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Juan Francisco Estrada is targeting a fourth fight with Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez. Estrada, 34, defends his WBC super-flyweight title against Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez at Phoenix’s Footprint Center on Friday evening, and for all that Rodriguez is recognised as his biggest threat in 2024, cannot resist…

Sunny Edwards inarguably has the gift of gab – trash talk, specifically – but he also has shown grace in defeat. Edwards, the loquacious and skilled flyweight, took some hits last December against Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and openly admits that the better man won…

It would be wrong to say that beating Craig Richards gave Willy Hutchinson a much needed shot of confidence. Hutchinson, a 25-year-old light heavyweight, was the underdog ahead of his fight with Richards on the June “5 vs 5” card, but he thrived on…

It would be wrong to say that beating Craig Richards gave Willy Hutchinson a much needed shot of confidence. Hutchinson, a 25-year-old light heavyweight, was the underdog ahead of his fight with Richards on the June “5 vs 5” card, but he thrived on…

After spending three years building its brand and putting on increasingly big shows in Ireland, Conlan Boxing brings its show across the Irish Sea on Saturday night. The card, at the Olympia in Liverpool, England, will be headlined by Jack Rafferty’s fight with India’s Sabari…

Elijah Pierce will not headline Friday’s OTX8 card in Atlanta after missing Thursday’s weigh-in ceremony and later announcing on his social media platforms that an illness would force him out of his scheduled fight. The self-proclaimed face of OTX Boxing, Pierce (19-2, 16 KOs),…

Super middleweight Darius Fulghum took a step toward his goal of a top-10 world ranking by a major sanctioning body after defeating late replacement Vaughn Alexander in a 10-round unanimous decision Thursday at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. The bout, Fulghum’s first main-event…

Robeisy Ramirez is ready to show the lessons he has learned from the pain of his second defeat when on Saturday he fights Brandon Leon Benitez. Cuba’s Ramirez, 30, will fight for the first time since December, when he sacrificed the WBO featherweight title…

PHOENIX – Don’t try to lump an entire generation into the same personality type. Yes, some are obsessed with self-promotion, trash talk and outlandish statements. Others – particularly the unbeaten two-division champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez – are content to keep to themselves, to labor…