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Whether or not Conor Benn knowingly took clomiphene, a hormone and metabolic modulator which can increase testosterone levels, is by now a secondary concern to the mind-boggling timeline of events that followed its discovery in his system.  BoxingScene understands that Benn, more than two…

The moving target of David Benavidez’s next fight has seemingly finally settled into sight, with an official connected to his showdown with fellow unbeaten light-heavyweight David Morrell telling BoxingScene Wednesday that the bout will occur February 1 as a Prime Video pay-per-view from T-Mobile Arena…

The cruiserweight division has long been a sort of way station for boxers moving on toward the bigger fighters and opportunities available at heavyweight. Of course, Evander Holyfield and Oleksandr Usyk each went from being the undisputed cruiserweight champion to accomplishing the same feat…

Guillermo Rigondeaux, the former multi-division titleholder, knocked out Dannis Aguero on Tuesday night at E11EVEN Nightclub in Miami, Florida, in a junior featherweight bout. Rigondeaux, 44, a two-time Olympic gold medalist from the 2000 and 2004 Games, floored Aguero with a body shot in…

Italian promoter Rosanna Conti Cavini won today's purse bids in Rome for the fight for the vacant EBU silver title between Eduard Giustini (17-3) and Pezhman Seifkhani (17-1, pictured), both national champions in their respective countries. RCC bid 8,100 Euro while Swedish Fight Life…

A potential slugfest is brewing under the surface of Saturday night’s “Latino Night” as junior welterweight puncher Oscar Duarte faces Batyr Akhmedov, a late replacement for Duarte’s original opponent, Kenneth Sims Jnr. The two will clash in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with DAZN broadcasting the…

Shakur Stevenson has described the much-anticipated slugfest between Terence “Bud” Crawford and Jaron “Boots” Ennis as the fight he doesn’t want to see happen. Crawford, 37, has yet to announce his next opponent after snatching Israil Madrimov’s WBA junior middleweight title in August. Crawford,…

Dalton Smith may have to move on from his long-planned EBU title fight with Jon Fernandez but the undefeated junior welterweight is determined to remain positive.  The vacant title fight with Fernandez, 26-3 (22 KOs), was initially scheduled for September but Smith was ruled…

Chris Billam-Smith’s trainer, Shane McGuigan, has described the night that the Bournemouth man was crowned WBO cruiserweight champion as ‘the proudest moment as a coach.’ In May 2023, Billam-Smith condensed years of determination and desire into 12 gritty rounds of concentration and hard work…