It must first be understood that the purpose of Netflix’s Countdown boxing series is not to illuminate the fighters beyond the surface level. Countdown is a hype machine for the next big fight on the streamer, a series of 45-minute commercials to whet the fight fan’s appetite. As such, Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford is as
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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
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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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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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 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
On Friday, December 13, Claressa Shields conducted an online roundtable discussion with several boxing writers (me among them). The focus of the presser was to talk about The Fire Inside, the upcoming biopic based on Shields’ and her pre-professional career in boxing. Shields revealed the movie was a challenge to get made. The original idea
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Claressa Shields is one of the most polarizing figures in boxing–female or otherwise. Despite being the first American boxer to win consecutive gold medals at the Olympics (2012/London, and 2016/Rio) and boasting an unblemished professional record of 15-0 with championship belts won over five different weight classes, Shields’ self-proclaimed GOATness is a little like when
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First things first: if you are looking for anything approaching a deep dive into the lives of Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, Netflix’s 3-part docuseries Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson is not that series. Based on the first two episodes (episode three will be available to stream on November 12), it’s clear that Countdown is a
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The goal of any documentary about an individual is usually the same: Who is this person? That’s the task Netflix’s Mr. McMahon attempts to take on. And what an effort it requires. Vince McMahon is undoubtedly a business genius but also a true Cro-Magnon. There are many ways to describe the man who brought wrestling
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