponents to sleep with his neck-swiveling power, but we’re starting to wonder if the man ever actually gets any rest himself.
Trojan horse: Former USC lineman Gerald Washington trades the gridiron for the boxing ring
A refrigerator weighs 300 pounds. A full keg of beer comes in at roughly half that. A Neapolitan mastiff tips the scales at an average of 170 pounds (at least 30 of which is jowls). Stuff the latter two into the former and plant that bad boy on Gerald Washington’s shoulders. Dude can handle it.
Deontay Wilder eyes a quick return to the ring. But first, it's Sea-Doo time.
If you should happen upon a certain lake in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the coming days, don’t trip if you see a 6-foot-7-inch fellow being pulled behind a fast-moving watercraft, arms in place of ski ropes, like a human inner tube—a human inner tube that just turned a Frenchman’s grill into the facial equivalent of a crumpled milk carton.
Sibling revelry: With his twin brother by his side, Carlos Velasquez is ready for his first title shot
You could forgive Carlos Velasquez’s opponents for seeing double even before their bells get rung like mom calling the kids home for dinner.
Deontay Wilder hammers an iron-chinned Johann Duhaupas in TKO win
To say that Johann Duhaupas was a glutton for punishment would be to understate the buffet of abuse the man was force-fed at the hands of Deontay Wilder on Saturday.
