Algieri's Angle

There’s been a lot of suggestions that, at 35, Vasyl Lomachenko isn’t the fighter he used to be, but I don’t necessarily agree – it’s too early for anyone to say that.  Those suggestions mostly stem from his past two performances, against Richard Commey and Jamaine Ortiz. He had a tough fight with Ortiz, which was unexpected, but he’d had a period of i…

For all of the talk of the fight between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia determining the “new face of boxing”, when Saul "Canelo" Alvarez fights John Ryder  in front of a massive audience after the red carpet’s rolled out for him, he’ll show that he’s the one who retains that status.  Initially, there had been talk about Canelo fighting in the UK, and I loved…

ProBox TV analysts Chris Algieri and Paulie Malignaggi are both excited about this weekend’s heavyweight tussle between Joe Joyce and Zhilei Zhang. The two big men meet at London’s Copper Box Arena as they bid to elevate their chances of getting into the heavyweight title picture and both former champions, Malignaggi and Algieri, anticipate a war. “This is a good fight,” sa…

Anthony Joshua’s performance, in the victory over Jermaine Franklin, wasn’t the one I expected. I was hoping for a lot more from him – for a resurrection of the Joshua of old – but, on reflection, that wasn’t realistic.  He brings to mind Wladimir Klitschko. Klitschko took a lot more chances early on, got knocked out a few times, returned a lot more cautious, and…

If I was going to create a heavyweight champion in a video game, I would create Anthony Joshua. When I picture how a heavyweight champion looks, acts and fights, it’s just like him. The string of victories he put together leading up to the Wladimir Klitschko fight in 2017 was tremendous. He was fighting young, hungry opponents like Dillian Whyte, Charles Martin and Dominic Breazeale – …

PROBOX TV returned tonight with its monthly show from Tampa, Florida - Wednesday Night Fights. Omar Rosario (10-0) started the televised card with a quick victory over Zach Hill (3-4). The Top Rank prospect dispatched of Hill in the first round after a variety of right hands to the body, ending it with a left hook to the liver. It was Demontaze Duncan (8-1) and&n…

PROBOX TV gets set for another monthly Wednesday night broadcast from Tampa, Florida. The network prides itself on ‘promoting boxing’ rather than specific fighters, a rule that it hopes will give its young stable the experience they need to reach the very top. Former world champion Chris Algieri, who now works as a commentator and pundit for the network, has had a chance to get a …

PROBOX TV returns with its monthly instalment of Wednesday Night Fights from Plant City, Florida with three televised fights.  The night’s main event comes from the lightweight division, undefeated Mexican Angel ‘El Chocolatito’ Vazquez (12-0) will square-off with Canadian based Guinean Mohamed ‘El bufalo negro’ Soumaoro (12-1) over …

A further indictment of Conor Benn's record as a clean athlete happened today as two former world champions, who recently faced Conor Benn, Chris Algieri and Chris Van Heerden, both questioned whether or not Benn had been using banned substances for their bouts against him. “Initial thoughts? Not surprised, not surprised one bit,” Algieri told Jomboy Boxing. “I had hear…