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In Las Cruces, New Mexico, five-year-old Joscelyn Olayo-Munoz discovered boxing in her living room with stepdad Danny Melendrez, a boxing coach since 2002. Under Melendrez’s guidance, Olayo-Munoz embraced the sport, dedicating herself to becoming a rising star on Team USA. Balancing school and boxing…

Lightweight Omar Salcido revived his career by stopping Chris Colbert in nine rounds Wednesday night at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida. Two fights ago at the same venue, Salcido had lost for the first time when he was dropped by…

Tsendbaatar Erdenebat edged closer to a shot at a junior lightweight title when he earned his 11th professional victory via a unanimous decision over Francy Fortunato on Wednesday at the ProBox Event Center in Plant City, Florida. Erdenebat, 11-0 (5 KOs), imposed a high…

Robert Garcia has refused to call Artur Beterbiev’s narrow victory over Dmitry Bivol a robbery, despite scoring the fight in favor of the latter. The majority decision win over Beterbiev, 21-0 (20), won against Bivol, 23-1 (12), in their undisputed 175-pound championship in Riyadh,…

Joshua James Pagan is set to face Haskell Rhodes in a 10-round lightweight bout Friday at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as part of the “Big Time Boxing Puerto Rico” event. The co-feature will showcase Argentina’s Juan Carrillo in the…

Former world heavyweight champion and 1996 Olympic gold medalist Wladimir Klitschko has thrown his support behind World Boxing and its president, Boris van der Vorst, in their efforts to keep boxing in the Olympic Games. In a 39-second video, Klitschko, a Ukrainian boxing legend,…

Junior middleweight titleholder Bakhram Murtazaliev has maintained a low profile leading up to his showdown with Tim Tszyu in PBC Championship Boxing on Prime Video on Saturday at the Caribe Royale Resort, Orlando, Florida. But one thing brought out the talkative side of Murtazaliev…

Alexandre Gaumont will look to keep his unbeaten record intact as the Canadian middleweight takes on Andres Viera in the main event, which will be broadcast in the United States on ESPN+.  The event, held at Casino Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec, is another Thursday…

Alexandre Gaumont will look to keep his unbeaten record intact as the Canadian middleweight takes on Andres Viera in the main event, which will be broadcast in the United States on ESPN+.  The event, held at Casino Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec, is another Thursday…