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For most fighters, the grind of training and competition leaves little time for leisure. But for junior middleweight Andreas Katzourakis, books provide a crucial escape and a source of inspiration, after he left his home in Greece in pursuit of a world title. Katzourakis,…

Tim Tszyu is prioritising a fight with the IBF junior-middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev over attempting to win over Turki Alalshikh, according to his promoter. The Australian, 29, hopes to fight Murtazaliev before the end of 2024, and should he do so and succeed he will…

After four years of hibernation, Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko has called it quits from the sport that made him a household name in Ghana. Agbeko, 44, announced his retirement from boxing in an interview with BoxingScene. “Yes, I’m retired. I decided to quit…

Former New England welterweight champion Mike “Bad Man” Ohan Jr. (19-2, 9 KOs) has stepped up once again, accepting an offer to fight undefeated, highly-touted prospect Abdullah Mason (14-0, 12 KOs), this Saturday night (Aug. 17) on a Top Rank card at Centre Videotron in…

You might think the idea of Alex Winwood challenging for a world title at 27 years old and with just four pro fights under his belt makes him a young man in a hurry, but the native of Bunbury, Australia, doesn’t see it that way.…

Within minutes, the frontrunners for Knockout of the Year and Fight of the Year transpired inside a 575-mile radius of the southwestern U.S. as Angelo Leo and Vergil Ortiz Jr. prevailed on an unexpected and fine night for boxing. Reflecting on those events on…

Vergil Ortiz Jr. deserved the decision over Serhii Bohachuk. He won more rounds. He spent more time in control than Bohachuk. And he showed some good boxing skills.  The two knockdowns he suffered were legitimate. But he recovered well from them – especially the…

There is no climax in sport as dramatic and violent as the one-punch knockout.  Angelo Leo was the latest orchestrator of such a finish when, on Saturday night, one fateful blow ripped Luis Alberto Lopez from consciousness in the 10 th round of…

They were born nine months apart, they turned pro three months apart, and they climbed the ranks simultaneously such that, as the 2010s gave way to the 2020s, these were indisputably the two most promising prospects in the welterweight division. Jaron “Boots” Ennis and…