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Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall first became acquainted in Qinhuangdao, China in 2012. Marshall outpointed a 17-year-old Shields on her way to winning gold at the AIBA Women’s World Boxing championships. They renewed hostilities a decade later. Almost 20,000 fans turned up at…

VERONA, New York – They came out blasting in the six-round DAZN opener between light heavyweights Yair Gallardo and Michael Ruiz at Verona’s Turning Stone Resort Casino. Gallardo (8-0, 7 KOs), of Mexico City, soon established control and dominated with big right hands that…

David Benavidez believes his long-desired dance against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is inching closer to reality.  Alvarez seemingly priced himself out when he called for $200 million to face Benavidez, but the undisputed super middleweight champion’s overtures have not been outright shut down. “I…

For fans and fighters alike, the highlight of induction weekend at the International Boxing Hall of Fame is the boxers themselves receiving their moments in the sun after careers spent entertaining the masses at great personal risk. One only has to look at the joy…

With the attractive light-heavyweight undisputed title fight between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitrii Bivol rescheduled for October 12 in Saudi Arabia, all of the titles at 175lbs could be consolidated. But would that unlock a place in the International Boxing Hall of Fame for the…

With the attractive light-heavyweight undisputed title fight between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol rescheduled for October 12 in Saudi Arabia, all of the titles at 175lbs could be consolidated. But would that unlock a place in the International Boxing Hall of Fame for the…

Legendary former middleweight supremo Marvelous Marvin Hagler has been immortalized in a statue that is set to be unveiled on Thursday (June 13) in Brockton, Massachusetts. Hagler, who passed away suddenly in March 2022 at the age of 66, is widely and rightly recognised…

Diego Corrales will be inducted posthumously into the International Boxing Hall of Fame over the course of the 2024 induction weekend. Corrales died in a motorbike crash in 2007, but not before he had left an indelible mark on the sport.  Most famously,…

The undefeated Irish junior middleweight Callum Walsh is to continue his path to stardom on Friday at the Chumash Casino and Resort, where he fights Carlos Ortiz. Walsh hopes to bring his success back to Ireland for a homecoming contest. Walsh (10-0, 8 KOs),…