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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Lamont Roach Jr. was victorious in Friday’s homecoming, fighting through a gritty challenge from Feargal McCrory, scoring three knockdowns and picking up an eighth-round technical knockout. If ever there was a time for Roach to come home, it was his first…

Before the WBC junior bantamweight titleholder Juan Francisco Estrada meets Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez in the main event in Phoenix on Saturday, two undefeated junior featherweights, Arturo Cardenas and Danny Barrios Flores, will step into the ring, each eager to gain recognition after proving themselves on…

Before the WBC junior bantamweight titleholder Juan Francisco Estrada meets Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez in the main event in Phoenix on Saturday, two undefeated junior featherweights, Arturo Cardenas and Danny Flores Barrios, will step into the ring, each eager to gain recognition after proving themselves on…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rene Tellez Giron is one of those fighters for whom the defeats on his record can be misleading – he may come up short against the upper echelons, but he can still be trouble for the rest. That’s what Alex…

PHOENIX – He’s waited a long time, and so they can wait a while now. Unbeaten David Benavidez was granted a two-week extension by the World Boxing Council on Friday to decide whether he wants to remain mandatory super middleweight challenger to Saul "Canelo"…

Robeisy Ramírez enters Saturday’s fight with Brandon Leon Benitez free of fearing his father’s death. The Cuban, 30, and Benitez fight at the James L. Knight Center in Miami Beach on the occasion of his first fight since December, when he lost, via majority…

Ramla Ali, the 2020 Somalian Olympian, will vie for her inaugural world title this Saturday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, where she faces WBC junior featherweight champion Yamileth Mercado. Ali (9-1, 2 KOs), 34, acknowledged the proximity of Arizona to Mercado’s native…

Pierce O’Leary won the battle of Dublin as the 24-year-old super lightweight produced one of the most well-rounded performances of his career to comprehensively outpoint Darragh Foley.  Foley, 22-7-1 (11 KOs), started out as a southpaw, using his front foot to keep the powerful…

PHOENIX, AZ – Boos turned into cheers for Sunny Edwards in his first visit to Arizona.   It was a painful introduction, lots of bruises and no belt in a beatdown delivered by Jesse Rodriguez, who left no doubt about why he’s called…