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Derek Chisora kept his career alive Saturday at London's O2 Arena with a hard-fought, toe-to-toe win over Joe Joyce. Chisora averaged 19 punches landed on 56 total punches per round (34 percent connect rate), compared to 21 of 84 (25 percent) for Joyce. Chisora, who…

Jan Paul Rivera earned a seventh-round stoppage against the previously unbeaten Justin Goodson in the Most Valuable Prospects 7 series Friday at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. Rivera (10-0, 6 KOs), a 23-year-old featherweight prospect from Salinas, Puerto Rico, showed off precision, speed and power…

Claressa Shields said she would have more power behind her shots on Saturday night and proved true to her word as she stepped up in weight, dropping and stopping Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in the second round and adding the WBC heavyweight and WBO light heavyweight titles…

Michel Rivera made it two wins in a row as the junior welterweight contender dropped Argentina's Hugo Roldan in the 10th and final round to cement a split decision win at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Saturday night. Although one judge bizarrely scored…

With Vasiliy Lomachenko seemingly unwilling to face Gervonta “Tank” Davis this November, Isaac "Pitbull" Cruz says he's ready to step in. First, Cruz, the WBA junior welterweight titleholder, must get past the dangerous Jose "Rayo" Valenzuela (13-2, 9 KOs) on Aug. 3, in the co-feature…

Claressa Shields has dismissed suggestions Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse represents the toughest challenge of her career. On Saturday at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena, the undisputed middleweight champion moves to light heavyweight to fight Lepage-Joanisse for not only the vacant WBO title, but the heavyweight title of the…

Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach says he is “very proud” of his work with super middleweight contender Jaime Munguia after the fighter announced he was returning to Mexican countryman Erik Morales for future fights. Munguia had worked with Morales for four years, from…

As Sinatra’s My Way echoed around London’s O2 Arena, Derek Chisora saluted his fans. His body was covered in sweat, his face was lumpy and eyes battered into lumpy slits but he had won. He had outlasted Joe Joyce in a 10-round slugfest that was…

Moses Itauma took just two rounds to bomb out the usually-durable Pole Mariusz Wach. Streaking 19-year-old southpaw prospect Itauma is now 10-0 (8 KOs) and he made a positive start, firing out a quick jab and backing Wach up early with a short counter…