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Just a week after suffering a one-sided second round TKO loss to Osleys Iglesias, Sena Agbeko thinks moving down to middleweight is the best way to go. Ghana’s Agbeko, 32, who fights out of Nashville, Tennessee, was taken care of by Iglesias of Cuba…

In 1998, a Japanese man, Tomoaki Hamatsu, or Nasubi (meaning “eggplant”), was locked in a tiny apartment, alone and naked, on the pretense that to escape all he had to do was enter a variety of mail-in sweepstakes in magazines until he won ¥1 million…

Trevor McCumby may regret labelling Caleb Plant a quitter ahead of their September 14 showdown. Plant is a former IBF super middleweight champion and has only lost twice in a 24-fight career that, in recent years, has been conducted at a level to which…

Bakhram Murtazaliev’s first junior middleweight world title defense against Tim Tszyu is both a step up — and a potential stepping stone. Murtazaliev (22-0, 16 KOs) has wanted Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs) since before the 31-year-old won the vacant IBF belt in early April,…

This week, BoxingScene reported that Welsh star Joe Cordina and trainer Tony Sims had amicably parted ways ahead of Cordina’s October 12 clash with Shakur Stevenson. Cordina, a two-time world champion, will now be training at the Ben Davison Performance Centre with Barry Smith…

Although Dalton Smith is out of his bill-topping fight with Jon Fernandez in Sheffield on September 28, promoter Matchroom Boxing is trying to make sure the show goes on. Smith, a junior welterweight prospect who is 16-0 (12 KOs), has been building his brand…

Despite speculation that lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis will return to the ring in November, there is still work to do before that date is finalized. ESPN has reported that the gifted 25-year-old Davis (11-0, 7 KOs), might fight Gustavo Lemos of Argentina (29-1, 19…

The newly crowned WBC interim super-welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus is reportedly planning a final fight to close out her long career. According to Norwegian publication NRK, Braekhus (38-2-1)  will fight on March 8, 2025 at the Unity Arena in Fornebu, Norway. The guest…

When Ronny Rios sat down to pick through the wreckage of his world title defeat to Murodjon Akhmadaliev in 2022, the Californian couldn’t muster the enthusiasm to pick up the pieces. Rios was heartbroken after the 12th round stoppage but his disappointment was compounded…