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Former junior lightweight titleholder Andrew Cancio made his return to the ring on Saturday night in Sonora, Mexico, delivering a knockout victory over Gustavo Molina in the sixth round. Cancio, 22-5-2 (17 KOs), dropped Molina, 24-27 (9 KOs), in both the first and second…

Public workouts are a necessary evil of modern boxing.  Yes, they are part of a late bid to attract attention to an event but, if they are honest, most fighters would rather do anything but hit pads in a shopping center when they are…

Miyo Yoshida credits her success to her close-knit team, led by manager Keith Sullivan, as she prepares to defend her IBF bantamweight title this Wednesday night at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.  The three-time, two-division world titleholder Yoshida 17-4…

I was largely disappointed in Artur Beterbiev’s performance against Dmitry Bivol on October 12. After the second round, in which Beterbiev looked reluctant to let anything go but his jab, I texted a friend: “I think this is going the distance, Beterbiev has barely thrown…

If Saturday night’s junior welterweight fight with Jack Catterall is a make or break night for Regis Prograis, the Louisianan has plenty of reasons for optimism.  For starters, the 35-year-old has always performed well against southpaws. Prograis, 29-2 (24 KOs), has beaten Jose Zepeda,…

Vladimir Shishkin's attorney has filed an appeal with the German boxing commission following the super middleweight's unanimous decision loss to William Scull in an IBF title fight on Saturday, according to the fighter's promiter, Dmitriy Salita. Although many observers considered scores from the fight to…

Thursday, October 17 To be around Tim Tszyu 48 hours before his most important fight is to understand why the contest with Sebastian Fundora unfolded as it did. It was at late notice in March when he agreed to fight Fundora, when an injury suffered…

Undefeated middleweight Amari Jones is emerging as one of the division’s top prospects, but he believes many of the bigger names view him as a “high-risk, low-reward” opponent. No matter - Jones is staying active. On August 30, he and his family’s Lion’s Den…

Norair Mikaeljan has withdrawn from his December 7 ordered WBC cruiserweight title defense against Ryan Rozicki, reports Jake Donovan. "Told that Noel Mikaeljan has once again withdrawn from ordered WBC cruiserweight title defense vs. Ryan Rozicki," Donovan reported on Monday in a post from his…