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Shakur Stevenson deserves more love than he’s receiving, says Tim Smith, the longtime boxing writer who has since worked for many years as the vice president of communications at Haymon Sports. (Al Haymon, a longtime boxing adviser, is the founder of Premier Boxing Champions.)…

Terence Crawford believes that he's had tougher fights than Israil Madrimov after edging past the Uzbek to claim a junior middleweight belt. Crawford took on Madrimov at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles (August 3) in an attempt to conquer a fourth weight division after…

As we head into the medal rounds of the boxing tournaments at the Paris Olympics, here are the major storylines and talking points from the quarter finals. Khelif overcomes controversy to secure victory Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, embroiled in controversy over the…

Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz’s proposed rematch with Gervonta “Tank” Davis appears to be on the rocks after Cruz was neutralized by Jose Valenzuela on Saturday at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Cruz ( 26-3-1, 18 KOs), who lost his junior welterweight title to Valenzuela…

Just after recording an upset win over heavyweight prospect Jared Anderson on Saturday, Martin Bakole said he prefers to next fight either the winner of December’s Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury rematch or Michael Hunter, in their own rematch. Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs), of the Democratic…

LOS ANGELES – Terence Crawford belongs among a special class now that he ranks as a four-division champion with Saturday night’s tightly contested unanimous-decision victory over World Boxing Association junior-middleweight champion Israil Madrimov. But as the facial swelling, the late-fight corner panic and the…

As the hours and minutes ticked down ahead of arguably the most important fight of Terence Crawford’s career, very few doubts surrounded the proceedings. No one, for instance, doubted whether Crawford, a three-division champion aspiring for a title in a fourth weight class, had…

Terence Crawford defeated Israil Madrimov in a tactical bout, securing a unanimous decision victory after 12 rounds to win the WBA junior middleweight title at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.  (Photos: Mark Robinson / Matchroom Boxing) Jose Valenzuela…

This was a nip and tuck fight all the way, with 4 or less landed punches separating the combatants in 11 of the 12 rounds. Crawford threw 158 more punches than Madrimov, but that only translated into 11 more punches landed. Crawford landed 21 more…