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Remember when DAZN was launched? For anyone who wasn’t involved, it was easy to be cynical in the face of promises of a full-blown broadcasting revolution that simply sounded too good to be true.  The name of the streaming channel didn’t exactly flow from…

Former heavyweight titleholder Charles Martin made a triumphant return after a 16-month layoff, stopping Matthew McKinney in the first round Saturday night at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California. The bout was promoted by Patrick Ragan’s Westside Promotions. Martin, 38, trapped the 43-year-old…

WBC belt-holder Kevin Lerena has offered Jake Paul a shot at his bridgerweight title after the YouTube star’s eight-round victory over 58-year-old Mike Tyson. Paul faced off with Tyson on Friday in one of the most highly anticipated boxing events of the last decade…

As he prepared to leave for battle, young boxing sensation Abdullah Mason took his cat, Sheba, and left her with friends. By the time Mason returned from thrilling the live crowd in Norfolk, Virginia, having come through a wild two-round Fight of the Year…

Chris Billam-Smith has spoken of his disappointment at losing his WBO cruiserweight title to Gilberto Ramirez, but praised his opponent for his class. Ramirez won a good if one-sided bout on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on points, adding Billam-Smith’s belt to his own…

The path that middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz will choose to fight for a world title seems to be becoming clearer, after he was withdrawn from purse bids today to fight Janibek Alimkhanuly. The Kazakh southpaw defeated New Zealand’s Andrei Mikhailovich last month but the man…

The path that middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz will choose to fight for a world title seems to be becoming clearer, after he was withdrawn from purse bids today to fight Janibek Alimkhanuly. The Kazakh southpaw defeated New Zealand’s Andrei Mikhailovich last month but the man…

Pick It: Brandon Adams vs. Andreas Katzourakis When to Watch: Saturday, November 22 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (1 a.m. GMT).  How to watch: DAZN Why to Watch: This is the finale of an eight-man junior middleweight tournament that began earlier…

Japanese veteran Kazuto Ioka will challenge an old rival, for his old belt, when he takes on Argentina’s WBA junior bantamweight titlist Fernando Martinez on December 31. The 12-round rematch is set for the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, five months after Martinez, then IBF…