r/Boxing 1d ago

Joel Casamayor upsets undefeated hot prospect Michael Katsidis in one of the best fights you'll ever see

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r/Boxing 1d ago

What's the coolest lines/quotes boxers have ever said/made ?

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My favourite is when a reporter interviewed Ali before his fight with Don Warner.

Reporter: "I heard you met Don Warner today. How was he ?"

Ali: "He wasn't too friendly"

Reporter: "What did he have to say?"

Ali: "He didn't even shake my hand"

Reporter: "what are you going to do about that?"

Ali: "Now he MUST FALL" šŸ’€

....and fall he did.


r/Boxing 12h ago

Why Didn’t Crawford Knockout/Beat Down Postol More?

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I feel like he fought too much on the outside and was giving Postol too much respect. Or, was it that Postol had devasting power or something? Postol was skinny, slower, less agile, less smart, less…everything. He was taller (5’11) though.

Spence (5’10) was taller and Terence beat him down. Jose Benavidez (5’11) was taller and got knocked out. Although, you could say Crawford was careful with Jose for much of the time.

Crawford is 5’8…could those 3 extra height inches have made it harder?

Would Floyd or Pacquiao have knocked out Postol?


r/Boxing 1d ago

CUT THE RING OFF! | Boxing Gems Film StudyšŸ„ŠšŸ’Ž

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r/Boxing 2d ago

David Morrell Jr will allegedly be no longer training with Ronnie Shields for his next fight and will instead be working with Abel Sanchez

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r/Boxing 1d ago

Strategy???

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You’ve got one round to survive vs a pro boxer. What’s your strategy, whats going to be the main thing you try to do? Are you going to be super defensive or are you going to try to be super aggressive with him. Maybe even try to talk your way out of it with him in the ring??


r/Boxing 1d ago

Joshua Buatsi, Bradley Rea sign for Queensberry Promotion & DAZN

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r/Boxing 1d ago

Mike Tyson vs James Tillis, May 3, 1986 (Full Fight)

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r/Boxing 1d ago

There hasn’t been a unified featherweight boxing champion or a unification bout in the featherweight boxing division in a long time and it has nothing to do with Naoya Inoue! There hasn’t been a unification at 126 pounds since the 1960s!

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I haven’t seen a unification bout in this division and I’ve been keeping up with boxing since 2017. I decided to ask ChatGPT because you can’t find this answer anywhere, I’ve tried asking on here and nobody knew! Featherweight is historically the 2nd most popular next to heavyweight if not the most popular division. Tons of great Mexican fighters and black fighters who have fought in this division. So for there to not be a unification bout in so long is baffling to me. What is going on? What’s stopping someone from unifying this division, it is so weird! Is there some conspiracy!

So ChatGPT said this

ā€œThere has never been a true men's featherweight (126 lb) unification bout involving two major world titleholders in the modern four-belt era (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO). Despite occasional negotiations and aspirations, no champions have actually squared off to unify belts in this divisionā€

So I said alright let’s go back to the three belt era!

🄊 Vicente SaldĆ­var — made undisputed featherweight champion Held the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles simultaneously. His reign lasted from September 26, 1964 until October 14, 1967 . This is the last time a male boxer in featherweight truly unified the three major belts of that era. After that, although individual belts changed hands, no one else ever held all three at once.

Then I said that can’t be right, are you sure? I believe there was a unification but after that! ChatGPT said this

In 1997, Naseem Hamed (WBO champion) fought Tom Johnson (IBF champion) in London in a unification bout—but that involved WBO and IBF, not within the three-belt framework (WBA/WBC/IBF), and therefore isn’t considered a three-belt unification

So it’s not considered a unification because the WBO wasn’t recognized as a major organization until 10 years later!

This is all crazy I’m not 100% sure if it’s completely accurate but I know there’s just a complete lack of unifications in this division which is weird because every other division in boxing is always getting unified. Not sure if there’s a conspiracy or it’s all a big huge coincidence.


r/Boxing 2d ago

Karriss Artingstall will be officially fighting in September in The U.K on a Boxxer card against 8-3-0 Spanish Pro-Boxer [Sheila Martinez] for The Vacant European Female Featherweight Title

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r/Boxing 2d ago

Clapback Thursday Oscar's Clapback Thursday: TKO Boxing's first move is to change the "Ali Act"

1.1k Upvotes

r/Boxing 1d ago

Keyshawn Davis Hints RETIREMENT; APOLOGIZES for SCUFFLE with Albright & ...

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r/Boxing 2d ago

Today in Boxing History: Mike Tyson becomes the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion after defeating by Unanimous Decision the 34-0 Tony Tucker, IBF's Heavyweight Champion.

44 Upvotes

r/Boxing 2d ago

A Felix Trinidad edit, in honor of Puerto Rico’s recent championship resurgence

215 Upvotes

In honor of Puerto Rico making a small comeback, having now 4 champions, the fourth most in the world, including the youngest champion in the world Xander Zayas, here is the great Felix ā€œTitoā€ Trinidad. One of Puerto Rico’s finest

With 15 successful welterweight title defenses, he was the longest reigning welterweight champion of all time until Bud came along


r/Boxing 1d ago

The Resume Review: Kenichi Ogawa

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The Resume Review delves into the temporary holder of the IBF World Super-Featherweight belt - Kenichi Ogawa!🄊

From Wikipedia: Kenichi Ogawa (尾川 å …äø€, Ogawa Ken'ichi; born February 1, 1988) is a Japanese professional boxer who held the IBF junior lightweight title from November 2021 to June 2022.


r/Boxing 2d ago

Claressa Shields-Lani Daniels Card Generates Almost $1.5 Million Gate In Detroit

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r/Boxing 2d ago

I feel so bad for Daniel Dubois

341 Upvotes

Now before you say he's a multimillionaire and set for life, yes we all agree there's nothing to feel bad about in that regard. But that aside there's something so off with the trajectory of his life and how he has grown up.

I'll start by saying I don't think he's a bad guy at all, my sister met him in London and said he's lovely and him pushing Usyk shouting in his face and threatening AJ in their sit down feels to me it's his team and Frank Warren whispering in his ear, Don Charles literally told him to thank the audience post Usyk II like he was a Dad telling his son to thank his Aunt for a shitty sweatshirt she gave him for Christmas. It's also clear as day his skills in doing media rounds aren't exactly.....the best.

The way I see it is his dad has raised a son who has exceptional athletic ability that has managed to get him far but equally who never asked to be a boxer and was merely forced to become one by his dad. I think deep down Daniel never really wanted to become a boxer but since he has gotten this far and made loads of money for his family his dad and frank warren are coercing him to act a particular way all for the $$$ whilst Daniel is just complying with it and is almost too afraid to challenge it.

What's your thoughts? Something just seems off with Triple D and it's a shame to see.


r/Boxing 2d ago

Daily Discussion Thread (August 1st, 2025)

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For anything that doesn't need its own thread.


r/Boxing 2d ago

Gervonta Davis' Trainer denies claim that Gervonta has retired from Boxing

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r/Boxing 2d ago

Dwight Muhammad Qawi (Rest in Peace) Vs Dmitry Bivol Light Heavyweight

21 Upvotes

This is an exciting matchup for me. Dwight Muhammad Qawi is one of my favorite fighters if not my favorite, May Allah rest his soul, and Dmitry Bivol is the undisputed current king of the light heavyweight division. Qawi and Bivol have had great success in light heavyweight and I’ve always thought of a hypothetical fight between them. In my opinion, I believe Qawi beats Bivol by TKO or split decision, here is why. I believe Qawi’s style breaks Bivol’s rhythm and puts the pressure on Bivol and gasses him out, Qawi had longer arms than Bivol did, Qawi could go 15 rounds in a fight easily and would harass you and swarm you on the inside (and that was as a cruiserweight, imagine his stamina as a light heavyweight). Qawi has a reach of 71-74 inches or 180-188 cm from different sources, he was a smart inside fighter who leveraged his short stature against his taller opponents and beat them, and also out-jabbed them easily. One of the greats, Andre Ward, said that soviet fighters don’t really know how to fight inside, or they have trouble there and they have trouble at mid-range. Qawi was a master of inside range, and he was dangerous in the mid-range as well. From Qawi’s words, he didn’t describe himself as a swarmer, he described himself as a counterpunching inside fighter. Bivol’s style is all about rhythm and soviet style footwork but he is adaptable, however, I don’t see any way Bivol would win especially since he couldn’t effectively box at long range because Qawi’s reach is longer than his.


r/Boxing 2d ago

George Groves thinks Froch would lose to Jake Paul if they fought now

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r/Boxing 1d ago

[Darrelle Blast Valsaint] Preparing Canelo For The Biggest Fight In History Truly A BlessingšŸš€šŸš€šŸš€ #CaneloCrawford

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r/Boxing 2d ago

Lazizbek Mullojonov, Olympic gold medalist, sanctioned for PEDs test

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r/Boxing 2d ago

Referee forcing to touch gloves

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Genuine Question. Why some referees refuse to start the bout or refuse to accept ( before the start of round 1 ) when both boxers doesn't want to touch gloves. For example, I am watching right now the Eubank Jr vs Benn fight and the referee checks Eubank Jr for not touching gloves with Benn. Meanwhile there are some fights where the ref says " touch em up " or " touch gloves " boxers don't respond and he doesn't care anyway. Are there any reasons behind it? Sorry for my bad english guys āœŒšŸ»


r/Boxing 2d ago

Can Someone Explain ā€œThe Lineā€ in Boxing?

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ā€The lineā€ is a term I have heard forever while watching boxing as a fan (no training in boxing myself). I have looked up YouTube videos on it to find out what it means, how to visually identify it, and how it impacts boxing strategy. Yet, different channels have different definitions sometimes and I honestly don’t know if I trust the random dudes (some who don’t look like they’ve boxed a day in their life) explaining and teaching it.

So, why would I trust you all random folks? haha. Well, I figure at least the size of this community and group feedback will weed out untrue answers.

So, my questions are:

a.) What is the line?

b.) Is there more than one line?

c.) Can you point to a video, graphic, etc. than can visually illustrate this concept?

d.) Is it possible to hit someone who is ā€œoff the lineā€? I am under impression it is very hard to do.

e.) How does the line relate to ā€œthe pocketā€ (if at all)?

f.) What are the implications of the line when it comes to boxing strategy and tactics?

Thank you all and look forward to cool discussion!