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Heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov has been keeping a close eye on Guido Vianello ’s progress in the pro ranks. Makhmudov (19-1, 18 KOs), who said he had known Vianello (12-2-1, 10 KOs) since their amateur days at international championships, described his upcoming fight…

Pick It: Christian Mbilli vs. Sergey Derevyanchenko When to Watch: Saturday, August 17.  The main broadcast begins at 10 p.m. Eastern Time (3 a.m. BST). The preliminary broadcast begins at 5 p.m Eastern Time (10 p.m. BST). How to Watch: The main…

G-Squad Entertainment has announced a multi-fight broadcasting agreement with BLK Prime. The Stockton, California-based G-Squad Entertainment, founded in March by Gabe Flores Sr., has featured lightweight Gabriel Flores Jr. (24-2, 8 KOs) as the headliner of its boxing events and staged events at prominent…

LAS VEGAS — Vergil Ortiz Jr. needed this. The junior middleweight contender went to war with Serhii Bohachuk on Saturday night, going through hell, going the 12-round distance for the first time in his professional career.  Heck, this was only the third time…

Turki Alalshikh has ruled out working with former junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu and hit back at Canelo Alvarez’s recent comments.  Alalshikh announced that he had cut ties with Tszyu after Vergil Ortiz Jr. defeated Serhii Bohachuk on Saturday (August 10). Tszyu and Ortiz…

LAS VEGAS — Vergil Ortiz Jr. is just coming off a hard fight — easily the hardest fight of his career, given that Ortiz’s close win over Serhii Bohachuk was the first time that the junior middleweight contender had gone the distance. …

So much of what we’ve heard about Vergil Ortiz Jr. from Golden Boy Promotions’ executives in recent weeks is about some of the other junior middleweights Ortiz could face, whether it’s Terence Crawford or Tim Tszyu . Of course, Golden Boy…

It had been almost 15 months since Kenneth Sims Jr. last entered the ring. But now that the junior welterweight contender has returned — stopping late replacement opponent Jonathan Romero after five rounds on Saturday night — Sims feels ready to get back…

Although Vergil Ortiz will have adequately trained for it, and indeed one day expected it, still nothing can fully prepare a puncher for the first time their opponent soaks up everything they throw at them and hardly blinks. It is usually in this mome nt…