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WBO welterweight titleholder Mikaela Mayer has offered to face Amanda Serrano if the latter isn’t able to secure a trilogy fight with Katie Taylor. Serrano, 36, of Puerto Rico, lost a unanimous decision to Taylor last Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The…

Once bitten at super middleweight, David Benavidez’s promoter says his fighter will not be left to drift without a title again as a light heavyweight. Sampson Lewkowicz said he has confirmed an existing policy will be enforced by the WBC and WBA for Benavidez…

Brian Norman Jnr’s rise to a titleholder came with a defining punch – a brutal left uppercut that knocked out Giovani Santillan in the 10th round of their San Diego brawl earlier this year to claim the WBO welterweight title.  The punch, hailed as…

The calendar allows it, but will the king? Unbeaten light heavyweights and recent super middleweights David Benavidez and David Morrell are staging a pay-per-view showdown on Feb. 1 in Las Vegas that would be the perfect hype-building event for the winner to face Canelo…

Last week, about 27 hours and 1,600 miles apart, two 58-year-old men who make a portion of their living in boxing commanded my attention. I shouldn’t have to tell you who one of the 58-year-olds in question was. On Friday night, the focus belonged…

Sometimes an impending deadline is the best catalyst for action. That proved to be true for the fight between WBA welterweight titleholder Eimantas Stanionis and mandatory challenger Shakhram Giyasov. After negotiations had failed to produce an agreement, the WBA was scheduled to hold…

Heavyweight prospect Pryce Taylor has signed a promotional deal with Dmitriy Salita and is set for his fifth professional outing on December 12 on the next edition of Big Time Boxing USA, airing live on DAZN. Taylor, who like his new promoter learned boxing…

Dennis McCann and Peter McGrail may train less than a mile apart in Liverpool, England, but in a month’s time the junior featherweights will be packing their bags and boarding flights to Saudi Arabia.   McCann, 16-0-1 (8 KOs), and McGrail, 10-1 (6 KOs), are…

Welsh Olympic star Lauren Price will defend her WBA welterweight title in Liverpool against Colombian contender Bexcy Mateus. If Price comes through, she will likely fight the bill-topper on the December 14 show at Liverpool’s Exhibition Centre, Natasha Jonas, who clashes with Ivana Habazin.…