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British welterweight Conor Benn continues to be haunted by problems trying to be cleared to fight in the UK following his two positive drug tests in 2022 for the banned drug clomifene. Today’s bad news for the 27-year-old Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) involves the UK…

Promoter Eddie Hearn wants a lifetime ban for Ryan Garcia if he’s found to have intentionally used performance enhancing drugs [PEDs] for his fight against Devin Haney on April 20th. Hearn’s Stance on PEDs Hearn says he “really hopes” Ryan (25-1, 20 KOs) didn’t intentionally…

In the WBC’s new rankings, Errol Spence has been moved to #1 WBC at 154 for junior middleweight champion champion Sebastian Fundora. Leapfrogging the Competition The World Boxing Council’s decision to elevate Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) to the #1 spot for WBC champion Fundora’s title…

Rising 154-pound star Xander Zayas is set to headline his first event when he faces the former WBO junior-middleweight world champion Patrick Teixeira (34-4, 25 KOs) on Saturday night June 8th at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, live on ESPN. Nineteen years ago,…

Devin Haney has been ordered by the WBC to defend his light welterweight title against mandatory Sandor Martin next. The purse bids for the Haney vs. Martin fight are on June 18th. Will Haney Seek Other Options? It remains to be seen if Haney and…

Vasily Lomachenko says he views his fight against George Kambosos Jr. on Saturday night as not a war, but rather a “competition” for the IBF lightweight title. The Business of Boxing Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs) is looking to capture another world title after a year…

Social media fans are praising Tyson Fury’s physical conditioning for his fight against Oleksandr Usyk on May 18th. It’s great that Fury is finally taking his training seriously after nearly a decade of being chunky, but he still has his work cut out for him…

In the shadow of McCaskill vs Price, the United Kingdom is set to experience a small-hall conflict that should provide fireworks. Denzel Bentley (18-3-1), the former world title contender, is set to take on Danny Dignum (16-1-1), the former WBO European Middleweight champion, in a…

May 18th. The world will bear witness to the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world since Lennox Lewis, an astonishing 24 years ago. Under the titanic weight of such a conflict – that of Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury – the undercard may go…