David Phillips

David Phillips has been writing on boxing for just over a decade for The Sweet Science and NY Fights. He runs his own blog dedicated to the appreciation of classic and overlooked films, reelreframe.com, and writes on film and television for Awards Daily. His essay "My Black Grandpa" was shortlisted as "Best of Folklore" by The Bitter Southerner in 2018. Author of Goodnight to the Peoples. You can follow David on Twitter @BrotherJulius83

Leave a Light On For ‘Lights Out’: The Story of Holt McCallany and His Breakthrough Role

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15 years ago, a then-48-year-old Holt McCallany scored the bittersweet break of his acting career by winning the lead role of Patrick “Lights” Leary on the FX series Lights Out. I say bittersweet because while the role of a former champion boxer forced out of retirement due to financial constraints changed the course of McCallany’s […]

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‘Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen’: Welcome To The Barry & Eddie Hearn Show

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Netflix’s new sports documentary series, Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen, begins by implying that the founder and patriarch of the Matchroom family business, the 76-year-old Barry Hearn, is not entirely certain that his son and the face of the company, Eddie Hearn, is ready to take over the business. It’s a bit of unnecessary and unbelievable

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Exclusive: Author Dave Wedge And ‘Blood & Hate: The Untold Story of Marvin Hagler’s Battle For Glory’

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It’s no mystery as to why former Boston Herald writer and Brockton native Dave Wedge would want to write a book about Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Hagler was a fellow Brocktonian and a New England legend in the sport of boxing. Wedge, a NYT bestselling author whose book on the Boston Marathon bombing (Boston Strong: A

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Inoue vs Cardenas-The Epilogue: Has ‘The Monster’ Been Exposed?

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May 4, 2025, was the first time Naoya Inoue had stepped into a US ring in nearly four years. In between Inoue’s last bout in the States against Michael Dasmarinas, Inoue had laid a path of destruction through the bantamweight and super bantamweight divisions over the course of eight fights. The combined record of the

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Mikaela Mayer vs Sandy Ryan 2 Fight Results: Mayer Earns UD

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Tonight on ESPN’s Top Rank boxing showcase in Las Vegas, WBO welterweight champion Mikaela Mayer (21-2, 5 KOs) outworked, outboxed, and even out-slugged Sandy Ryan (7-3-1, 3 KOs), earning a rugged unanimous decision victory (97-93, 97-93, and 98-92). If their previous tilt was a wild-swinging affair, the rematch was much more tactical, allowing Mayer to

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Q&A With Boxing HOF Christy Martin Ahead of Her Biopic Due To Release This Year

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Long before there was a Katie Taylor and an Amanda Serrano, there was Christy Martin. While Martin may not have been the first female boxer, she was the first to gain widespread exposure. Her siege of knockouts and high-octane fights caught the eyes of legendary promoter Don King, and then heavyweight champ Mike Tyson.  King

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‘Queen of The Ring’ Is An ‘Admirable & Entertaining Film Anchored By Rickards’ On-Point performance’

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Queen of the Ring tells the heretofore cinematically untold story of Mildred “Millie” Burke, a trailblazer in women’s wrestling. Director and screenwriter Ash Avildsen’s third film (after the largely unseen American Satan and What Now?) sticks mainly to the straight and narrow path of the inspirational sports film narrative but with a heaping dose of

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