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Gervonta “Tank” Davis dismissed talk that he needs to face undefeated three-division champion Shakur Stevenson and that Stevenson poses any threat to his undefeated record. “What has Shakur done?” Davis said to a group of reporters following his press conference on Tuesday to promote his…

Gervonta “Tank” Davis may have been four hours and 28 minutes late for his originally scheduled press conference on Tuesday. But if he follows through on his surprising announcement to retire at the end of 2025, Davis may have only a handful of press conferences…

Richardson Hitchins is solely focused on fighting IBF junior welterweight titleholder Liam Paro on Saturday in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  If Hitchins (18-0, 7 KOs) beats Paro (25-0, 15 KOs), a slew of other big fights would suddenly become available to him.  Once…

“After next year, I’m out of it,” Gervonta Davis said on Tuesday evening, indicating he plans to retire at the end of 2025. Before that he will presumably face old amateur rival Lamont Roach on March 1 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York. …

The earliest Terence Crawford could return to the squared circle will be in May 2025, Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority in Saudi Arabia, said on the Ariel x Ade Show on Tuesday. Alalshikh joined the show, which is hosted…

The carousel of contenders who emerged for Vergil Ortiz Jnr’s next fight featured plenty of top fighters far and wide, but eventually, it was Israil Madrimov who was the winner and got the chance to face the knockout artist on February 22 in Saudi Arabia. …

Renowned trainer Bob Santos has ruled out a possible rematch between Mario Barrios and Abel Ramos, saying they’re looking in a different direction. Santos, who trains WBC 147-pound champion Barrios, told BoxingScene that his camp believes they won the fight against Ramos last month,…

Junior welterweight prospect Adam Azim takes another step-up boxing’s ladder on February 1 when he takes on former IBF champion Sergey Lipinets. BoxingScene first reported the bout yesterday but it was confirmed today that former European champion Azim, 22, who scored an eighth-round…

This is hardly an original observation, but it is nonetheless a remarkable reality that would be true of very few boxers in history: you could divide Manny Pacquiao’s boxing career into two distinct halves — from 1995-2008, before he went fully mainstream by beating Oscar…