World Boxing Super Surreal
AFTER TWO SEASONS OF PRODUCING UNFORGETTABLE FIGHTS, THE WORLD BOXING SUPER SERIES HAS PROVEN ITSELF TO BE A BOON FOR...
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A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT JAPAN’S RICH BOXING TRADITION AND ITS NEW GENERATION Photos by Naoki Fukuda The inaugural “SuperFly” card was...
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NAOYA INOUE KO 1 JUAN CARLOS PAYANO Just one minute into their bantamweight bout, Naoya Inoue lived up to his “Monster”...
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THE LAST PUNCHES OF 2017, AS SEEN IN JAPAN Fight fans in Japan (and those wily enough to find an online...
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Photo by Naoki Fukuda Naoya Inoue Boxing aficionados should be grateful for the live-streaming era. Ten years ago, when a 20-year-old Naoya...
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IN CAREER-DEFINING SUPERFIGHTS 5,500 MILES APART, TERENCE CRAWFORD AND NAOYA INOUE VIED FOR POUND-FOR-POUND SUPREMACY. CRAWFORD TOOK THE TOP SPOT,...
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A decent division with two clear standout stars saw the No. 1 fighter pound-for-pound arrive. That brought newfound interest to...
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JUNTO NAKATANI RECENTLY CRACKED THE RING’S POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS, BUT THE THREE-DIVISION TITLEHOLDER IS JUST GETTING STARTED Veteran sportswriter Daisuke Sugiura, a...
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Above: Hopefully we'll see Terence Crawford more than once in 2024. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) Boxing had one of its...
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