An Islam Makhachev vs Conor McGregor boxing match will not happen. McGregor is finished at the elite level and the sport has moved on. Conor McGregor got another injury recently in a MMA and UFC fight, he cannot hack the pace or nature of the highest level of professional combat sports anymore. Clearly. Neither can

Keith Thurman says Shakur Stevenson should move up in weight. The logic behind his argument is sound. Stevenson looked impressive sure against Teofimo Lopez but that had been papering over the fact Lopez had been in big decline. Not that impressive a victory considering Teofimo Lopez is on the slide the last some number of

It is back to America on this Saturday coming in the latest installment of professional boxing big time cards. Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz is in action on the main event in California this Saturday at 140 pounds. Jesus Alejandro Ramos the co-headline at 148 pounds. Here is the Isaac Cruz vs Nestor Brave time of fight

De La Hoya was absent from Garcia vs Benn despite co-promoting it, his exclusion proves he’s no longer a major player in elite boxing promotion. He simply never turned up on fight night in the end to Garcia vs Benn either. Some notes on this after the dust has settled on Saturday at this point;

Conor Benn entered fight night over 180 pounds, but it didn’t matter. This analysis breaks down why ability, not weight, decides fights in boxing. Firstly, Benn did not get his game plan right either. Too much aggression, not enough brains behind him being caught flat footed easily enough at times. Garcia too much ability for

Ryan Garcia vs. Teofimo Lopez is a solid unification fight, but it lacks the bad blood, PPV history, and redemption storylines that make a Devin Haney rematch or a Gervonta “Tank” Davis rematch far bigger events. The demption ark is at play maybe for all three boxers in a sense, though Garcia and Haney have

 From the “El Rey” ringwalk to the two-round demolition and the post-fight callout chaos, here are the moments that made Garcia-Benn an unforgettable night in Las Vegas. First off, there had been more than a couple, to say the least. An entertaining night of boxing and then some, here are some of the moments in