Shakur Stevenson says he’s looking to fight George Kambosos Jr after being turned down by Isaac Cruz and William Zepeda, believes boxing is in a sad state of blatant ducking
one of the best things about boxing, what really sets it apart from anything else, is that anticipation in the moments before a big fight, the atmosphere and tension, those final minutes before we see brave warriors whose minds must be racing put it all on the line
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The WBC has ordered Vergil Ortiz Jr. to face David Avanesyan in a welterweight final eliminator, which will guarantee the winner a shot at Errol Spence Jr.
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Mauricio Sulaiman has insinuated that he’ll block Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol due to the WBC’s ban on Russian fighters in title bouts. This is despite allowing Beterbiev to fight as a Canadian and the fact that Bivol lives in California
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Canelo Alvarez is now the undisputed king at 168 lbs, stopping Caleb Plant in the 11th round to unify all four major titles
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Boxing has a new superstar, as Teofimo Lopez walked the walk, defeating Vasiliy Lomachenko by decision to confirm the true arrival of "The Takeover"
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Fury on Wilder: "He is a warrior, he will be back, he will be a champion again. But I will say, the king has returned to the top of the throne."
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I know AJ has three of the four belts and respect to him. But there is now zero real question about the best heavyweight in the game today. It's Tyson Fury.
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Floyd Mayweather continues to speak out about the excessive number of world titles in boxing, believes
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has become watered down with the number of champions
Cuba has reportedly lifted its ban on professional boxing, first instituted in 1962. Many of its top Olympic medalists will make their pro debuts in Mexico, likely on May 20th
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And that’ll do it. 12 rounds done. Anthony Joshua will regain the WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles unless the judges are on the most drugs in the history of mankind or all alien races.
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Vergil Ortiz says this past generation of fighters have been ‘pretty soft’ by trying to protect their undefeated records at all costs, but is looking to change the narrative
I don't care what Louie Coria's record is after this fight, or Adam Lopez's for that matter. Put both these guys back on TV as often as possible.
#MagdalenoVicente
Kamil Szeremeta was no match for Gennadiy Golovkin, who dropped the challenger four times en route to a one-sided stoppage win
#GGGSzeremeta
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Saunders: “I’ve beaten enough dog meat now. Golovkin, you keep saying you wanted my WBO belt when I was 14 stone, out of shape, and wasn’t in love with boxing. Then you wanted to fight me. Fight me now! Now fight me. We’ll see a different story. You’ll be punching fresh air.”
With PBC reportedly pushing Canelo to sign multi-fight deal in order secure Plant unification, a third fight against Golovkin could be back in the works
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Deontay Wilder destroyed Robert Helenius with a first round knockout, then called out Oleksandr Usyk and Andy Ruiz Jr by name after the fight
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Wilder wishes he'd been allowed to go out on his shield, but added, "This is what big time boxing is all about. The best must fight the best." Says he'll come back stronger.
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Canelo Alvarez stops Billy Joe Saunders after eight rounds, Saunders stopped in corner. Canelo now has three of four world titles at super middleweight.
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In an instant classic, unbelievable heavyweight war, Tyson Fury knocked out Deontay Wilder in the 11th round
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Canelo Alvarez wasn’t very impressed with the exhibitioning of Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul, but Jake Paul was, so you know, divergent philosophies on boxing
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