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Two rounds and one perfectly timed right uppercut. That was all Denzel Bentley needed to take out Derrick Osaze and provide his middleweight rivals with another stark reminder that when he is focused, there are few more explosive fighters operating at 160lbs. The energetic…

Undefeated junior welterweight Cain Sandoval will meet veteran Romero Duno in a “Hollywood Fight Nights” headliner on Aug. 31. They will fight over 10 rounds on a bill that includes the return of popular junior bantamweight Daniel “Chucky” Barrera, who will take on former…

Super middleweight Christian Mbilli won a wide but surprisingly competitive 10-round unanimous decision over Sergiy Derevyanchenko on Saturday at Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Canada. Derevyanchenko (15-6, 10 KOs) has seen more than his share of tough matchups and even tougher luck, and fate struck…

The numbers clearly favored Christian Mbilli (28-0, 23 KOs) on Saturday at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Canada, in his 10-round super middleweight battle with Sergiy Derevyanchenko (15-6, 10 KOs) – as did the officials and their scorecards. But none of it reflected the…

The ascension of Christian Mbilli continues. And the legend of Sergiy Derevyanchenko’s toughness and rotten luck grow. The undefeated Mbilli (28-0, 23 KOs), rated in the top three at 168 pounds by every alphabet group and seemingly in line for a title shot soon,…

It wasn’t pretty – in more ways than one – but Guido Vianello took a significant step toward heavyweight contention Saturday in Quebec City, Canada, by outmaneuvering the plodding Arslanbek Makhmudov, closing the Russian giant’s left eye and convincing the ringside doctor to recommend a…

The mutual dislike between two of the best fighters of the last generation — Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya — not only existed ahead of their 2007 super fight but continued on well afterward. Even though Mayweather went on…

It was all A-sides on the ESPN+ portion of Saturday’s undercard at Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. And in the last two of those bouts, the undefeated A-sides, Oseleys Iglesias and Abdullah Mason, took care of business in particularly quick and spectacular fashion.…

He’s less than a month away from a grueling victory, so maybe Terence Crawford should be afforded a deeper reflection before his immediate reaction becomes written in stone. Yet, judging by the fighter’s response relayed by Saudi Arabia’s fight maker Turki Alalshikh, Crawford is…