Hey Boxing TL;DR subscriber, I’m happy to get in front of you you again for another addition of the Boxing TL;DR Friday Newsletter. Writing you guys and reading your replies is the favorite part of my week. Quick heads up if you’re in the Los Angeles area: Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy is hosting
On the last podcast Trevor and I discussed the biggest news in boxing, Eddie Hern, promoter of Matchroom Boxing announced the rematch between new title holder Andy Ruiz Jr. and former title holder Anthony Joshua would be taking place in 🥁🥁🥁 SAUDI ARABIA! BUT, if you remember, in one of my emails that went out
BOOM! the location of the Ruiz-Joshua rematch has been officially confirmed! SAUDI ARABIA 👀!! Unfortunately, Eddie Hearn did not listen to my plea I wanted an easy trip to Baja to see this fight, going to be a little harder to get to Saudi Arabia. Without a doubt this is the biggest news in boxing
Yes you remember the incident. The Irish boxer who got robbed by the judges in the 2016 Olympics and gave them the double birds on his way out. Heartbroken, Michael Conlan was dealt his dose of boxing politics on the biggest amateur stage and robbed of a victory that was rightfully his. He was supposed
I usually write my Friday newsletters with a general sense of optimism or excitement to talk up a fight or share something I found entertaining about the sport recently. I can’t really do that this week. It was a sad week for the boxing community. Two young deaths in the sport this week served as
Yes the “Pearl Belt” It’s not a real belt. It’s a disgrace, much like Amir Khan became after his April 20th bout against Terrance Crawford. And as you know my thoughts on the WBC already. They are quickly becoming the biggest joke in boxing. Well, biggest joke among the 4 sanctioning bodies at least, and
Hello Boxing TL;DR, Hope this is finding you well and you’re ready for the weekend. I have quite a bit to cover from the world of boxing this week so strap in. The big question after another Canelo victory is “who is he going to fight next” and after the Daniel Jacobs victory we all
So last weekend we had the Tyson Fury fight in Las Vegas. He was was an entertaining spectacle, but I was kind of “meh”. Look I’m always tweaking the format here at Boxing tl;dr What might end up happening is the newsletters be focused mostly on the upcoming, while the recaps will be provided via
and it makes sense, the Gypsy King was made for Vegas. It’s wild that it took this long for him to make his first Vegas appearance (Putting on a show at the face off this week, came in all model posing, and Tom Schwarz had to follow suit) speaking of suits, who wore it better
This feels like a pivotal moment in the boxing media. We’re just coming off last week’s finale, goodbye, wrap up of of HBOs long run of its boxing coverage on the network. Watch this heartfelt goodbye from Jim Lampley * And we are now, beginning on Saturday, heading into the new era of DAZN. The