Jimmy Tobin
2016: A Year Spent Fighting Over Nothing
By Jimmy Tobin
Were Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-hour theory more true than useful, this year would have seen many of boxing’s devotees fall just a few...
Decades Under the Influence: Joe Smith Jr. Retires Bernard Hopkins
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night, at The Forum in Inglewood, California, Bernard Hopkins tempted boxing’s unwritten rules for the last time. Inviolable as they are,...
“Detract from what?”: Charlo Derails Williams
By Jimmy Tobin--
Saturday night, at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles, California, Jermall Charlo defended his sliver of the super welterweight championship by...
Better than never (if barely): On Vasyl Lomachenko-Nicholas Walters
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night, at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, junior lightweight, Vasyl Lomachenko, made a quitter of Nicholas Walters in one of the...
At least the respect was deserved: On Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward
By Jimmy Tobin-
Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, light heavyweights Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward provided a proper prizefight for...
