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Lots of fighters talk about making changes to their preparation after suffering their first defeat but, generally, that involves moving a few miles down the road to a new trainer or employing a new dietician or strength and conditioning guru. Campbell Hatton decided to…

Tim Tszyu struggled to remember what had happened in the ring with Bakhram Murtazaliev at the conclusion of what could prove the most damaging night of his career. The Australian was dropped four times by the IBF junior-middleweight champion at the Caribe Royale in…

The heavyweight division has been white-hot over the last year, largely thanks to Saudi Arabia’s investment in boxing. Riyadh Season has already hosted eight showcase cards over the last year around the world, with another one set for December 21. Oleksandr Usyk, Tyson…

Bakhram Murtazaliev described Tim Tszyu as a “real man” after watching him bravely and recklessly attempt to trade with him throughout the process of suffering four knockdowns and a defeat inside three rounds. The Russian made the first defence of his IBF junior-middleweight title…

An attempt to be undisputed in a fistic sport such as boxing is tantamount to seeking greatness. That was what Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol had in mind when they went head-to-head last Saturday. Beterbiev and Bivol needed that fight to cement their legacies…

Tim Tszyu’s world-title dreams were crushed when he was clinically stopped in three dramatic rounds by the IBF junior-middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. The Australian, 29, was fighting for the first time since the occasion of his first defeat,…

Australia’s Cesar Mateo Tapia and Endry Saavedra of Venezuela fought to the most entertaining of majority draws Saturday in the first non-pay-per-view fight of Premier Boxing Champions’ broadcast deal with Amazon Prime. The middleweight contest, matched largely because the main event at the Caribe…

The junior middleweight division of yesterday, when Jermell Charlo was around, was a lot of fun. The junior middleweight division of today is also a lot of fun – and that is partly because Charlo is no longer around. For several entertaining years, the…

Tim Tszyu lost for the first time when in March, in Las Vegas against Sebastian Fundora, a significant cut in his scalp contributed to him recording a split-decision defeat. On Saturday at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida, the 29-year-old and Bakhram Murtazaliev contest…