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On Tuesday, September 3rd, at the Ariake Arena in Koto City, Tokyo, Japan, the undisputed super-bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) successfully defended his crown as he stopped TJ Doheny (26-5, 20 KOs) in the 7th round. Inoue displayed patience as he stuck to…

Promoter Eddie Hearn reiterated that Terence Crawford will never fight again unless he receives an offer for the Canelo Alvarez clash he’s waiting for. Crawford’s Future: A ‘Good Riddance’ for Some Fans have already given up on Crawford, viewing the soon-to-be 37-year-old as retired, and…

Abdullah Mason (15-0, 13 KOs) will be battling Yohan Vasquez (26-5, 21 KOs) on November 8th in an eight-round fight on the undercard of Keyshawn Davis vs. Gustavo Lemos at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. The event will be shown live on ESPN+. Mason’s…

Top Rank has announced that Brian Norman Jr. will be defending his WBO welterweight title against the capable contender Derrieck Cuevas in the co-feature spot on the Keyshawn Davis vs. Gustavo Lemos card on ESPN+ on November 8th at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.…

Although Thelonious Monk wrote the tune – ‘In Walked Bud’- for his good friend Bud Powell, I have often imagined Bud Crawford making his way to the ring to Monks’ tune. The version of ‘In Walked Bud’ below, recorded in 1968, has some wonderful scat…

WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. explains why he wasn’t willing to agree to the $1.7 million offer for a unification fight against IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, saying that his “price is different now” that he’s a world champion. Fans React: Was $1.7…

Naoya Inoue isn’t interested in moving up to 126 after his seventh-round knockout of TJ Doheny on Tuesday night at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) made his second defense of his undisputed super bantamweight title against 37-year-old Doheny (26-5, 20…

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis could be headed to 154 following his promoter Eddie Hearn’s second consecutive failure to put him in position for a fight at 147. It seems obvious that Hearn wants Boots to abandon the played out, empty 147-lb division to move toward greener…

Daniel Dubois doesn’t understand where Anthony Joshua is coming from, complaining about how he disrespected him during their face-to-face interview to promote their September 21st fight at Wembley Stadium in London. Joshua’s Insecurity on Full Display Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) got upset during the interview…