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The boogeyman has been busted.  Puerto Rican tour de force Subriel Matias fell flat in his homecoming and Matchroom Boxing debut against the upset-minded Australian Liam Paro on Saturday night. After forcing corner stoppages against his previous five opponents, Matias (20-2, 20 KOs)…

LAS VEGAS – Frank Martin apologized to his team post-fight, having come up short and been stopped in eight rounds by Gervonta Davis. Detroit’s Martin lost for the first time in his career, at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand, with the southpaw 18-1 (12 KOs).…

It has taken Steed Woodall 10 years to become an overnight sensation but after stunning the previously unbeaten Lerrone Richards on Friday night, the super middleweight is determined that the remainder of his career will occur on center stage.  Woodall, 19-2-1 (12 KOs), turned…

Shane McGuigan targeted unification fights with Gilberto Ramirez, Noel Mikaelian and Jai Opetaia after watching Chris Billam-Smith produce what he considered the finest performance of his career to defeat Richard Riakporhe on Saturday evening. After suggestions that his victory in December over Mateusz Masternak showed…

Dan Azeez’s career stalled when on Saturday, over eight rounds at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park, he drew with Hrvoje Sep of Croatia. In his previous fight, against his friend Joshua Buatsi in February, over 12 competitive rounds via unanimous decision he suffered his first professional…

His former sparring partner Dan Azeez doesn’t believe the “meticulous” Artur Beterbiev would have agreed to the new date of October 12 for his fight with Dmitrii Bivol unless they were certain he would be fully prepared.  The IBF, WBO and WBC light-heavyweight champion…

Jack Massey came through some testing periods to unseat the Commonwealth cruiserweight champion Isaac Chamberlain and to win the vacant European title on Saturday night at Selhurst Park, home of Crystal Palace FC. The Joe Gallagher-trained 31-year-old, from Cheshire, had only lost to Richard…

Before his fight with Ezra Arenyeka, Ben Whittaker promised to make an example of the previously little-known Nigerian.  Annoyed by the way Arenyeka talked his way into the fight, Whittaker declared that he would use the occasion to demonstrate the consequences of challenging him…

LAS VEGAS – It’s as if Gervonta Davis has one of those plastic kitchen timers running through his head. As he winds it to a start, he goes through his routine. Sees the opening. Downloads the information. Sets free his damaging punches. And then…