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Jarrett Hurd is well aware of what people have been saying about him. The reader comments under the Boxing Scene article from last week announcing his next fight, on Aug. 21 on ProBox TV against fellow former titleholder Jeison Rosario, offer a representative…

Tim Tszyu is confident he and his team will be able to iron out any perceived differences with powerbroker Turki Alalshikh as he continues in his career. The junior middleweight contender from Australia lost for the first time in his career when beaten by…

The World Boxing Organization (WBO), in tandem with the Jake Paul-managed non-profit organization Boxing Bullies, inaugurated the newly rehabilitated Titanes Boxing Academy gym at Luis Martínez Lago Park in Morovis, Puerto Rico. The center’s facilities were modernized through the combined work of the WBO…

Kenneth Sims Jr. will make his ring return in a 10-round junior welterweight contest against Jair Valtierra on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fight, which will be featured on the Vergil Ortiz Jr.-Serhii Bohachuk undercard at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, will be…

Bantamweight Jordan Fuentes is set to embark on the second act of his career—his professional career—after winning the Olympic Trials following the tragic death of his sister, Jolissa Fuentes. Fuentes will enter the professional ring for the first time on Saturday, having signed with…

Renowned trainer Bob Santos has described a possible Terence “Bud” Crawford and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez showdown at 168 pounds as a “step too far” for the newly-crowned WBA junior middleweight champion. Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) became a four-division world champion after a unanimous decision…

Trainer Rudy Hernandez believes that three-division titleholder Junto Nakatani, who has held titles as a flyweight and junior bantamweight before becoming the bantamweight champion, will be the best he has ever trained.  In July, Nakatani knocked out Vincent Astrolabio in the first round to…

As if two fighters nearing a title shot, bringing close to a 100 percent knockout rate isn’t enough, Saturday’s Vergil Ortiz-Serhii Bohachuk junior-middleweight bout now has the full attention of the sport’s new fight-making wizard, Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh. Texas’ Ortiz (21-0, 21 KOs),…

On Sept. 21, Anthony Joshua will face IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium. Should Joshua, 28-3 (25 KOs), beat his fellow Londoner, he will recapture the belt he first won against Charles Martin more than eight years ago. Yet this is a…