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SAN ANTONIO – Ramon Cardenas remembers being told what a knockdown felt like. It feels like nothing; you just blink your eyes and you’re on the canvas. Cardenas found out firsthand what he had been told. He also found out that, afterward, he had the…

SAN ANTONIO – Prior to their fight here Saturday, Justin Pauldo predicted that the aggressive Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov had a style that would play right into his hands. He couldn’t have been more correct. Pauldo, a 30-year-old from Houston, turned their lightweight bout into a…

The WBC’s latest ratings update – released February 8 – includes the installation of four new No. 1 contenders. At heavyweight: Tyson Fury’s rematch loss to Oleksandr Usyk and subsequent retirement announcement – whether true or not – nevertheless led to Fury being…

Junior welterweight Cain Sandoval and his action-first style have drawn comparison to surging light heavyweight David Benavidez. Sandoval, like Benavidez, is Mexican-American – and credits his heritage for the way he fights. Sandoval will fight for the first time in 2025 against Mark Bernaldez…

Derek Chisora’s party goes on. One of British boxing’s most popular characters was up against it tonight in his fight with Otto Wallin at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena, but rolled back the years to take a unanimous decision victory. The scorecards read 117-109, 114-112…

Frenchman Sofiane Khati shocked the crowd at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena this evening, stopping fan favorite Nathan Heaney in seven rounds. Heaney, cheered on by 2,000 of his faithful Stoke-on-Trent supporters, was stopped for the second consecutive fight after losing his British middleweight title…

Stephanie Simon is being trained by John Pullman. Simon fights Archana Sharma on Saturday in a six-round fight that will be the main event at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.  Simon, 30, a Marine captain who lives in Los Angeles, has had…

In the first of a proposed four fights with Riyadh Season and Turki Alalshikh, Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will box Cuban William Scull on May 3, it was announced today. Scull, a 33-year-old based in Germany, is unbeaten in 23 professional fights…

Zach Parker defeated Mickael Diallo in a dull contest on the undercard of Derek Chisora-Otto Wallin at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England. Parker, now 26-1 (18 KOs), was due to face fellow domestic light heavyweight Willy Hutchinson but the Scotsman had to…