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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…

Whether Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is following the Saudi Arabia riches by making career moves toward a showdown with possible fellow four-division and undisputed champion Terence Crawford is yet to be confirmed. But the idea alone stirred a series of strong opinions Wednesday on ProBox…

At Thursday's final press conference ahead of his heavyweight clash with Deontay Wilder, China’s Zhilei Zhang did his best to stir discontent within Team Matchroom. Zhang and Wilder meet Saturday as the lead fight in the “5 vs 5” show in Saudi Arabia featuring…

The highly anticipated fight between former junior middleweight titleholder Tim Tszyu and undefeated contender Vergil Ortiz won’t be happening on August 3. That’s because of lingering damage from the bad cut Tszyu suffered in his loss to Sebastian Fundora earlier this year, according…

WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol praised challenger Malik Zinad for accepting a late-notice call to face him on Saturday. Zinad stepped in after original opponent Artur Beterbiev injured his knee and forced the postponement of his highly anticipated 175-pound unification fight with Bivol.…

Ryan Garcia’s legal team claimed in a Thursday statement that two supplements the fighter ingested before his April 20 victory over Devin Haney have been tested and showed results of ostarine contamination. By submitting two positive tests and “B” samples for that banned performance-enhancing…

Kazakhstan’s middleweight king is gearing up to defend his unified crown against an unbeaten contender seeking to claim his throne. Janibek “Qazaq Style” Alimkhanuly  will put his WBO and IBF world titles on the line against New Zealand’s  Andrei Mikhailovich  on July 13…

Junior welterweight Blair Cobbs is preparing for the biggest fight of his career under the guidance of his new trainer, Justin Gamber. Cobbs will face Adrien Broner on June 7 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Cobbs (16-1-1, 10 KOs) has had…

Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed that the heavyweight contender’s next fight will take place in September with the winner of Filip Hrgovic vs. Daniel Dubois as the likeliest opponent – with one Deontay Wilder-shaped caveat.  While gearing up for this weekend’s ‘5 vs…