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Ahead of what could be a great “Latino Night” of boxing, Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez is keen on making history against Chris Billam-Smith. Mexico’s Ramirez, 33, will have his WBA cruiserweight title on the line when he takes on WBO titleholder Billam-Smith of England. The…

Former light heavyweight king Roy Jones Jr. has called for an immediate rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol after Beterbiev eked out a majority decision win on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Jones, who won the 175-pound undisputed championship in 1999, believes the undisputed…

Pick It: Bakhram Murtazaliev vs. Tim Tszyu When to Watch: Saturday, October 19 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (1 a.m. BST) How to watch: Amazon’s Prime Video Why to Watch: The junior middleweight division is intriguing, full of talent, and continuing to take…

Dmitry Bivol’s team expressed frustration with the judges' scorecards after he lost a majority decision to Artur Beterbiev on Saturday night at Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia, a result that crowned Beterbiev as the undisputed light heavyweight champion. The judges scored the bout 114-114,…

Sam Gilley will defend his Commonwealth title against Liverpool’s Jack McGann at London’s York Hall on Friday night. Until last week, Gilley, 17-1 (8 KOs) had been preparing to renew hostilities with Louis Greene but ‘The Medway Mauler’ was forced to withdraw due to…

British super middleweight champion, Callum Simpson, believes that Ben Whittaker found ‘an easy way out’ of his light heavyweight fight with Liam Cameron in Riyadh on Saturday.  Whittaker was in the midst of his most serious test as a professional when he and Cameron…

Each sport has its own set of unspoken rules, customs that are not to be violated lest you reveal yourself as a pretender or mere casual fan, but no code requires a morality check like that of boxing. With little regard for the sheer bravery…

Junto Nakatani, one of the best fighters in the world, retained his WBC bantamweight crown and stayed on course for possibly the biggest fight in Japanese history, against Naoya Inoue, with a sixth-round stoppage victory of Filipino Petch Sor Chitpattna. The defending champion, from Sagamihara…

In an excellent fight, South Africa’s unbeaten Phumelele Cafu won the WBO super flyweight championship, scoring a fifth-round knockdown on his way to a contentious split decision win over Kosei Tanaka. It was a brilliant battle. Tanaka looked heartbroken by the end, although he had…