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Dmitry Salita, the promoter of undefeated junior middleweight Ardreal Holmes, is petitioning for his fighter to replace Tim Tszyu and land a coveted fight against undefeated contender Vergil Ortiz. On Thursday night, it was confirmed that injuries from Tszyu’s March 30 fight with…

The heavyweight matchup between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul set for July 20 in Arlington, Texas, has been postponed, the fight’s promoter has announced. In a statement released Friday, Most Valuable Promotions said that medical professionals have recommended that Tyson, the 57-year-old former heavyweight…

Deontay Wilder is ready to roll back the years and add Zhilei Zhang’s scalp to those of his previous 42 knockout victims. They meet in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night and the 37-year-old from Alabama is representing Matchroom’s team as the captain, adding importance…

An intriguing super welterweight fight between Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Tim Tszyu, originally announced for Aug. 3, fell through the cracks on Thursday when it was revealed that the forehead gash Tszyu sustained in his March loss against Sebastian Fundora had not healed as planned. …

Zhilei Zhang outweighed Deontay Wilder by almost 70lbs ahead of their fight in the Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia tomorrow (June 1) night. With 63 knockouts between them, their bout has captured the imagination more than any other on the 5 x 5 bill, that…

Often, when a late replacement is called upon they are rarely an improvement on the original opponent. Poor Malik Zinad was never going to be seen as an upgrade over the injured Artur Beterbiev. Zinad was tasked with the gig a month ago, ahead…

Filip Hrgovic is currently playing an important part in the Queensberry vs Matchroom ‘5 s 5’ pre-event hype machine but if you caught the 32-year-old Croatian in a quiet moment and if he was totally honest, he would probably admit that he couldn’t care less…

The IBF has stopped short of taking away Olekandr Usyk’s heavyweight title and instead labeled Saturday’s Filip Hrgovic-Daniel Dubois bout in Saudi Arabia a fight for its interim heavyweight title. As undisputed champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) waits out a medical suspension following his…

Headlining the event titled “Night of Champions” is a 10-round WBA Continental super lightweight title clash between Kevin Brown (4-0, 3 KOs) and Idalberto Umara (12-2, 8 KOs). In the eight-round heavyweight co-main event, Gurgen Hovhannisyan (5-0, 5 KOs) battles Luis Pascual (19-10, 17 KOs). All the action takes place at…