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Cliff Rold

Cliff Rold

Managing Editor at BoxingScene.com

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Adrian Curiel-Sivenathi Nontshinga II: Stats & Stakes

Junior flyweight has already delivered a fight of the year contender in 2024. Kenshiro’s lineal title defense against Carlos Canizales set a bar for the division this year, the same way his run atop the division has set a bar for what has been a strong and undersung era. 108 pounds isn’t always an attraction but its highs over the years have been red meat highlights for harcire fans. Classics like Carbajal-Gonzalez and Segura-Calderon stand the test of time and multiple champions from the division have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
9 months ago
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Lightweight Shuffle Might Require Some Fan Patience - Boxing Scene

By Cliff Rold - It can be exciting to see a fighter collect all the belts in a single class. How they lose those belts is another matter. Sometimes, they lose them in pieces. Josh Taylor and Jermell Charlo are recent examples. Both assembled all the hardware at junior welterweight and junior middleweight respectively. Taylor defended all his straps once before inactivity and injury saw his waist whittle down from four belts to one. Eventually he lost the lineal throne, and his lone remaining bel…
10 months ago
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Artur Beterbiev-Callum Smith: Anything But The Only Thing

By Cliff Rold - Maybe former WBA super middleweight titlist Callum Smith (29-1, 21 KO) has a big upset in him. The 33-year old has looked sharper and quicker than he did in gaining a controversial decision against John Ryder and being blown out over twelve rounds versus Saul Alvarez at 168 pounds. Standing 6’3, the extra eight pounds at light heavyweight appears a better home for him.
11 months ago
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Haney Seizes The Lead: BoxingScene Competition Index Update - Boxin...

The number one spot in this competition index has been in flux throughout 2023 with Artur Beterbiev, Devin Haney, and Saul Alvarez all ending a quarter in the lead.
11 months ago
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Can 2024 Keep the Momentum Going? - BoxingScene.com

By Cliff Rold - The business of boxing outside the ring in the United States remains as in flux as it has been for most of recent history. Decades of stability by way of free network coverage gave way to decades of premium cable stability with ESPN and HBO. ESPN has been in and out of boxing since it launched with more time in than out. Times have changed.
11 months ago
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Deontay Wilder-Joseph Parker: Stats & Stakes

By Cliff Rold - While it won’t be the main event on Saturday’s massive pay-per-view card, a clash of former heavyweight titlists with little margin for error can never be overlooked. It’s especially true when so much is at stake for one of the competitors. On a day where a significant chunk of the top ten heavyweights in the world will be on display, two stand out from the
11 months ago
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Ryan Garcia Star Keeps Shining: Weekend Afterthoughts

Boxing always needs stars. It might need stars more than it needs great fighters. Stars put butts in the seats, generate press, and drive the most important question in boxing: what’s next? When fans are asking that question, when they care, especially the kind of fans who can only name a handful of boxers at any given time, boxing has someone to build on.
12 months ago
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Inoue, Haney, and the Heavies: December Preview - Boxing Scene

There are a handful of fighters right now in the race for fighter of the year in 2023. Terence Crawford, David Benavidez, and Tim Tszyu are among them and have all made whatever statements they will.
12 months ago
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Memory Lane, 24 Hours a Day - Boxing Scene

By Cliff Rold - MLB, the NFL, and the NBA all have channels. Golf has a channel. Cricket? Tune in to Willow anytime (really, do…it’s sort of mesmerizing if the game is otherwise unfamiliar). Boxing? In the US, boxing has had many outlets but never a 24-hour a day spot to go watch the fights. Considering some of the libraries out there, it’s a shame. Part of the reason the legends of Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson have endured is their fights have never really left the rotation.
12 months ago
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Shakur Stevenson-Edwin De Los Santos: Stats and Stakes - BoxingScen...

By Cliff Rold - There is a corner of boxing that says Shakur Stevenson is a pound-for-pound king in waiting. Maybe he is. We won’t know one way or the other just yet on Thursday night (ESPN, 10:30 PM EST) but all Stevenson can do is stay active and collecting belts until the big fights come. If he keeps winning, the time will come when there is a Tank Davis, a Devin Haney, a Teofimo Lopez across the ring to give him a chance to further his case.
about 1 year ago
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BoxingScene.com's Television Pick of The Week - November 16 - Boxin...

Pick It: Shakur Stevenson vs. Edwin De Los Santos (Thursday, ESPN, 10:30 PM EST) - Are we seeing the seeds planted for a showdown? The way the card is stacked this Thursday, we might be. 26-year old Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson (20-0, 10 KO) hasn’t gotten himself into fights with the likes of Tank Davis or Devin Haney and should be expected to win his third divisional title, this one a WBC strap at lightweight, against 24-year old Edwin De Los Santos (16-1, 14 KO).
about 1 year ago
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James Toney-Razor Ruddock: Party Like It’s 1991 - BoxingScene.com

By Cliff Rold - Thirty-two years is a long time. For Hall of Fame three-division titlist James Toney and once feared heavyweight contender Donovan “Razor” Ruddock, thirty-two years (and change) is how long it’s been since both had their breakthrough star-making moments in boxing. For Toney, those moments were achieved in victory; for Ruddock, in gritty losses.
about 1 year ago
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BoxingScene.com's Television Pick of The Week - October 21 - Boxing...

Pick It: TBRB #4 Jack Catterall vs. Jorge Linares (Saturday, DAZN, 2:00 PM EST) - Luck is a funny thing. A little more of it with the judges and 30-year old Jack Catterall (27-1, 13 KO) would be able to say he won the undisputed junior welterweight crown in February 2022. Instead, Catterall caught the rough end of a split decision versus Josh Taylor and then rode a roller coaster of a rematch imploding along the way.
about 1 year ago
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Showtime's Exit From Boxing Marks The End of an Era - BoxingScene.com

By Cliff Rold - There was a time when boxing fans stood in line, buying a ticket to their local movie theater rich with the latest silent fare, to see just a bit of a major fight that had happened sometimes weeks before… …a time when fans leaned their ear toward the family radio to hear Don Dunphy describe the live exploits of Joe Louis and Henry Armstrong…
about 1 year ago
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Tszyu, Alimkhanuly Move Forward: Weekend Afterthoughts - BoxingScen...

It can’t be easy. No matter what you do, the last name always comes first. Tim Tszyu will always be compared against his father, the great junior welterweight Kostya Tszyu. Tszyu, Gen 2.0, is proving up to the task.
about 1 year ago
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Tim Tszyu-Brian Mendoza: Stats and Stakes - BoxingScene.com

By Cliff Rold - The future of lineal, unified junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo in the division he made home is unclear. After a lopsided loss to Saul Alvarez at super middleweight, a return makes sense. The division has to keep moving in the meantime. Tim Tszyu was supposed to fight Charlo earlier in 2023 but a hand injury knocked the champ out of the ring and Tszyu’s......
about 1 year ago
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At Middleweight, Rebuilding Has To Start Somewhere - BoxingScene.com

By Cliff Rold - While middleweight has often been top heavy even in higher financial times in recent decades, the top was often more than enough. Marvin Hagler, Bernard Hopkins, and Gennadiy Golovkin all found themselves waiting for smaller men with big names to come up the scale to define them. A brief explosion between Hopkins and Golovkin featured Jermain
about 1 year ago
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Circle The 14th: October Preview - BoxingScene.com

October won’t have any super fights and will likely feel to some fans a little bit like August did. There will be fights to see but the stars won’t quite align to be anything more than a breather before what could be a thrilling close to an excellent year.
about 1 year ago
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Leigh Wood-Josh Warrington: Stats and Stakes

By Cliff Rold - It’s a good old fashioned backyard brawl. Leigh Wood begins his second reign as WBA featherweight titlist on Saturday (DAZN, 2 PM EST) hoping it lasts longer than the first. Wood, after being elevated to the primary titlist position by the WBA, fell short in his first defense only to immediately avenge the loss to Mauricio Lara in his next fight.
about 1 year ago
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Leigh Wood-Josh Warrington Makes Sense and Likely Makes Violence - ...

By Cliff Rold - Some good fights come with almost a hint of surprise, a moment of ‘that’s right, they haven’t fought yet’ when they’re announced. They’re fights that make sense. This Saturday in Sheffield (DAZN, 2 PM EST) is one of those fights. Two of the most consistent presences in the featherweight division in recent years, both products of the United Kingdom, will lock horns in front of their fellow nationals. Leigh Wood versus Josh Warrington.
about 1 year ago
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Canelo Keeps Big Fight Blowout Trend Going: Weekend Afterthoughts -...

2023 has been a year packed with really good fights and some major events. When it comes to the latter, the dominance of the victors has been a notable trend. Some of the richest, most anticipated fights in the world this year were notable in part because of how wide the winning margins were between the strands.
about 1 year ago