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The British and Commonwealth super-featherweight title fight between Reece Bellotti and Michael Gomez Jnr has been cancelled little over an hour before it was scheduled to start. Bellotti-Gomez Jnr had represented the chief support to Jack Catterall-Regis Prograis at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester…

Bob Santos doesn’t believe Tim Tszyu should be judged by his stoppage defeat by Bakhram Murtazaliev. The trainer is optimistic that Tszyu will come back stronger and reign as champion again. Australia’s Tszyu suffered a second successive loss to Murtazaliev of Russia earlier in…

Omar Trinidad from Boyle Heights, California, steps into his first 12-round fight against Argentina’s Hector Sosa on Saturday at Commerce Casino in Commerce, California. Trinidad, 28, weighed in at 125.8lbs. Sosa, 29, hit 125lbs — one pound under the featherweight limit. Trinidad holds a…

In this week’s mailbag, highly-regarded coach Stephen “Breadman” Edwards has more reflections on Beterbiev-Bivol, having rewatched the fight, he ponders what is next and what went wrong for Tim Tszyu and answers questions about, among other topics, Stephen Fulton and Kyrone Davis. Hello Breadman,If you…

It’s been more than three decades since Tom Loeffler got into boxing. But Loeffler, as with everyone else working on the business side of the sweet science, cannot rest solely on his past accomplishments. He’s constantly looking toward the future. Loeffler, who heads up…

Former British middleweight champion and world title challenger Denzel Bentley is circling for another big fight. Bentley has taken just two rounds to stop his last two opponents, the 16-1-1 Danny Dignum and 13-1 Derrick Osaze, and he is ranked No. 2 by the…

The potential fight between legendary Manny Pacquiao and Mario Barrios could be on the rocks, according to Barrios’ trainer Bob Santos. Barrios, 29, of San Antonio, has a date with Abel Ramos for the WBC welterweight championship on the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul undercard at…

At 41 years of age, Pablo Valdez is proving that age is just a number. Valdez is set to face Eudy Bernardo in an eight-round welterweight bout on November 9 at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. Valdez, 7-0 (6 KOs), is…

To live on the streets of Bukom in Accra, John Laryea had to defy orders from his parents to follow a boxing dream at age nine. It was not an easy decision for the youngster who endured hardship in the fishing community of Bukom…