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The World Boxing Association Thursday ordered undisputed junior-featherweight champion Naoya Inoue to next meet the sanctioning body’s mandatory challenger, former unified champion Murodjon “M.J.” Akhmadaliev. By virtue of his standing as a four-division and two-time undisputed champion, Japan’s Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) is squarely…

The European Boxing Union (EBU) held its annual General Assembly last weekend in Tbilisi, Georgian Republic. The EBU female title will now be called the Enza Jacoponi title to honor its General Secretary. Jacoponi began in her current position in 1990 and is worthy…

IBF cruiserweight belt holder Jai Opetaia wants the winner of Saturday’s WBO cruiserweight title fight between champion Chris Billam-Smith and challenger Richard Riakporhe. On May 18 the unbeaten Opetaia won the IBF belt for a second time by defeating Latvia’s Mairis Briedis in Saudi…

Zak Chelli will defend his British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles against unbeaten mandatory challenger Callum Simpson on Aug. 3 at Oakwell Stadium in Barnsley, England. Chelli (15-2-1, 7 KOs), 26, of London, will be making his first defense of the titles he claimed…

For eight years, Liam Paro’s life was consumed not by boxing but rugby league. Yes, the same rugby league that can often be confused with watching a car crash. Over and over and over again. “Look, there’s a lot less injuries in boxing,…

Junior lightweight contender Andres Cortes favors Gervonta “Tank” Davis to defeat Frank Martin, even predicting that Davis will win via knockout. Cortes will fight Abraham Nova on June 21 at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas in a 10-round bout, while Davis is set to face…

LAS VEGAS – Oleksandr Gvozdyk has summoned the courage of his Ukrainian countrymen, the momentum of his peers’ success and his own redemptive energy to reach Saturday night’s critical co-main event against unbeaten David Benavidez in the MGM Grand’s historic 100th championship card. Former…

Leonard Ellerbe has resigned from his position as CEO of Mayweather Promotions and will be succeeded by former Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced Thursday. In a message posted to Mayweather’s Instagram social media account, the undefeated five-division champion and…

Prenice Brewer and Terrell Gausha were part of the "Fab Five"— not the famous Michigan college basketball team and most certainly not The Beatles — but a standout amateur boxing program put together by Renard Safo in Cleveland, Ohio. The group included Brewer, Gausha, Willie…