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CANELO DOMINATES GOLOVKIN TO END TRILOGY

Canelo Alvarez defeats Gennadiy Golovkin via unanimous decision.

USYK DEFEATS JOSHUA AGAIN

Oleksandr Usyk defeats Anthony Joshua via split decision in rematch.

HANEY CROWNED UNDISPUTED

Devin Haney schools George Kambosos Jr. in lopsided unanimous decision win.

BIVOL UPSETS CANELO

Dmitry Bivol shocks Canelo Alvarez for upset unanimous decision win.

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: THE STATE OF THE BOXING MEDIA

Everyone who regularly reads this column knows my take on the current state of boxing media. I mean, really, just look at the supposed news coverage of events with affiliate links built into the story, leading to sales pages for those same events. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: BOOTS, DAZN, BOOTS-ORTIZ, PPV/WTF

Welcome to a special Easter edition of Magno’s Bulging Mail Sack. With painted huevos, Peeps residue on my goatee, and little fluffy bunnies on my mind, let’s dig into my bulging sack. This week, we have comments and questions regarding ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: TKO GROUP VS. THE ALI ACT

What if the same people designated to protect a sport and its athletes were also the ones most eager to sell it out to the highest bidder? Welcome to the world of boxing. Anyone with even remedial knowledge of boxing history knows that our ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: BOOTS VS. STANIONIS, SHAKUR/WBC VS. TURKI, BIVOL, BENAVIDEZ

Every Thursday here at FightHype, we prove that there’s still a place for a good, old-fashioned written word money shot from the depths of my bulbous, bulging sack. So, get ready for some of that infamous Magno-rific gooey, salty, sometimes ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: TURKI, TSZYU, TORREZ, AND MORE...

Hello friends, readers, and undercover haters. We’re going scattershot again this week because there’s just not that much going on that deserves a full column’s attention. So, let’s go. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: PBC-TOP RANK, PLANT-CHARLO, SHAKUR

In this corner of the Universo Pugilistico, it's all about my sack-- my bulging, bulbous, aching sack-- and the gooey, salty truth contained within. So...sit back, close your eyes, pull back your hair, and get ready for this week's money ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: QUICK (S)HITS

Greetings from my lovely vacation digs for this special edition of boxing’s most NSFW boxing column, the one that makes little media piglings cry “Fighthype, why are you giving him a platform?” into social media. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING SACK: SELL-OUTS, SELL-OFFS, AND GLAZING THE TURKI

In this corner of the Universo Pugilistico is my bulging, bulbous, aching sack and the gooey, salty truth contained within. So...sit back, close your eyes, pull back your hair, and get ready for this week's money shot of wisdom. This week we ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: PBC...THE COMEBACK?

According to paid-for, compromised media critics and weirdo, obsessed culture-warrin’ fans, Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) has been going out of business since, well, pretty much since they began the business. Seriously. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: BENAVIDEZ, PBC, AND GARCIA/HANEY/TEOFIMO

Every week here at FightHype, we make some space for a good, old-fashioned written word money shot from the depths of my bulbous, bulging (mail) sack. So, get ready for some of that infamous Magno-rific gooey, salty, sometimes NSFW truth. This week, ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: OUR MANY WORLD CHAMPS

Let me just preface this by saying that boxing’s sanctioning bodies are a bunch of grimy, loose change-sucking grifters and that I would not shed a single tear if they were locked inside a garbage barge, sent into international waters, and ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: DANA/TURKI VS. BOXING, THE TANK-ROACH (NON) DECISION, MORE

Welcome to another Thursday here at Fight Hype, AKA La Résistance, one of the few holdouts in a dystopian boxing world where everyone’s grasping at Saudi Turki bucks and willing to give away everything to get them. Well, all I’m ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: COUP D'ETAT OR COUP DE GRACE?

Well, this played out exactly as I’ve been saying it would for more than a year now. Turki Alalshikh has made his move to take over boxing, using Dana White and the TKO group as day-to-day henchman for the takeover. On Wednesday, it was ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: TANK-ROACH AND A GOOD-BYE TO BOXING

Hello boxing fans and dedicated haters. Here’s another week’s worth of my bulbous sack, bulging with gooey, salty truth, in your face. Enjoy. This week, we have comments/questions regarding the Tank Davis-Lamont Roach debacle and a ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: NO CHEAT TILL BROOKLYN

Gervonta “Tank” Davis should be the former WBA lightweight champ right now. But, as we’ve seen for years and decades in boxing, power and influence matter. And, perhaps just as important, there is an overwhelming bias that ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: TANK DAVIS, BIVOL-BETERBIEV, CANELO AND THE SAUDIS

Every Thursday here at FightHype, I pull out my gigantic, bulbous, bulging sack and give truth-minded boxing fans a gander. This week, I shoot my ropes of truth all over comments/questions regarding Bivol-Beterbiev, Canelo and the Saudis, and Tank ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: OBSERVATIONS FROM "THE GREATEST BOXING CARD EVER"

Well, wow...I just somehow managed to regain my composure after sitting through the GREATEST BOXING CARD in the history of all humanity-- and I know it was the GREATEST BOXING CARD in the history of all humanity because the DAZN broadcast crew and ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: CANELO LEASES HIMSELF, KEYSHAWN VS. CRUZ, BETERBIEV VS. BIVOL 2

Welcome boxing fans to one of the very last boxing assets not packed up and shipped out to the Saudis for a handful of Turki bucks and a Richard Mille watch. This week, we combat boxing ignorance and address comments/questions regarding Canelo with ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: CINNAMON SELLS OUT

In last week’s Notes from the Boxing Underground, I kind of hyper-focused on the blood orgy of misinformation surrounding the Turki Alalshikh/Canelo Alvarez/Ring Magazine situation and the lying liars who intentionally lied to us about it all. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: RIP TO TOP RANK ON ESPN, THE RING OF LIES, MORE...

In honor of February 14th, I’m gonna paint some swear words on tiny candy hearts, cram them into a sack of heart-shaped Peeps, with an “IOU One Pearl Necklace” coupon, and slam the whole thing into the sweaty face of boxing ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: THE "NEW ERA" BIBLE OF BS

When the front man for a journalist-killing monarchy bought Ring Magazine back in November, you just knew that we weren’t in for any Woodward and Bernstein-level journalism. But who could’ve imagined it would be this bad, this OPENLY and ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: BENAVIDEZ-MORRELL, CANELO VS. JAKE PAUL/TERENCE CRAWFORD

Every Thursday here at FightHype, boxing fans gather around my bulbous, bulging sack in anticipation of an Ol’ Faithful money shot of gooey, salty truth. This Thursday is no different. So, put your goggles on and cinch up your plastic poncho, ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: DAVID BENAVIDEZ VS. DAVID MORRELL, THE POSTMORTEM

If there’s anyone out there still not sold on David Benavidez and his status as a legitimate modern day boxing star, I’d like for them to take a walk to the nearest bathroom, stick their head in the toilet, and flush repeatedly. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: BENAVIDEZ-MORRELL, CANELO ALVAREZ, ERROL SPENCE

Thursdays, in this corner of the Universo Pugilistico, are all about my sack-- my bulging, bulbous, aching sack-- and the gooey, salty truth contained within. So...sit back, close your eyes, pull back your hair, and get ready for this week's ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: THE PRINCE AND THE SHOE-SHINE BOY

Eddie Hearn is a lot of things, but he’s now, apparently, a shoe-shine boy? Hearn, via interview with Sean Zittel, speaking of his gleeful subservience to Saudi boxing takeover figurehead, Turki Alalshikh: “I have a big ego, ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: GARCIA-HANEY 2, THE GARCIA-HANEY DOUBLE-HEADER, BETERBIEV-BIVOL 2, MORE...

Every Thursday, FightHype makes some space among its video content to host boxing’s most NSFW mail bag column-- Mine. In this week’s Sack, I address comments/questions regarding Garcia-Haney 2, The Garcia-Haney double-header, and ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: SERMON ON THE JOCK

Well, this was like finding a crisp twenty dollar bill on my front porch after an editor’s check gets held up in “processing” for the second straight week. The newly re-launched, “new era,” Saudi-fueled, Turki-run ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: CANELO-CRAWFORD, GARCIA-HANEY 2, BOXING FORGETS ITS OWN

Hello boxing fans and dedicated haters. Here’s another week’s worth of my bulbous sack, bulging with gooey, salty truth, in your face. Enjoy. This week, we have comments/questions regarding Canelo-Crawford, Garcia-Haney 2, and the plight ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: SNIPS AND SNIPES

So...another week without boxing...Let’s do our best to talk about something at least marginally boxing-related, then. A little while back, I tried to get together whatever’s left of independent media in boxing and unify to create a ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: KEYSHAWN, THE SAUDIS, AND BOXING'S DISAPPEARANCE

Every Thursday here at FightHype, I pull out my gigantic, bulbous, bulging sack and give truth-minded boxing fans a gander. This week, I shoot ropes of truth all over comments/questions regarding Keyshawn Davis, Boxing’s dead zone, and the ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: BOXING WITHOUT BOXING

Welcome to day 204 of Saudi Arabia saving boxing by smothering the life out of the American boxing scene. If it feels like it’s been ages since we had a quality high-end domestic show in the States, that’s because it HAS been ages. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: USYK ATG, THE SAUDI TAKEOVER, MORE

A new year brings a new dedication to spilling my seeds of wisdom all over the flinching face of boxing ignorance. So, let’s unleash the beast that is my bulging, bulbous sack and deliver the first money shot of 2025. This week, we have ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: THE NEW ERA

As I begin to write this, I honestly have no idea if this is a swan song farewell to boxing or a call to arms. To be honest, covering boxing has become a tedious chore. Specifically, I’m referring to everything around the actual ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: USYKMANIA, FURY'S LEGACY, TANK'S CANCELLATION

Santa Magno is letting out a hearty “Ho Ho Ho” in this special Christmas edition of the Bulging Mail Sack. And, yes, he IS referring to the staff of the new Saudi era Ring Magazine. Get it? “Ho Ho Ho” as in, ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: USYK-FURY 2, THE POSTMORTEM

Usyk-Fury 2 was a decent fight. It was engaging, but not thrilling. It was a competent contest between two very good fighters where the better man (Usyk) won via three fair judges’ scorecards that tallied a 116-112 score apiece.  ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: USYK-FURY 2, TURKI'S AI JUDGE, BENAVIDEZ VS. MORRELL AND BEYOND

In this holiday edition of Magno’s Bulging Mail Sack, I shove my big candy cane down the Christmas stockings of boxing ignorance and then pull out to shoot loads of milky eggnog all over boxing’s Grinches. This week, we have ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: THE INSIDER AT THE FRONT LINE

Larry Goldberg looks like the sheepish guy at the deli, off to the side of the counter, summoning up the courage to complain about the lack of mustard on his pastrami sandwich. But, in reality, he just may be one of the bravest souls in boxing. ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: TANK HOF, SELLOUT OSCAR, AND INSULTING OUR INTELLIGENCE

Hello boxing fans and dedicated haters. Here’s another week’s worth of my bulbous sack, bulging with gooey, salty truth, in your face. Enjoy. This week, we have comments/questions regarding Tank Davis in the Hall of Fame, De La Hoya ...... continue reading

NOTES FROM THE BOXING UNDERGROUND: QUICK (S)HITS

Here’s a bit of this and that from around the world of boxing, in no particular order of importance: In just 8 months, Eddie Hearn has managed to take one of boxing’s hottest rising properties, Jaron “Boots” Ennis, and ...... continue reading

MAGNO'S BULGING MAIL SACK: RETIRING TANK, THE SAUDI TAKEOVER, FROCH ON FIGHTING

Every Thursday, FightHype makes some space among its video content to host boxing’s most NSFW mail bag column-- Mine. In this week’s Sack, I address comments/questions regarding my take on the Saudi takeover of boxing, Carl Froch on ...... continue reading