Editor’s Note: This story was included in The Athletic’s Best of 2019. See the full list. Back in the mid-2000s, when Patrick Connor was a forum administrator for MaxBoxing.com, he used to post ...

I don't have to tell anybody reading this that boxing is stagnant. The truth is that most of the articles written today are how Pacquiao-Mayweather isn't happening, and how there are too many ...

Welcome to The Athletic Speed Bag, a semi-regular roundup of all things bizarre, macabre and wonderful in the fight game. As HBO’s legendary ringside analyst Larry Merchant famously said, boxing is ...

Professional boxers on a losing streak can quickly see their ambitions of winning a title fade - and get tarnished with the journeyman tag. While many athletes have retired their gloves after ...

Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo is right around the corner, so get ready for the final pre-fight press conference. There is a big fight feel in the boxing Fernando Quiles Jr.