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Promoter Eddie Hearn and IBF light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins are targeting George Kambosos Jr. for a fight in New York if he comes through his next fight. (Credit: Melina Pizano/Matchroom Boxing) Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) feels that a win over the former unified lightweight…

WBC World Flyweight champion Kenshiro ‘The Amazing Boy’ Teraji came from behind to stop WBA champ Seigo Yuri Akui in the twelfth and final round in the main event in a unification bout on Thursday night at the Kokugikan, in Tokyo, Japan. Teraji, 25-1 (16)…

WBO featherweight champion Rafael ‘El Divino’ Espinoza (26-0, 22 KOs) will defend against #11-ranked Edward Vazquez (17-2, 4 KOs) on the Naoya Inoue vs. Ramon Cardenas card on Sunday, May 4th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Vazquez has two narrow defeats in fights…

Edgar Berlanga said today he’s ready to “shine like a superstar” on Saturday in his comeback fight against Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. This is a Matchroom show, and it’s likely to be Berlanga’s last with that company. (Credit: Melina Pizano/Matchroom…

Vasily Lomachenko’s manager, Egis Klimas, says Loma is the best fight for Gervonta Davis in the lightweight division now “if” he comes back. He says a match between Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) and Tank Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) would be “more interesting for the fans”…

Nick Ball says he’ll be looking to make a “statement” with his title defense of his WBA featherweight belt against #6-ranked TJ Doheny in their main event fight this Saturday, March 15th at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England. Fans don’t understand why Ball,…

Lawrence Okolie has pulled out of his heavyweight fight against Richard Riakporhe with an injury for the April 5th card on DAZN at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England. The promoters for the cruiserweight Riakporhe (17-1, 13 KOs) are now left scrambling to fight…

The WBO has ordered heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) to face interim strap holder Joseph Parker (36-3, 24 KOs) next. The two have a month [30 days] to put together a deal to average a purse bid with the sanctioning body. Usyk’s Choice…

Anthony Joshua’s latest setback foiled promoter Eddie Hearn’s hard work in putting him through an expensive four-fight rebuild job, hoping to transform him to the vintage factory level version that turned pro in 2013. Broken Shell If Joshua loses his next fight, he should retire…