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Keyshawn Davis will fight Gustavo Lemos in a 10-round lightweight contest at Scope Arena, Norfolk on November 8 – when Brian Norman Jnr will defend his WBO welterweight title against Derrieck Cuevas. Davis’ fight with Argentina’s Lemos will follow his older brother Kelvin’s eight-round welterweight…

Eddie Hearn insists Devin Haney’s next step is a crucial one as the fighter bids to rebound from April’s “saga” with Ryan Garcia. Haney is still an unbeaten fighter after the points loss against Garcia on the night was overturned to a no contest…

The team of TJ Doheny say the fighter’s back injury, sustained in the seventh-round of his loss to Naoya Inoue in Japan on Tuesday, is a short-term issue, but they have no doubt it was serious enough to cause the end of the fight.  …

When the time is right, Jai Opetaia and Chris Billam-Smith, arguably the world’s two best cruiserweights, will share a ring to clear up any uncertainty regarding the identity of the number one fighter at 200lbs.  That’s the message Billam-Smith wishes to send to both…

TJ Doheny, Naoya Inoue’s most recent opponent, is gigantic at super bantamweight. He looked so much bigger than the undisputed champion – and that’s something that should be taken into consideration whenever Inoue fights at that weight.  At 122lbs, Inoue is going to be undersized,…

Junior middleweight is Jordan Panthen’s division – not just because of his body, but also because he feels it’s where he can put together quite a body of work. The 27-year-old prospect turned pro two years ago at super middleweight, had his second and…

The discomfort Janibek Alimkhanuly felt by falling ill during his July weight-cut period before fighting Andrei Mikhailovich is compounded now that he’s discovered a purse-bid loss is likely sending his bout to Australia. “I have no words. What is this?” Alimkhanuly (15-0, 10 KOs)…

Super middleweight Trevor McCumby will face former titleholder Caleb Plant on September 14, part of the pay-per-view undercard featuring Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Edgar Berlanga at T-Mobile Arena. Ryan Garcia, one of boxing’s notable figures, has predicted McCumby will emerge victorious. “Trevor McCumby will…

DOING well in the ring with Naoya Inoue carries the same sense of foreboding a binge drinker will experience at the peak of their euphoria. In other words, you must enjoy it while it lasts. You must enjoy it while it lasts because what follows…