Martin Rogers

True or Not, Golovkin's Rant Has Nothing To Do With Hype

By Martin Rogers - The most surprising thing about the rant that rocked boxing wasn’t what was said but the identity of the fighter who said it. Until Gennady Golovkin let rip with an explosive rant last Tuesday, the two doping samples returned by Ca...

Resolutions: Boxing's Wish List For 2018

By Martin Rogers - Wishing for too much is a dangerous game that always has more than a puncher’s chance of ending in disappointment, but after a buoyant 2017 boxing deserves to dare to dream big. Another year like the past one would set the fight ga...

Deontay Wilder - From Mild-Mannered To Motormouth

by Martin Rogers - Let’s make no mistake about it – Deontay Wilder is loud. It seems that not a day goes by without WBC heavyweight champion Wilder finding a new way to bait rival big man Anthony Joshua and try to cajole him into a unification fight...

Miguel Cotto Driven By Puerto Rican Devastation

By Martin Rogers - LOS ANGELES – From the moment his Dec. 2 farewell fight against Sadam Ali was inked Miguel Cotto always knew he would have powerful motivating forces running through in veins in the build-up. At first, the factors firing Cotto revo...

Why Malignaggi Should Quiet Down. And Why He Won't.

By Martin Rogers - Paulie Malignaggi was getting busy again early on Saturday, getting fired up, putting in the hard graft. But not in a boxing ring, or a gym, or even on television, but on Twitter, where most of his recent business seems to get done...

Is American Boxing Ready For Eddie Hearn?

By Martin Rogers - Okay, so Eddie Hearn is ready for American boxing, that much we know. The outspoken and energetic British promoter has made a serious play aimed at parlaying his success across the pond into a niche in the United States, signing mi...

Will Boxing Take a Stand (Or a Knee) on Anthem Protests?

By Martin Rogers - There are many reasons why boxing has all the ingredients to be smack in the middle of the current climate of social protest, otherwise known as the hottest talking point in American sports. Just like the National Football League,...