There's nothing like a big fight card to get pound-for-pound juices flowing.

It's been quite a boxing summer. A fight for an undisputed heavyweight championship in London. An outdoor event at the national tennis center in New York. And the return of a 46-year-old Hall of Famer ...

The arrival of the holiday season indicates that the year in boxing is grinding to an end, but a few of the sport's high-profile elites have some work to do before the calendar is flipped.

For a boxer who has held his ground for years atop a revolving door of historic names competing for the honor of being called the pound-for-pound best in the world, it's only fitting that Naoya Inoue ...