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Matchroom have announced the next dates in the careers of world title hopefuls Diego Pacheco, Rocky Hernandez and Dalton Smith. Super-middleweight contender Pacheco will face former title challenger Maciej Sulecki at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 31, while Hernandez meets Thomas Mattice in Hermosillo on Friday, September…

Matchroom has announced the next dates in the careers of world title hopefuls Diego Pacheco, Rocky Hernandez and Dalton Smith. Super middleweight contender Pacheco will face former title challenger Maciej Sulecki at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, while Hernandez meets…

South African Lerato Dlamini and Japan’s Tomoki Kameda will meet in a rematch on August 24 in Osaka, Japan, in an eliminator to determine the IBF’s No. 1 featherweight. “It's signed and sealed,” confirmed Dlamini’s manager and trainer Colin Nathan.  Dlamini (pictured), who…

6. DRUG ENFORCEMENT There is little point in taking any steps if arguably the most important one of all – the implementation of an effective and universal drug testing system – is not among them.  Boxing is perceived as the most dangerous sport…

Stephen "Breadman" Edwards takes a look at this week's big news, including looking at the future of Boots Ennis, Canelo's next steps, a look at the best fighters today and the topic of PEDs. Hey Bread, hope you’re well. Imagine a world…

Having been within touching distance of accomplishing a lifelong dream, Nathan Heaney must steel himself for the mental battle of going back over old ground on July 20.  In March, Heaney went into the first defense of his British middleweight title against Brad Pauls…

Spanish featherweight Cristobal Lorente (19-0-1) won the European title with a hard-fought points win over defending champion Mauro Forte (20-1-2) in the headliner of OPI since 82's show in the Albanian capital. The judges had it 115-112, 114-113 and 114-114.  Forte suffered a bad…

Junior lightweight Haven Brady Jr. brought the heat in his first headliner at 22-years-old, blazing through OTX 9 Summa Bash in his home state of Georgia.  Brady dominated Jesus Vasquez Jr. at the Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta on Friday night, securing an eight-round…

Eduardo "Rocky" Hernandez, the exciting super-featherweight contender, has decided to continue his career with Matchroom. Hernandez (35-2 32 KOs) returned to winning ways with a thriller in May in Aguascalientes with fellow Mexican Daniel Lugo, stopping Lugo in the seventh round of an all-out war.…