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WBC bantamweight titleholder Junto Nakatani will fight undefeated David Cuellar on February 24 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, according to a Top Rank announcement. The bout will be telecast on ESPN+ in the United States. The event will also feature WBA bantamweight…

Charles Conwell Jnr left home at 13 to establish a boxing career. Today, barely that many more years later, he is opening his own gym in Cleveland. His goal: to pass on all that he has learned along the way to young fighters who are…

WBO junior bantamweight, Mizuki Hiruta, will look to make the third defense of her title against Maribel “Pantera” Ramirez. This fight also serves as her U.S. debut and will take place January 17 at the Commerce Casino, in Commerce, California.  The 10-round title fight…

Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury II might not have been a heart-stopping fight, but it was a fight between the two best heavyweights in the world, which is exciting, and creates buzz and anticipation. Both fights were very tactical. Neither are candidates for the fight of…

Eric Priest returns to the ring on January 23 in Golden Boy Promotions’ first show of the New Year. Kansas-based middleweight prospect Priest, 26, meets Tennessee’s 20-2 (11 KOs) Tyler Howard over 10 rounds at the Commerce Casino and Hotel.  “Headlining under the Golden Boy…

When Bernard Hopkins was my age, he was not only still boxing professionally, but he was in fact winning light heavyweight unification fights. So I have no excuse. But the sad fact is, I am washed. A few weeks ago, I went to a…

In this week’s mailbag, every letter is about the heavyweights. We tackle Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, of course, but also one fighter from their undercard (Johnny Fisher), this era of heavyweights in general, and Claressa Shields’ upcoming fight for the women’s undisputed heavyweight championship.…

Venezuela’s Carlos Canizales was another victim of boxing’s infinitely flawed scoring system when he was judged a loser in his fight with Panya Pradabsri for the vacant WBC light flyweight title. Canizales appeared to be a comfortable winner after 12 rounds, and even pushed…

There has long been a sense with Daniel Dubois that we are watching him grow up in public, not only as a boxer but as a man. It should therefore come as no surprise when he experiences highs and lows and, in turn, comebacks and…