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WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani and Vincent Astrolabio went head-to-head after making weight, with Astrolabio pointing at the belt he hopes to take home. Nakatani will be making the second defense of his 118lbs title after winning it with a brutal 12th-round knockout of Andrew…

UK Anti-Doping and SAN, the professional boxing federation in Finland, has suspended the heavyweight Robert Helenius (32-5) for two years after he tested positive for the banned substance clomiphene. It was at the weigh-in on Aug. 11, 2023, in a test conducted by the Voluntary…

UK Anti-Doping and SAN, the professional boxing federation in Finland, has suspended the heavyweight Robert Helenius (32-5) for two years after he tested positive for the banned substance clomiphene. It was at the weigh-in on August 11, 2023 that Helenius tested positive. The following day…

Alexis Rocha and Santiago Dominguez made the 147lbs welterweight limit ahead of their fight at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Both fighters also remained respectful at Thursday’s weigh-in. They fight on Friday night. Rocha fights to return to the WBO’s number-one spot, having lost…

Charlie Edwards is to fight Thomas Essomba for the European bantamweight title on September 27 at York Hall. The 31 year old relaunched his career in April with a convincing victory over Georges Ory at the same venue. On that night his younger brother Sunny…

A fan-friendly junior featherweight firefight should be in store when former world title challenger Azat Hovhannisyan and up-and-coming prospect David Picasso meet on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s exhibition match against John Gotti III on Aug. 24. The 12-round all-action pitting between Hovhannisyan…

All it took was one night for Devin Haney’s career to be turned upside down. Heading into his April 20 showdown versus Ryan Garcia, Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) was rated among the world’s best – an undefeated former undisputed lightweight champion who…

First came the fight, and then Keyshawn Davis weighed in. That’s the new order of business in boxing today, and unbeaten lightweight contender Davis – a 2020 U.S. Olympic silver medalist – maximized the tactic Saturday night after watching his Top Rank stablemate and…

Mickey Bey is dedicating much of his time to training emerging flyweight “King” David Garcia, 16. Garcia recently turned pro last weekend in Mexicali, Mexico, stopping Jorge de Lara Malo (2-18), 32, of Mexico in the first round. Bey, a former world titleholder…