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IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia has a lot of proving to do in his next defense against David Nyika in 13 days on January 8th at the Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. The fans enamored of the 29-year-old Opetaia (26-0, 20 KOs) jumped ship…

Shakur Stevenson says Gervonta Davis should have picked #3 WBA lightweight contender Edwin De Los Santos as his opponent for March 1st instead of super featherweight Lamont Roach. Stevenson doesn’t say why he thinks WBA 135-lb champion Tank (30-0, 28 KOs) selected De Los Santos…

WBC interim Junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. will face a much different test in his title defense against the technically skilled Israil Madrimov on February 22nd in Riyadh. The fight will take place in 58 days. The powerful 26-year-old Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs)…

Coach Greg Hackett says David Benavidez will use his experince and body punching to defeat David Morrell on February 1st. Hackett sees this as a competitive fight for the first five rounds, with Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) looking good, but Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) will…

Trainer Tony Sims points out that Anthony Joshua’s recent setback in his loss to Daniel Dubois is a sign of him getting old, as all fighters do sooner or later if they stay around the sport. Matching Carefully Joshua can still win if matched carefully,…

Keyshawn Davis reiterated that he won’t fight his friend Shakur Stevenson, but he is open to an exhibition match, “YouTube-style.” He says people will want to watch him and Shakur fight an exhibition after they clean out the 135- and 140-lb divisions. The “Exhibition” Excuse…

Tyson Fury failed again last Saturday night, losing in his rematch against three-belt heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in Turki Alalashikh’s card in Riyadh. This latest defeat by Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) raises questions about whether his fights against Deontay Wilder sapped the best part of…

Trainer Stephen Edwards believes Terence Crawford has enough size, power, conditioning, and technical skills to move up to 168 and defeat unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. Edwards thinks that Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) couldn’t beat David Benavidez, David Morrell, Artur Beterbiev, or Dmitry Bivol.…

David Benavidez says he’d be open to a fight against Oleksandr Usyk but would prefer to wait “five or six years” before facing him. He thinks he needs “more experience” before fighting the heavyweight champion Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs). Oleksandr isn’t going to wait for…