by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Jan 20, 2017 | Analysis, Previews, Predictions, Tale of the Tapes
There’s a stacked night of boxing in store for Saturday, January 28th. The gruelling, furiously competitive DeGale vs Jack kicked off the boxing year nicely, and Showtime’s Frampton vs Santa Cruz card, taking place alongside HBO’s Vargas vs Berchelt, is eagerly...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Jan 15, 2017 | Boxing Results, Post Fight Analysis
At the Barclays Center, New York, top-ranked Super Middleweights James DeGale and Badou Jack had to settle for a Majority Draw. The decision, pulled from scores of 114-112 and 113-113 (twice), meant neither man could become a unified two-belt champion following a...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Jan 3, 2017 | Analysis, Previews, Predictions, Tale of the Tapes
DeGale vs Jack is a very decent matchup, and hopefully the start of more big Super Middleweight pairings in 2017. James DeGale and Badou Jack fly under the wing of PBC (Premier Boxing Champions), so it’s good to see honcho Al Haymon finally rolling the dice and...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Dec 22, 2016 | Boxing News & Opinions
With Gennady Golovkin’s next opponent set in stone for March 18th, fight fans are asking what kind of threat Daniel Jacobs presents. He has legitimate knockout power, is riding a twelve-fight KO streak, and holds a portion of the Middleweight world title, that being...
by Mark Phillips (Boxing Base) | Dec 19, 2016 | Boxing Results, Post Fight Analysis
At the Forum, California, Hopkins vs Smith Jr was billed as the final outing for one of boxing’s modern greats. And that it (probably) was. But Hopkins’ swan song didn’t pan out quite as planned. The two-weight champion, approaching 52-years-old,...
