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LAS VEGAS – If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. That’s the theory behind the planned September returns of both unbeaten Puerto Rican junior middleweight Xander Zayas and Brooklyn’s Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington to the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. Top Rank…

Subriel Matias defends his IBF World Junior-Welterweight title against Liam Paro “I want to thank my team, my manager and my promoter, Eddie Hearn, for accepting to do business with me. I’m delighted to be here because the last time I was here was 2019…

LAS VEGAS – Undisputed junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue is rebuffing a WBA order and will instead return to Japan for a September title defense, two officials familiar with the unbeaten fighter’s plans told BoxingScene on Friday. Neither official would confirm that Inoue’s next…

Both Subriel Matias and Liam Paro weighed in on the junior welterweight limit ahead of their clash for Matias’ IBF 140lbs title. Puerto Rican star Matias is 20-1 (20 KOs), while Australian challenger Paro is 24-0 (15 KOs). Paro, who this week told BoxingScene he…

Mandatory challenger David Benavidez has been pounding the table and pleading for a fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. But for now, he’ll have to settle for the next-best available option in Oleksandr Gvozdyk (20-1, 16 KOs), a former Alvarez sparring partner managed by the…

LAS VEGAS – Frank Martin is on the biggest stage of his life. He is almost through a Gervonta “Tank” Davis fight week and on the eve of the fight he has been building toward. The WBA lightweight title challenger has been fulfilling…

Richard Riakporhe has been preparing for Saturday’s rematch with Chris Billam-Smith for over 18 months. On Saturday at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park they contest Billam-Smith’s WBO cruiserweight title, aware that five years have passed since they previously fought. Riakporhe, like Billam-Smith aged 34, won via…

T he football European Championships are set to kick off in Germany on Friday night with a match that pits the hosts against Scotland and Manchester’s Macaulay McGowan is happy to represent the Scots when he challenges German Abass Baraou for the EBU junior middleweight…

LAS VEGAS – Carlos Adames’ only slip in the ring was against a crafty boxer, so as he heads to his first WBC middleweight title defense Saturday night, he embraces the assignment of another complex challenge. In Southern California’s Terrell Gausha, 36, Adames gets…