As has become its annual tradition, HBO wraps up the year with a four-night stretch featuring the best moments from the 2015 boxing season. A tripleheader of replays kicks off the run of nine HBO-televised fights being rebroadcast over the next f...
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez enjoyed a triumphant return to HBO in every conceivable way. The 24-year old former 154 lb. titlist registered what presently serves as the leading contender for Knockout of the Year after flattening James Kirkland in the third...
For every fighter, there is a window. It might be a decade. It might be a few years. That window, sometimes called ‘prime’ is the amount of time a fighter has to maximize their abilities in the ring. Watching “Canelo” Alvarez take James Kirkland...
by David P. Greisman - Canelo Alvarez was a star long before he even had a chance to prove his place among the best in the sport. He was a precocious prospect who turned pro at 15 years old and had won 33 fights before his teenage years ended. He...
Although Canelo Alvarez scored three knockdowns on James Kirkland, including the sensational one-punch knockout that laid Kirkland out, he first had to weather an assault in the opening minutes. The way he did that, along with the result, caught t...
James Kirkland was simply not prepared to step in the ring with a fighter like Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez ... so says his ex-trainer Ann Wolfe who tells TMZ Sports he took the fight way too soon. Kirkland suffered a brutal knockout in the third round...
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas - It was originally scheduled for 2012. Almost three years later we get the fight. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (45-1-1, 32KOs) scored a vicious third round knockout of James Kirkland (32-2, 28KOs). Kirkland brought the dram...
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James Kirkland was down in the first, down again two rounds later, then put down for the count once more in the third round. He didn’t spot the punch from Canelo Alvarez that ended the fight on Saturday night in Houston, nor did he even know realize...
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas - Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez was too strong and too accurate for the questionable chin of James Kirkland. Canelo landed a whopping 60% of his power punches for the fight and closed the show by landing 16...
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas - David P. Greisman catches up with Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya, who discussed Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (45-1-1, 32KOs) scoring a vicious third round knockout of James Kirkland (32-2, 28KOs). Kirklan...
David P. Greisman was front and center at the post fight press conference on the night that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez dramatically knocked out James Kirkland. Canelo spoke to media members after what is likely a strong candidate for 2015 Knockout of The...
David P. Greisman was front and center at the post fight press conference on the night that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez dramatically knocked out James Kirkland. In front of more than 31,000 raucous fans Minute Maid Park in Houston, super welterweight sensa...
Canelo Alvarez may be moving toward a fight with middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, but that doesn’t mean that he and his team feel that they are also ready for a bout with 160-pound destroyer Gennady Golovkin. Perhaps that’s because Cotto is a s...
Saul Alvarez heads back to HBO following a near three-year hiatus from the network that helped him develop into a boxing superstar. His homecoming takes place at Minute Maid Park in Houston, where he will face murderous punching James Kirkland in the...