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Promoter Eddie Hearn believes Turki Alalshikh will want to make the fight between Shakur Stevenson and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis next after Shakur disposes of his replacement opponent, Josh Padley, on Saturday night. In an interview today, Hearn said fans want to see the “Biggest fight in…

Martin Bakole’s promoter, Ben Shalom, says he made a deal quickly with Turki Alalshikh for Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) to be the replacement opponent for Joseph Parker on Saturday night after IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois pulled out of the fight due to illness. Initially,…

Martin Bakole is now the replacement opponent to face Joseph Parker on Saturday after IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois pulled out due to an illness today. The highly ranked #2 WBA and #2 WBO Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) was quickly found to replace the I’ll…

A drained-looking Shakur Stevenson had his first face-off with his replacement opponent, Josh Padley today during their final press conference ahead of Saturday’s card on DAZN PPV at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. Shakur Drained WBC lightweight champion Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) looked painfully thin,…

IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois is ill and will not fight Joseph Parker this Saturday night on Turki Alalshikh’s card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dubois vs. Parker is off. A replacement is being sought for Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) to remain on the card, but…

Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed how he presented Josh Padley’s name to Turki Alalshikh as a replacement option for Shakur Stevenson to fight this Saturday, February 22nd, in Riyadh. Hearn says that when he pointed out to Turki that Padley (15-0, 4 KOs) had beaten his…

Dmitry Bivol downplays Artur Beterbiev’s punching power, saying it wasn’t harder than some of the other fighters he’s faced during his career. Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) says Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) doesn’t load up on his shots and only focuses on landing them. The former…

Gervonta Davis says he’s open to a fight against Devin Haney, even if he loses his rematch with Ryan Garcia. Davis wants the former two-division world champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) to “redeem” himself first by performing well in his second fight with Ryan. Haney…

Bernard Hopkins says Vergil Ortiz Jr. will “outsmart” Israil Madrimov to defeat him in their fight in Riyadh on Saturday night. Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) will defend his WBC interim junior middleweight title against the former amateur star Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs) in a…