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Flyweight Juan Carlos Camacho climbed off the canvas twice to earn a split decision victory over Jayson Mama on Wednesday at Coliseo Alcalde Marcelo Trujillo Panisse in Humacao, Puerto Rico. The scores were 96-92 for Mama and 96-92 and 95-93 for Camacho.…

It has been 50 years since the “Rumble in the Jungle,” and we’re still talking about it. There have been books written about it (Norman Mailer’s “ The Fight” ), films made about it (“ When We Were Kings” ) and countless recounting of the…

It will likely be the most anticipated fight of 2025, and so Oscar De La Hoya has floated one of the biggest names out there as a potential opponent for the comeback fight of Ryan Garcia. On “X,” De La Hoya said two-division and…

Talk about timing. As the political world has reacted strongly this week to a Donald Trump-retained comedian calling Puerto Rico “garbage” during the former president’s Madison Square Garden rally, it just so happens the World Boxing Organization is staging its annual convention on the…

Lightweight Curmel Moton faces Bryan Mercado in a six-round bout promoted by former titleholder Danny Garcia’s Swift Promotions on November 30 at ACX1 Studios in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Moton, a protege of Floyd Mayweather, hails from Salt Lake City, Utah, but now resides…

O'Shaquie Foster realizes he can’t afford to cut it close in his clashes anymore. Judges' cards have been prominent in Foster’s last three contests, most recently against Robson Conceicao in July when a split decision cost him his WBC 130-pound belt.  Foster, 22-3…

Sportswriter Jerry Izenberg covered a golden age of heavyweight boxing and 50 years ago today, he spent nearly two weeks in Zaire, Africa, where he was ringside to witness the historic Rumble in the Jungle. Now 94 years of age, Izenberg recalls the event, the…

BELFAST – Padraig McCrory and Leonard Carillo met for the penultimate time today at the final press conference ahead of their bout at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The contest that will be televised live on ProBox TV, in association with…

Heavyweight great Lennox Lewis was so inspired by the Rumble in the Jungle, he went about his own way trying to emulate it. Muhammad Ali famously toppled the previously indestructible George Foreman in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Africa, 50 years ago…