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Middleweight Blazen Rocili will make his return Sept. 21 at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California. Rocili (6-0, 5 KOs), a 22-year-old Filipino fighter from Waipahu, Hawaii, is a 6-foot-3 southpaw with rare height, length and power for the 160-pound division. Now training…

September 7, Katrineholm, Sweden:   Local hero Samo Jangirov, 9-5-3, won the vacant BBU cruiserweight title by stopping Finn Marko Mononen, 8-7, in the headliner of promoter Judi Othman's show at the Safiren Conference Center.   Jangirov dominated the fight from the start and broke through…

Is women’s junior bantamweight Nat “No Love” Dove a rising star? After Friday night’s performance, she’s certainly on the radar. Dove (3-0) delivered a commanding four-round unanimous decision victory over Wendy Villegas (2-4, 2 KOs) at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. All…

Some boxing trainers look at recent fight footage to prepare for an upcoming match. But Edgar Berlanga’s trainer says it’s important to go well beyond that when getting ready to face Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. “You got to look at all of them, because if…

Caleb Plant’s comeback campaign from his second career loss will come against Trevor McCumby as an undercard attraction for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s fight against Edgar Berlanga on Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Plant (22-2, 13 KOs) is used to the big…

The announcement was far from a surprise, but it was nonetheless welcome. Premier Boxing Champions’ upcoming broadcast on Oct. 19 will feature Bakhram Murtazaliev defending his junior middleweight title vs. Tim Tszyu . The most important news isn’t the “who,” however, but rather…

“Frazier's got two chances – slim, and none, and slim just left town.” That was the line Muhammad Ali delivered before his 1971 fight against Joe Frazier. It was a catchy phrase, but the promise didn’t prove to be true, as “Smokin’ Joe” dropped…

We are the result of our decisions, and 23-year-old Brian Norman Jr., the new WBO welterweight titleholder, confronted one of those watershed moments in choosing not to face unbeaten fellow champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis for a $1.7 million purse. Norman (26-0, 20 KOs) instead…

Since his fight with Josh Kelly was announced, Liam Smith has probably answered more questions about his own ability and desire than he has about Kelly’s.  Unfairly, the most recent memory boxing fans have of Smith, 33-4-1 (20 KOs), is the image of him…