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CANASTOTA – It is always tough to know where to start the Saturday of International Boxing Hall of Fame weekend, with the crowds splitting between the museum grounds and the local High School, which houses the autograph and memorabilia show. Lamon Brewster and Ray Mercer…

Arnold Barboza (30-0, 11 KOs) couldn’t help but chuckle when he saw on social media that Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn revealed that he sent an offer to Golden Boy Promotions for him to fight Jack Catterall (29-1, 13 KOs). Catterall is coming off of his…

Michael Hunter (23-1-2, 16 KOs), 35, secured a unanimous decision victory over Cassius Chaney (23-2, 16 KOs), 36, on Friday night as part of the Adrien Broner-Blair Cobbs fight card in Florida. Hunter, who remains undefeated at heavyweight, frequently pays tribute to his late father,…

Daniel “Chucky” Barrera faced the toughest challenge of his career in his first eight-round fight, overcoming Christian Robles in a close unanimous decision win Friday at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. The 22-year-old Barrera (7-0-1, 4 KOs) emerged victorious, earning scores…

William Zepeda is set to meet Giovanni Cabrera next month, in what Golden Boy president Eric Gomez admits could be a hard test. Zepeda swamped Maxi Hughes last time out, in April, stopping the overwhelmed Englishman in four rounds. On July 6, at…

At 21, Xander Zayas doesn’t have to fight like a world champion at this point in his career. What he accomplished Saturday night by effectively pitching a shutout against a former world champion, by filling the Madison Square Garden Theater on a New York…

With the eyes of the great four-division champion Naoya Inoue watching from ringside, Bruce Carrington displayed the depth of his boxing IQ Saturday night by recording an eighth-round TKO of replacement opponent Brayan De Gracia at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.…

Junior welterweight Delante "Tiger" Johnson defeated Tarik Zaina via unanimous decision Saturday at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Johnson (13-0, 6 KOs), a 2020 U.S. Olympian, utilized his defense as a key component of his offense, with Zaina –…

In a venue where he typically is found conducting boxing news conferences, Ryan Garcia has strayed into trouble again – this time prompting his arrest. Garcia on Saturday afternoon was reportedly arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism at the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria. …