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.
Andre Dirrell’s success in the ring built on tough love from grandfather Lawson
With his grandsons growing up fatherless in Flint, Michigan, Leon Lawson devised a tough-love remedy they couldn’t escape. Rather than suffer the hard knocks of the inner city, Andre and Anthony Dirrell endured the Joe Byrd Boxing Academy.
Mothers put the ‘sweet’ in ‘sweet science’
For the love of all that’s holy, we hope you've made your brunch reservations by now. Mother’s Day is Sunday and you’re going to get shut out if you don’t get on it soon. Do you want your mother to not get waffles, you monster?
Andre Dirrell gains extra motivation from brother’s defeat
It was a loss that hurt Andre Dirrell as if he had suffered it himself.
First loss fires up Anthony Dirrell
Battling Badou Jack over the course of 12 rounds last Friday night at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Anthony Dirrell knew he had to dig in late in the fight if he was going to have a shot to pull out the win.
The Moment: Anthony Dirrell vs Badou Jack
Badou Jack set the tempo against Anthony Dirrell at 1:56 of the second round Friday night, when a jab to the body by “The Ripper” preceded a head-swiveling right hand three seconds later.
Badou Jack hands Anthony Dirrell his first loss in upset
With 22 knockouts in 28 fights, Anthony Dirrell came into Friday night’s fight with Badou Jack at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago with a well-deserved reputation for put-'em-to-sleep power. But for 12 rounds, the Sweden-born Jack was able to stymie Dirrell’s biggest asset and get out with a narrow majority decision to hand Dirrell the upset, and his first career loss.
Survivormen: Anthony Dirrell, Daniel Jacobs united by shared fight against cancer
Anthony Dirrell and Danny Jacobs aren’t bonded by blood, but they call themselves brothers just the same. They were brought together by something that threatened to tear each of them apart.
