As fight fans know, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will meet up for a return fight in December, once again in Saudi Arabia. Usyk, who scored first blood in the opening meeting between the two rival big men – with Usyk really giving Fury a…
Vergil Ortiz takes on Serhii Bohachuck on Aug. 10. | Photo by Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images
Oscar De La Hoya has his eyes set on some big fights for Vergil Ortiz in the coming year. With Vergil Ortiz…
Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis looked visibly drained during Thursday’s final press conference for his fight against David Avanesyan on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Visibly Exhausted at Press Conference
Ennis (31-0, 28 KOs) is defending his IBF welterweight title, and getting down…
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This Saturday night Jaron Ennis returns to the ring in a homecoming bout live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia streaming live on DAZN. Recently Boots faced outside the ring issues in court pertaining to whom he wants…
Vergil Ortiz Jr. believes he’s got an excellent chance of fighting Errol Spence Jr. at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in 2025 if they both win their upcoming fights this year.
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Upcoming Challenges for Ortiz Jr. and Spence…
Oscar De La Hoya is one of the promoters interested in signing free agent Shakur Stevenson to his Golden Boy stable.
De La Hoya states that he must determine Shakur’s marketability and match him against the right opponents.
Although Golden Boy has the #1 ranked…
Promoter Eddie Hearn says if he signs free agent Shakur Stevenson to his Matchroom stable, the first fight he wants to match him against is his #1 WBC challenger, William Zepeda.
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Zepeda: A Test of Stevenson’s Mettle and Marketability
Hearn states that…
Promoter Bob Arum feels he needs to match IBF and WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly against the other champions at 160 to take his career to the next level if he’s victorious in his title defense against Andrei Mikhailovich (21-0, 13 KOs) this Saturday, July…
By Jason Hirthler: Shakur Stevenson won another decisive victory last weekend. Well, decisive is the debatable word here. Stevenson isn’t a knockout artist; he’s a defensive technician. And as he said after his win over Artem Harutyunyan, in relation to fellow lightweight champion Tank Davis,…