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LOS ANGELES – Terence Crawford overcame a complicated opponent in Israil Madrimov on Saturday night to score a close unanimous decision victory in his junior middleweight debut.   The result of the tactical fight was still hanging in the balance heading into the 12th round,…

Malissa Smith, a historian specializing in women’s boxing and an author of two books on the subject – including her recent release “The Promise of Women’s Boxing” – provided insight into the latest achievements of Claressa Shields. In Smith’s most recent book, the foreword was…

When Showtime Sports exited the boxing broadcast business last year, that meant Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) needed a new partner for its packed stable of talented fighters. PBC announced its new deal before 2023 was over, a multi-year rights agreement with Amazon’s Prime Video. …

Israil Madrimov believes that a move up to super middleweight to face Saul "Canelo" Alvarez would be extremely difficult for Terence Crawford.   Crawford dethroned WBA junior middleweight titleholder Madrimov to lift a world title in his fourth weight division. Crawford was heavily favored before…

While a potential match between former welterweight titleholder Errol Spence Jr. and junior middleweight Sebastian Fundora has yet to be made official, it remains a fascinating fight that could wind up on one of Premier Boxing Champions’ pay-per-view slots on Amazon’s Prime Video. “That’s…

So accustomed are we to seeing Terence Crawford figure out his problems without the help of others, it both comes as a surprise and inevitably leaves room for debate when Crawford has no option but to look elsewhere for assistance, certainty.  Even in the…

When Serhii Bohachuk steps into the ring against Vergil Ortiz on Saturday night (August 10) in Las Vegas, it will be the most high-profile and high-stakes encounter of his professional boxing career. But it won’t be the biggest fight of his life. For…

A fighter can have all of the ability in the world but if they don’t have the temperament to go with it, their best moments can end up being restricted to the gym. Rumors about Callum Simpson’s talent have done the rounds for years…

New unified junior-middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora is doing anything but avoiding new four-division champion Terence Crawford following Crawford’s Saturday night World Boxing Association victory over Israil Madrimov. “It is clear that Crawford is not the same as he was,” Fundora promoter Sampson Lewkowicz told…