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Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might forget who’s running things in the heavyweight division. Yes, Oleksandr Usyk is the clear and – technically or not – undisputed heavyweight king. Tyson Fury, his predecessor,…

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has been stripped of his IBF super-middleweight title after confirming he will fight Edgar Berlanga on September 14. He had long been the undisputed champion at 168lbs, but having ignored the IBF’s demands to fight their number-one contender William Scull to instead…

Victory over Derek Chisora could lead to a rematch between Joe Joyce and Daniel Dubois. Joyce, 38, on Saturday evening fights Chisora at London’s O2 Arena in an attempt to revive his career. Successive stoppages by Zhilei Zhang have transformed his reputation from the heavyweight…

The junior-middleweight fight between Charles Conwell and Khiary Gray has been confirmed as the chief support to Serhii Bohachuk-Vergil Ortiz Jr on August 10. They will compete over 10 rounds at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, before Bohachuk and Ortiz Jr contest Bohachuk’s WBC…

Zhilei Zhang has confirmed that the rematch clause for a fight with Joseph Parker is still active and that he intends to exercise it. Zhang and Parker fought earlier in 2024 in Saudi Arabia when the New Zealander won, despite being dropped twice. Zhang, 41,…

Chloe Watson will defend her European flyweight title against Jasmina Zapotoczna on the undercard of Thomas Essomba-Charlie Edwards on September 27. Watson, 24 and trained by Ricky Hatton, became champion in December when she outpointed Justine Lallemand, and in Poland’s Zapotoczna will be confronting her…

There’s a viral clip making the rounds featuring the divisive political party leader Nigel Farage shouting down hecklers with a riposte of “boring, boring, boring.” And at the risk of drawing the same reaction, it’s worth looking ahead to Saturday’s heavyweight clash between the…

Professional boxers are allowed to compete in the Olympics primarily due to a rule change implemented in 2016 by the International Boxing Association (AIBA). The first notable professional to compete was former titleholder Hassan N’Dam, who not only failed to medal but also lost his…

Claressa Shields looked strong, fast and happy on Wednesday afternoon as she went through a media workout ahead of her fight with WBC heavyweight titleholder Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, which takes place in Detroit on Saturday. In an interview published earlier this week on BoxingScene, Shields,…