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The promotional bandwagon rolled into Liverpool yesterday (August 21) as the build-up began for Nick Ball’s WBA featherweight title defense against Ronny Rios.  As Ball and his Everton Red Triangle gym mate, British and Commonwealth bantamweight champion, Andrew Cain, were whisked away to speak…

Erislandy Lara is known for his boxing ability, especially for being so difficult to hit – but Danny Garcia says that’s nothing new for him. “I fight Philly fighters – as slick as it can get,” Garcia, the former lineal junior welterweight champion and…

Stephen Fulton Jr could have passed for a casual observer rather than one of the guests of honor at a media event in Philadelphia. He appeared to purposely keep a low profile, seemingly content to remain in silence. The event, held to promote Fulton’s…

Sunny Edwards believes his brother Charlie has discovered the “perfect” trainer in Stephen Smith ahead of his fight in September with Thomas Essomba, who he continues to manage. The 31-year-old Charlie Edwards challenges Essomba for his European bantamweight title on September 27 at London’s…

The gold medal won by Algeria’s Imane Khelif in the women’s welterweight competition at the just-concluded 2024 Paris Olympic Games has brought a slew of ill-informed, hot-button-pushing critics out of the woodwork. But she now has at least one new ally. Khelif was…

In a city rich with fighting spirit, super middleweight Thomas O'Toole is aiming to become Boston's next sports legend and  maybe the city's fifth sports team, not unlike Marvin Hagler before him. The undefeated 26-year-old  Irishman, O’Toole (10-0, 7 KOs), will step into the…

Danny Garcia’s upcoming middleweight title fight with Erislandy Lara – on the Sept. 14 pay-per-view undercard to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga – will be the first time the Philadelphian steps into the ring in more than 25 months, dating back to his July…

David Benavidez will return to the ring Dec. 14 in a bout intended to keep him sharp and in posit ion for a 2025 date against the winner of the upcoming undisputed light-heavyweight championship, Benavidez promoter Sampson Lewkowicz told BoxingScene Thursday. Crypto.com Arena in…

Vergil Ortiz Jr. proved much by going the distance with a hellacious fighter like Serhii Bohachuk, overcoming the brutal scorecard effects of two flash knockdowns and winning the championship rounds even though he’d never been to the 10th round in his career. In his…