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Eddie Hearn may be the rival promoter of Josh Taylor’s main domestic rival, Jack Catterall, but he was not short of praise for Scotland’s Taylor ahead of Saturday’s grudge match between the two fighters. Taylor (19-1, 13 KOs) and Catterall (28-1, 13 KOs) initially…

Cheavon Clarke will finally contest the British cruiserweight title against Ellis Zorro in Leeds, England, on Saturday, allowing him to challenge for the vacant title.  Clarke-Zorro will serve as chief support for the anticipated rematch between rivals Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall at a…

Josh Taylor insists the hunger remains ahead of his grudge match with Jack Catterall in Leeds tonight. The 33-year-old Scot scaled the top of boxing’s mountain by winning all of the belts at junior welterweight, but through injuries, politics and inactivity parted company with…

Jalil “Major” Hackett has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing. Hackett (8-0, 7 KOs), of Washington, D.C., recorded his fifth straight win inside the distance in December, stopping Adrian Gutierrez inside three rounds in Houston. The win marked a seventh…

For Jolene Mizzone, president of Fighters First Management, watching Brian Norman Jr. secure the WBO interim welterweight title might be the most meaningful moment of her career to date. Norman stopped Giovani Santillan in his hometown of San Diego in the 10th round last…

Middleweight Carlos Adames isn’t sweating the small stuff. In fact, to hear him tell it, there seems to be nothing these days capable of breaking his stride. Adames is preparing to take on Terrell Gausha in a middleweight clash in the opener of the…

In Thursday’s episode of “Deep Waters” on ProBox TV, analyst Shawn Porter gets excited about Saturday’s Josh Tayor-Jack Catterall junior welterweight rematch in Leeds, England – as well as the animosity boiling between the fighters. Porter wishes more fights in the United States featured authentic…

With its new junior middleweight titleholder Sebastian Fundora choosing to fight former welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr., the WBO championship committee will gather next week to make Fundora’s options clear. If Fundora wants to fight Spence next, he will need to relinquish his WBO belt…

“It’s been a good few years of Josh Taylor’s name being mentioned. More than anything I wanna fight him but I’m just sick of talking about him. Fucking hell,” Jack Catterall said with a laugh before launching into his final set of media interviews.  …