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First came the fight, and then Keyshawn Davis weighed in. That’s the new order of business in boxing today, and unbeaten lightweight contender Davis – a 2020 U.S. Olympic silver medalist – maximized the tactic Saturday night after watching his Top Rank stablemate and…

Former featherweight and junior lightweight titleholder Robert Guerrero will be inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame in November, the San Jose Sports Authority announced on Wednesday. The inductees, who will be honored Nov. 13 at the SAP Center in San Jose,…

Boxlab Promotions’ super featherweight contender, Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz (29-4, 19 KOs) kept his world title ambitions intact when he defeated Derlyn Hernandez (12-2-1, 10 KOs) by second round knockout this past Saturday (July 13) at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. However, it wasn’t…

Junior middleweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr. is willing to run it back against his old amateur rival Ryan Garcia but is focusing on his next opponent Serhii Bohachuk. Ortiz and Garcia were recently involved in an online spat about a potential fight with each…

Frank Warren wants Dennis McCann to prove he is ready for the next level when the super bantamweight talent boxes Ionut Baluta in an intriguing rematch on Saturday night (July 20). Warren has been a big believer in McCann since the southpaw exploded onto…

In July 2016, I wrote a column for The Ring magazine that called for the five fights in women’s boxing that needed to be made as soon as possible. Heather Hardy vs Shelly Vincent. Done. Cecilia Braekhus vs Erica Farias. Done. Two…

Naoya Inoue isn’t pleasing everyone with his decision to take a showcase fight against veteran TJ Doheny Sept. 3 in Tokyo, but the four-division and undisputed junior featherweight champion hasn’t committed a mortal sin. That was the consensus among the Tuesday panel on ProBox…

Lightweight Gabriel Flores Jr. may not boast an undefeated record, but the challenges he has met and overcome have endeared him to his hometown of Stockton, California. Flores, 24, is scheduled to fight Saturday at Stockton’s Banner Island Ballpark in what will be the…

Shawn Porter believes Manny Pacquiao will be successful if he returns to face WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios but should stay well away from Jaron Ennis. Pacquiao’s last stint in a boxing ring came back in 2021 when, as the oldest welterweight titlist in…