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Abass Baraou’s maiden defense of his EBU European junior middleweight title on June 14 will now take place at a new venue. Baraou was originally set to face  Macaulay McGowan at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, England. But circumstances outside the control…

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - WBC and WBO female bantamweight champion Dina Thorslund (22-0, 9 KOs) retained her titles with a one-sided win over WBC mandatory challenger Seren Cetin (11-1, 7 KOs) in the headliner of this edition of Danish Fight Night at the Royal Arena. It…

The fighting future of Francis Ngannou remains uncertain following the tragic death of his young son earlier this month. On May 1, the 37-year-old Ngannou posted on social media: “My little boy, my mate, my partner Kobe was full of life and joy. Now,…

Jack Catterall cut a content figure as he sat down at the press conference after battling to a deserved victory over Josh Taylor in their hard fought rematch.  Catterall, 29-1 (13 KO’s), has been answering questions about the Scotsman since losing a controversial split…

Lawrence Okolie dominated and dismantled Pole Lukasz Rozanski in his hometown to become a two-weight world champion and kicked off a successful start to life under trainer Joe Gallagher.  Okolie (20-1, 15 KOs), who held the WBO cruiserweight world title, traveled to Rzeszow in…

Bill Haney has called for Ryan Garcia to be banned from boxing after Garcia tested positive for the substance ostarine ahead of his fight with Devin Haney, Bill’s son, on April 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia scored three knockdowns…

The  Xander Zayas  era is about to begin. The 21-year-old junior middleweight will face Brazilian former world champion  Patrick Teixeira  in the 10-round main event on June 8 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Zayas looks to kick off Puerto Rican Day Parade Weekend by taking…

Jay “Panda” Najar, the coach of lightweight William Zepeda, knows his fighter is nearing a world title shot, but believes Zepeda’s motivations to face Giovanni Cabrera are rooted in becoming a Mexican legend as much as a titleholder. The fight with the two world…

The ink hasn’t even stained the contract for Errol Spence Jr.’s October return fight to meet new WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora in Texas, and already the more significant buzz centers on who that winner will fight afterward. On Friday’s episode of ProBox…