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After receiving notice that he must defend his European junior featherweight title against Peter McGrail, British champion Dennis McCann has now also been ordered to defend his Lonsdale Belt against the 2020 Olympian. The 23-year-old McCann (16-0-1, 8 KOs) won the title in March…

Welterweight contender Rashidi Ellis will return against Brian Chaves on Oct. 25 at the Oceanside Events Center in Revere, Massachusetts. Ellis (24-1, 15 KOs), of Lynn, Massachusetts, and Argentina’s Chaves (14-5, 5 KOs) will headline a CES Boxing card dubbed “Halloween Knock Out,” which…

Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez recorded a controversial sixth-round technical decision win over Thomas Mattice in their scheduled 12-round junior lightweight contest Friday in Hermosillo, Mexico. The fight, which headlined a DAZN broadcast , saw referee Mark Calo-oy call off the fight just before…

Fresh off becoming a father for the first time, William Zepeda has set his sights on Tevin Farmer. Mexico’s Zepeda is billed to face the former IBF junior lightweight titleholder on Nov. 16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. According to Zepeda’s trainer, Jay “Panda” Najar,…

The ongoing battle with Father Time is not a fight Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is concerned about heading into his matchup against Edgar Berlanga on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Alvarez has been fighting professionally for nearly 20 years, racking up 65 fights and 496 rounds…

LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez is correct in saying that one of the trappings of his status as the world’s best-known fighter is that everyone is always asking who is next for him the second he dispatches an opponent. This time, with him standing…

While bad fight predictions are as common as bad decisions in boxing, rarely do you get the opportunity, as either a fan or journalist, to enter the confessional and confess your sins. Typically, in fact, a bad fight prediction is something you hope to quickly…

Edgar Berlanga will challenge Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for the world super middleweight championship inside Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena in one of the biggest events on the boxing calendar. Few are expecting him to win, and even his closest allies surely have doubts about his chances…

Edgar Berlanga will challenge Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for the world super middleweight championship inside Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena in one of the biggest events on the boxing calendar. Few are expecting him to win, and even his closest allies surely have doubts about his chances…