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Former two-division world champion Antonio Tarver believes David Morrell may need a knockout for him to defeat WBC interim light heavyweight champion David Benavidez in eight days on February 1st at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. If Benavidez bum-rushes Morrell like he does all…

Promoter Eddie Hearn doesn’t know who Canelo Alvarez will fight in May before facing Terence Crawford in September. IBF super middleweight champion William Scull is the one that makes sense if Canelo wants to recapture that belt to become undisputed again. There aren’t a lot…

Coach Bernie Tha Boxer has confirmed that Terence Crawford vs. Canelo Alvarez is “on for September 13th.” Bernie says Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) has earned the fight against unified super middleweight champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) with what he’s accomplished, and he doesn’t need to…

Devin Haney referred to himself as a “victim” in an interview today, devoting much of the time talking about his fight against Ryan Garcia, saying he’d been “cheated” due to his positive test for PED. Haney sounded like he was trying to use Ryan’s positive…

Steven Nelson’s trainer, Brian ‘Bomac’ McIntyre, says the highly ranked super middleweight contender Diego Pacheco is a “fabulous boxer, but he’s just got to wait his turn.” BoMac wants the 23-year-old Pacheco (22-0, 18 KOs) and his team to know that it’s not his time…

Andy Cruz says he’s ready to battle Omar Salcido in their 10-round WBC lightweight title eliminator this Saturday, January 25th, at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, in Las Vegas. 2020 Olympic gold medalist Cruz (4-0, 2 KOs) is looking to become the mandatory…

IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) will face WBA champ Eimantas Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs) in a two-fight unification clash at 147 on April 12th, live on DAZN from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This is the unification match…

IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois dismissed challenger Joseph Parker as having “had his day” during their Face Off interview on DAZN ahead of their Riyadh Season co-feature fight next month on February 22nd on the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 card. Dubois (22-2, 21…

The IBF has ordered a purse bid on February 2nd, between #3 Subriel Matias and #4 Gabriel Valenzuela for a 140-lb title eliminator to determine the mandatory challenger for light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins. Lance Pugmire reports that the Matias vs. Valenzuela purse bid has…