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Shakur Stevenson is a champion – but not an attraction – according to boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions. “Beautiful style. Great technique. Has the punching power. Has the chin. But he needs the confidence to fight,” De La Hoya…

In the days before the Aug. 3 Los Angeles card headlined by the Terence Crawford-Israil Madrimov junior middleweight title fight, the man who helped stage it – Saudi Arabia’s boxing power broker Turki Alalshikh – announced that the show had sold out . …

Super middleweight contender Christian Mbilli will take a serious step up in competition on Saturday night when he faces Sergiy Derevyanchenko at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Canada, on ESPN. Mbilli (27-0, 23 KOs) will fight for the third time this year. In…

Former unified junior featherweight titleholder Stephen Fulton Jr. will face Carlos Castro in a featherweight bout, which will headline a three-fight preliminary undercard leading into the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga PBC Pay-Per-View on Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The three-bout prelims…

Junior middleweight Vito Mielnicki Jr. is targeting a high-profile fight with fellow Top Rank fighter Xander Zayas after securing a second-round disqualification victory over Laszlo Toth on Saturday in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mielnicki (19-1, 12 KOs), 22, knocked down Toth, prompting Toth’s father, Laszlo…

If anybody was going to understand the frustration of Shakur Stevenson in the aftermath of his much-maligned WBC lightweight title defense against Artem Harutyunyan in July, it was always going to be Andre Ward.  Aside from the fact Stevenson considers Ward one of his…

Has Devin Haney been damaged by those three knockdowns he suffered in the infamous no-contest against the performance-enhanced Ryan Garcia, or is he the same, unaffected version of the former undisputed lightweight and unbeaten 140lbs champion? The curiosity over Haney’s career is more compelling…

The standout news from the latest British Boxing Board of Control championship circular was the confirmation that a deal has been reached for Fabio Wardley, 17-0-1 (16 KOs), to defend his British heavyweight title against Frazer Clarke, 8-0-1 (6 KOs) in a rematch. …

Former WBA 140lbs champion Rolando “Rolly” Romero is hoping to deliver a statement victory when he returns to action next month. Romero lost his crown to Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz in March in Las Vegas, but starts his road back on September 14 at the T-Mobile Arena…