By Randy “The Commish” Gordon One week before Thanksgiving, I headed to Las Vegas, Nevada, to cover the WBC Heavyweight Championship between unbeaten titleholder Deontay Wilder and once-beaten contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz. Ortiz’s lone loss came against Wilder 21 months earlier, when, in an exciting fight, which saw Wilder hurt and wobbled in the […]

By Randy “The Commish” Gordon As 2019 winds, down, I think of the number of world-class fighters who have moved up in weight during the year, or are about to move up: Canelo Alvarez. Oleksandr Usyk. Gervonta Davis. Gilberto Ramirez. Soon, Murat Gassiev will follow Usyk from the cruiserweight division into the land of the […]

By Randy “The Commish” Gordon The Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev fight was scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 2, 2019. Technically, it did, when the bell rang for round one at the MGM Grand Garden Arena is Las Vegas, Nevada. For those in time zones east of Nevada, the fight began on Sunday, November 3. […]

By Randy “The Commish” Gordon How hot has boxing been since September? Scorching! Just some of the incredible action we’ve seen since the kids went back to school are: Vasily Lomachenko W 12 Luke Campbell Tyson Fury W 12 Otto Wallin Errol Spence, JR. W 12 Shawn Porter David Benavidez TKO 9 Anthony Dirrell “GGG” […]

By Randy “The Commish” Gordon Ya’ gotta’ love what’s going on in the heavyweight division. After Mike Tyson’s meteor burned out, along came the vastly-talented, dominant, hard-hitting Klitschkos, Vitali and his younger brother, Wladimir. After a terrific battle against Lennox Lewis in 2003 for Lewis’ WBC title—a bout won by Lewis on a sixth-round TKO […]