External Diary of a Boxing Writer in Conflict: Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz Consider this the live diary of a combat sports writer/fan in conflict. Jake Paul against Nate Diaz. Covering from my couch. Trying to make … Mon, 07 Aug 2023
External When He’s Not Analyzing Fights, You’ll Still Find Al Bernstein on a Microphone LAS VEGAS — Al Bernstein is a man of many microphones. He’s ubiquitous in the boxing space, analyzing major fights for Showtime. He makes ot… Sat, 05 Aug 2023
External A Zuckerberg-Musk Fight Seems Likely. Here’s How Legendary Trainers Think They Should Prepare Freddie Roach and Dicky Eklund Jr. have trained MMA stars, kickboxers and more ... are two tech titans next on the list? A feud between tech… Thu, 20 Jul 2023
External On Anniversary of Joe Louis-Max Schmeling Bout, a Writer Reflects on the Historic Event Before he became heavyweight champion of the world, Joe Louis’s mother forced him to play the violin. Or so she thought. She handed over a q… Fri, 23 Jun 2023
External 'In My Heart, I Want to Continue to Fight': Manny Pacquiao Isn't Ready to Retire, but the End May Be Near Saturday night's loss may have signaled the conclusion of Pacquiao's time in the ring and hampered his run for the Philippine Presidency. LA… Mon, 23 Aug 2021
External Ahead of 'The Kings', a Look Back at SI's Coverage From Boxing's Heyday On Sunday, Showtime will premier the first episode of a four-part documentary series titled The Kings that explores the golden era of welter… Mon, 07 Jun 2021
External Ali, Frazier and the Journalist Who Befriended Them and Wrote Their Legacies The 90-year-old sportswriter wants to make a point about Joe Frazier, almost 50 years after the boxer’s most famous fight. “Did you know tha… Wed, 10 Mar 2021
External Why Tyson Fury Is Sports Illustrated's 2020 Fighter of the Year The image seems so strange now, as if transported from another time, another world, rather than last February. There went Tyson Fury, into t… Mon, 18 Jan 2021
External Golovkin Ready to Avenge Alvarez Loss, but Szeremeta Will Come First Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is on the phone from his temporary quarters in Los Angeles, where he’s living in self-quarantine with his wife and tw… Thu, 07 May 2020
External Why Are Boxing Fans a Step Slow to Give Canelo His Due? It?s time to give Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez his due. Past time, actually. The Mexican boxing champion has grown up inside professional boxing ri… Thu, 31 Oct 2019
External 'This Would Be a Great Way to Go Out': Behind the Scenes of Pacquiao?s Win Over Thurman LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao entered Dressing Room 1 at MGM?s Grand Garden Arena shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday. He was flanked by his entou… Mon, 22 Jul 2019
External The Many Stages of Manny: How Pacquiao Keeps Reinventing Himself The latest version of Manny Pacquiao plucks a rogue gray hair from near his temple and dutifully spreads a half-dozen vitamins across his pl… Wed, 17 Jul 2019
External Deontay Wilder's KO Underscores Solvable Boxing Issue. It's Time for Heavyweights to Rumble NEW YORK ? Early Sunday morning, half an hour after midnight, the heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder ascended a stage deep inside the Barcl… Sun, 19 May 2019
External Can Mikey Garcia Jump Two Weight Divisions Into Boxing Immortality? The boxer Mikey Garcia knows the consensus. He?s not immune to social media, not hiding from the blogs. He?s aware that people look at his n… Tue, 12 Mar 2019
External With Nothing to Prove and Little to Gain, Why is Manny Pacquiao Still Fighting? HOLLYWOOD ? Manny Pacquiao leans forward inside the downstairs locker room at the Wild Card Boxing Club. He?s pointing at his hair, specific… Thu, 17 Jan 2019
External Why the Usually Quiet Gennady Golovkin Is Hellbent on Vanquishing Canelo Alvarez in Their Rematch SANTA MONICA, Calif. ? The afternoon started like a joke. Knock, knock, came the sound from the door to home of the boxing promoter Tom Loef… Wed, 12 Sep 2018
External Mikey Garcia Is Set to Define the Next Era of Boxing Mikey Garcia is on the phone from Los Angeles, where he will fight Robert Easter Jr. in a lightweight unification bout on Saturday at the St… Tue, 24 Jul 2018
External In Search of a Happy Ending to Boxing Career, Manny Pacquiao Is Following a Familiar, Sad Trajectory Instead When people ask me for my favorite athlete I?ve ever covered, I sometimes answer Manny Pacquiao. I?ve said that less in recent years, becaus… Thu, 12 Jul 2018
External Gennady Golovkin's Career Doesn't Need a Signature Victory to Be Appreciated It was late March and Gennady (GGG) Golovkin had retired to a Mexican restaurant in Big Bear, Calif. For a random Tuesday almost seven weeks… Mon, 30 Apr 2018
External Boxing Is Blowing Its Marquee Matchup Because the Sport Can't Get Out of Its Own Way BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. ? Gennady ?GGG? Golovkin will fight Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez for the second time on May 5, a rematch of their controversi… Fri, 23 Mar 2018
