Cliff Rold

BoxingScene.com's Television Pick of The Week - July 23

Pick It: Olympic Boxing (USA/NBCOlympics.com, Check Listings) - The first time many eyes saw Riddick Bowe, Roy Jones, Antonio Tarver, Guillermo Rigondeaux and any number of others who went on to professional success, it was at the Olympics. Even in t...

Canelo Builds, Taylor Rises: BoxingScene Competition Index July 2021 Update

Boxing’s busy 2021 continues to march on, giving us an undisputed champion at Jr. welterweight, a draw in pursuit of the same at Jr. Middleweight, and Saul Alvarez getting one step closer to clearing up any doubts at super middleweight.

Jermell Charlo-Brian Castano: Stats and Stakes

By Cliff Rold - Assuming an eleventh-hour glove controversy doesn’t derail plans, and these controversies seldom do, sometime in the next twenty-four hours, we will have an answer to the most exciting question in boxing. Who is the best Jr. middlewei...

Junior Middleweight: The Culmination of a Run

By Cliff Rold - Boxing is a sport without seasons, making it hard to identify strict beginnings and endings to its eras. It takes time to identify who the real players in a memorable time period will be and for older names to fade. A constant fluidit...

Charlo-Castano Continues a 21st Century Trend

By Cliff Rold - In little more than a week, boxing fans will be treated to their second fight for just about everything that says ‘the man’ in a weight class. It’s the second four-belt unification of the year. Jermell Charlo (34-1, 18 KO) puts his th...

Chris Colbert-Tugstsogt Nyambayar: Stats and Stakes

By Cliff Rold - Given how few pounds separate most of boxing’s seventeen weight divisions before the massive jump from light heavyweight to cruiserweight, it can sometimes feel like little more than a meal stands as an obstacle to combat. Those who u...

Chris Colbert - Upgrades and Opportunities

By Cliff Rold - We may look back one day and have a good laugh at what we didn’t know. It wouldn’t be the first time. In the last year or so, the idea of a possible new fabulous foursome around lightweight fired up plenty of imaginations. It may play...

Vasiliy Lomachenko-Masayoshi Nakatani: Stats and Stakes

When and how defeat occurs is a big part of framing the future. When Vasiliy Lomachenko lost his second pro start (excluding paid World Series of Boxing bouts) to veteran Orlando Salido, it was seen as both a learning experience and a little bit of a...

Gervonta Davis vs. Mario Barrios: Stats and Stakes

By Cliff Rold - The mission of the team around Gervonta Davis has been clear. Put butts in seats. Create a pay-per-view star. The former they’ve been doing with regularity in multiple stops across the United States. Last October, they made their firs...

BoxingScene.com's Television Pick of The Week - June 25

Pick It: TBRB #9 at 140 Mario Barrios vs. TBRB #2 at 130 Gervonta Davis (Saturday, Showtime PPV, 9:00 PM EST) - 26-year old Jr. lightweight titlist Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KO) hasn’t had any issue delivering power so far. Will it carry up the scale?...

Gervonta Davis - Will The Draw Get a Chance To Be The Best?

By Cliff Rold - Punchers are always welcome. Punchers who take a few to get the job done are even more so. 26-year old two-time Jr. lightweight titlist Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KO) is both and has emerged as one of the best ticket sellers in the Unit...

BoxingScene Championship Stats, Records Update: June 2021

Heavyweight: Dillian Whyte avenged a loss to Alexander Povetkin to become the interim WBC titlist. Povetkin, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist who never quite got all the way to one of the primary sanctioning body belts, retired after a long run.

BoxingScene.com's Television Pick of The Week - June 19

Quantity Saturday is here. A day loaded with main events featuring prohibitive favorites and interesting undercards doesn’t make for a clear pick of the week. This card gets the nod as it showcases the most highly regarded battler stepping into the r...

Inoue, Spence, Taylor: Above and Below, Options Abound

By Cliff Rold - Even with a COVID postponement of the lightweight title clash between Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos, June 19, 2021 is as high volume a day as boxing has had in recent memory. ESPN, DAZN, and Showtime all have cards along with Fite...

Heavyweight: Four Instead of Two Works Fine

By Cliff Rold - Showtime’s well reviewed “The Kings” has been a solid dose of nostalgia looking back on a nine-fight series which, taken as a whole, surely stands the test of time. One thing documentaries or written accounts of history can never capt...