We're here for the long-awaited boxing chat, perfectly timed to prime you for Saturday's super-fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Gennady "GGG" Golovkin. In the blue corner, we have our returning TheLeadSports boxing champion, staff writer, David Monroe. And in the red corner, we have the challenger, a frequent TLS contributor and also the namesake [...]
There are fewer great NFL coaches than you may think, and beyond a certain hoodie-wearing curmudgeon in Foxboro, ranking the top ones is a tricky proposition. Being an NFL head coach is an endlessly complex endeavor, filled with all sorts of high-level decision making, and the NFL is an environment that stifles creativity and individuality. [...]
Bernard Hopkins' brilliant 30+ year career ended with a literal thud after 27-year-old Joe Smith Jr. landed a lethal combination that sent boxing's greatest Bernard through the ropes and into retirement. A month shy of his 52nd birthday, this was the only brawl of Hopkins' 67-fight career to end by knockout, but his kinda-embarrassing ring [...]
Watching sporting events allows us to catch a glimpse into how humanity and athletic perfection can come together. Seeing the emotional response from athletes allows us to share in their accomplishment. Throughout the ages, there have been a number of ... Continue reading
Love for violence is one of the signatures of human civilization throughout the centuries. From the Coliseum in Ancient Rome to the boxing matches on your TV, not much has changed in the past couple of thousand years and for ... Continue reading
The world of sports is a cauldron of emotions, which witnesses juxtaposing of one emotion after the other like laughing, crying, screaming in anger screaming in exhilaration, nerves on the edge and nerves over the edge. It has the ability ... Continue reading
