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By Gary Cromie: Boxing fans, brace yourselves for a hypothetical showdown of epic proportions: Canelo Álvarez versus Terence “Bud” Crawford. While this fight isn’t confirmed, the mere possibility of it in 2025 has the boxing world buzzing. This match-up is not just a daydream; it’s…

There are five world champions being considered for the ‘2024 Fighter of the Year’. Heading the list is the WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF, and IBO World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, 23-0 with 14 stoppages, of Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine. Usyk defeated WBC World heavyweight champion ‘The…

David Benavidez is already planning his strategy for defeating the winner of the February 22nd rematch between undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. ‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) says he’ll use a different game plan for each of them and…

Dmitry Bivol says his rematch with undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev on February 22nd will be “more open” because he’s familiar with his former conqueror. Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) doesn’t say what he means by “more open,” but for his sake, he needs to be…

By Joseph Herron: The highly anticipated showdown to crown boxing’s next superstar, titled “The Coronation of King David: Benavidez vs. Morrell,” is set to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 1, 2025. The main event pits two undefeated fighters,…

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…