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The IBF has stopped short of taking away Olekandr Usyk’s heavyweight title and instead labeled Saturday’s Filip Hrgovic-Daniel Dubois bout in Saudi Arabia a fight for its interim heavyweight title. As undisputed champion Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) waits out a medical suspension following his…

Headlining the event titled “Night of Champions” is a 10-round WBA Continental super lightweight title clash between Kevin Brown (4-0, 3 KOs) and Idalberto Umara (12-2, 8 KOs). In the eight-round heavyweight co-main event, Gurgen Hovhannisyan (5-0, 5 KOs) battles Luis Pascual (19-10, 17 KOs). All the action takes place at…

Carl Froch wishes his career hadn't come to be defined by his rematch at Wembley Stadium with George Groves. The super-middleweight rivals fought for a second time on May 31, 2014 when, on a then-unrivalled occasion, they attracted a post-war record crowd of 80,000…

On Saturday (June 1) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in a unique concept, promoters Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren go head-to-head with teams of five fighters boxing against one another. Dmitry Bivol is also on the bill, defending his light-heavyweight title against Malik Zinad, but…

WBC bantamweight champion and three-weight king Junto Nakatani will defend his strap against Filipino contender Vincent Astrolabio on Saturday, July 20, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Nakatani-Astrolabio tops a world title tripleheader that also includes WBO junior bantamweight champion Kosei Tanaka against Jonathan “Titan”…

Life seemed simpler for Deontay Wilder 16 years ago. He was an unexpected bronze medallist at the Beijing Olympics and turned pro as the “Bronze Bomber” to give his daughter a better life. There was not a lot of hype. He did not…

Barry Hearn attempted to dissuade his son Eddie from making the rematch between Carl Froch and George Groves at Wembley Stadium. Interest in a second fight between the rival super middleweights, following their thrilling first encounter at the Manchester Arena, was such that they…

Emilio Garcia, from Laredo Texas, is just one win away from qualifying to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.  Garcia defeated Ghana’s Joseph Commey in dominating fashion. Garcia won each of the judges’ votes in all three rounds including two 10-8 scores in the third…

Andres Katzourakis and Kudratillo Abdukakhorov both made weight Thursday for their fight set for Friday at Houston’s Red Owl Boxing Arena, the show’s main event and part of Overtime Boxing’s ongoing junior middleweight tournament. Katzourakis (12-0, 10 KOs) weighed in at 153.2 pounds, while…