Eric Raskin

Here’s What’s Undisputed: Dubois-Joshua Is A Damn Fine Clash Of Heavyweight Contenders

The pay-per-view fight card last December 23 in Saudi Arabia came billed as “Day of Reckoning”. And for some of the fighters in action, that’s exactly what it was

The Rodriguez Mentality: Wham, Bam, No Tuneups, Ma’am

Imagine if a young, talented junior middleweight had come along in the mid-‘80s — think Donald Curry, Mike McCallum, Davey Moore, someone like that — and proceeded to outbox Roberto Duran, then knock out Tommy Hearns, then spar with Marvin Hagler whi...

21 Things You May Have Forgotten About Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko

Want to feel old? A baby born the day Lennox Lewis fought Vitali Klitschko is, as of today, old enough to legally drink.

The Top 5 Opponents For Tank Davis — And, No, Ryan Garcia Isn’t One Of Them

You could feel it through the TV speakers on Saturday night. When Gervonta “Tank Davis” demolished Frank Martin with the combination of a left uppercut wrecking ball and a straight left battering ram, then climbed to the top rope and proceeded to sti...

PBC PPV: Which Of The Four ‘Dogs Will Have His Day?

I like Saturday night’s PBC pay-per-view card quite a bit. I like its depth, I like the talent on the bill, I like the superstar potential atop the card, but if you’re in the market for 50/50 matchmaking, you won’t find any

Tank, Benavidez and the Ongoing Search for a Post-Floyd American Boxing Superstar

Oscar De La Hoya made it so easy. On his way out the door, as his physical capability faded, he transferred the gift that is truly the last thing to go for top fighters — not the punching power, as the cliché mistakenly states, but rather the earning...

How Did We Survive in a Pre-YouTube World?

Which is the more vital tool for a 21st century boxing writer, BoxRec or YouTube? At first glance, that’s a tough question to answer.

How Did We Survive In a Pre-BoxRec World?

Wilder-Zhang, Hrgovic-Dubois, And The ‘Loser Leaves Town’ Heavyweight Run

The term “loser leaves town” dates back to the territorial days of pro wrestling, when promotions stuck to particular regions and the ultimate way to finish off a long-running feud was with a loser-leaves-town match. It was a way to artificially infl...

Bivol Fights On Without Opportunity To Make It A Four-Man Pound-For-Pound Debate

Disappointment has been rare in boxing this year — the sport is almost unrecognizable in that regard. But there have been a handful of letdowns. And the postponement of what was to be this Saturday’s undisputed light heavyweight championship bout bet...

Thank You, Oleksandr Usyk, for Eviscerating the Bridgerweight Concept

The bridgerweight division limit is 224 pounds. The undisputed heavyweight champion of the world weighed in one week ago at 223½ pounds. And we need to split heavyweight into two weight classes, why exactly? Boxing owes Ole...

Jermaine Franklin Dominates and Stops Long-Faded Devin Vargas

Fury Too Flawed For All-Time Greatness, But Perfectly Flawed For Fan-Friendliness

Tyson Fury is the ultimate “1 of 1” heavyweight champion. There’s never been, and presumably will never be, another like him. He’s listed at six-foot-nine, has a dad bod even at the end of a great training camp, has the hand speed of a middleweight,...

No Underdog In Fury-Usyk, But Lots Of Longshot Bets

When even the bookmakers are shrugging their shoulders, you know it’s a tough fight to call. Surveying the numbers for Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk at some of the major regulated U.S. online sportsbooks as of this writing (prices can fluctuate), we...

Fury vs. Usyk: Why Undisputed Matters

Here’s a list of names for you to absorb: Floyd Patterson, Ingemar Johansson, Patterson again, Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ali a second time, Leon Spinks, Ali a third time, Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, Mike Tyson, Buster...