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The IBF have given Daniel Dubois, their heavyweight belt-holder, permission to make a voluntary defense after confirming that the deadline for a mandatory defense is April 22, 2025.  It was expected that Dubois would again battle Anthony Joshua, whom he stopped in four rounds last…

One of the world’s foremost neurologists has paid tribute to the former middleweight champion Paul Pender for the role he has played in advancing knowledge about brain trauma and the disease it causes. Dr Ann McKee, who works out of Boston University, has played…

Junior bantamweight John Ramirez is working tirelessly to come back stronger from his only career loss to Fernando David Jimenez last June. Los Angeles’ Ramirez, 28, lost a 12-round unanimous decision to 32-year-old Jimenez of Costa Rica for the vacant WBA junior bantamweight championship.…

It is Monday lunchtime of fight week and Liam Davies is on his way to record a head-to-head interview with Shabaz Masoud, the man he defends his IBO junior featherweight title against on Saturday night.  Some fighters would balk at the idea of filming…

German Universum Box Promotion, headed by Ismail Otto-Oezen, has signed a deal with DAZN, writes BILD.  The deal is for six shows beginning December 12 at the Universum event at the Grand Elysee Hotel in Hamburg in conjunction with WBC Convention held at the same hotel.…

Team USA went undefeated Sunday evening at the 2024 World Boxing U19 Championships, improving to 3-0 in Pueblo, Colorado. Two boxers debuted for Team USA, including Laila Zakirova (Staten Island, New York), who boxed in the 51kg class and defeated Xian Baguhin of the…

Regis Prograis has indicated he might yet carry on with his professional boxing career. After his decision loss to Jack Catterall in Manchester, England, on Saturday, the former two-time world champion from New Orleans indicated that his future might lie elsewhere and suggested he…

Already a pound-for-pound fixture and a top attraction who has helped uplift boxing’s lower weight classes with several landmark wins, junior bantamweight titleholder Jesse Rodriguez – only 24 and with a full, brilliant career still seemingly ahead of him – would be the pride of…

It’s official: Fighters who use cannabis products will no longer be accused of doping violations in Nevada. That much had been true since 2021, when the Nevada Athletic Commission said it would no longer punish fighters who used cannabis unless they showed…