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

Canelo Alvarez Proved There Are Levels To This Game

“There are levels to this game.”-Andre Ward That was the first thing I thought as the fight between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Jaime Munguia progressed into the fourth round, as the red-headed Mexican floored his countryman with a wicked uppercut. Munguia was more than game coming out of the corner for each and every round. […]

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Q&A With Steve Read, Director of Boxing Film ‘In The Company of Kings’

Director Steve Read’s In the Company of Kings is a unique boxing documentary that drops you into the lives of fighters both well-known (Bernard Hopkins and Larry Holmes) and those who perhaps have been somewhat forgotten (Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Tim Witherspoon). Read and his long-running team of producer Robert Douglas (producer and narrator of

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RIP Carl Weathers Who Played the Legendary Role of Apollo Creed in the Rocky Series

While I would not want to simplify the film career of the mighty Carl Weathers down to one role, let’s face it, as much as any of us might have loved him in Semi-Tough, Death Hunt, Predator, Action Jackson (a personal favorite of mine), Happy Gilmore, or on TV in The Mandalorian, Weathers will always

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Beterbiev vs. Smith Fight Results: Beterbiev Stops Smith In Seven Rounds

Knockout artist Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) kept his knockout streak alive against Callum Smith Saturday night with a seventh-round stoppage of the former super middleweight champ in a match for Beterbiev’s IBF, WBC, and WBO light heavyweight titles. Beterbiev was crisp from the start. While both men were active, Beterbiev was more precise (landing

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