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WBC bantamweight champion and three-weight king Junto Nakatani will defend his strap against Filipino contender Vincent Astrolabio on Saturday, July 20, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Nakatani-Astrolabio tops a world title tripleheader that also includes WBO junior bantamweight champion Kosei Tanaka against Jonathan “Titan”…

Life seemed simpler for Deontay Wilder 16 years ago. He was an unexpected bronze medallist at the Beijing Olympics and turned pro as the “Bronze Bomber” to give his daughter a better life. There was not a lot of hype. He did not…

Barry Hearn attempted to dissuade his son Eddie from making the rematch between Carl Froch and George Groves at Wembley Stadium. Interest in a second fight between the rival super middleweights, following their thrilling first encounter at the Manchester Arena, was such that they…

Emilio Garcia, from Laredo Texas, is just one win away from qualifying to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.  Garcia defeated Ghana’s Joseph Commey in dominating fashion. Garcia won each of the judges’ votes in all three rounds including two 10-8 scores in the third…

Andres Katzourakis and Kudratillo Abdukakhorov both made weight Thursday for their fight set for Friday at Houston’s Red Owl Boxing Arena, the show’s main event and part of Overtime Boxing’s ongoing junior middleweight tournament. Katzourakis (12-0, 10 KOs) weighed in at 153.2 pounds, while…

Whether Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is following the Saudi Arabia riches by making career moves toward a showdown with possible fellow four-division and undisputed champion Terence Crawford is yet to be confirmed. But the idea alone stirred a series of strong opinions Wednesday on ProBox…

At Thursday's final press conference ahead of his heavyweight clash with Deontay Wilder, China’s Zhilei Zhang did his best to stir discontent within Team Matchroom. Zhang and Wilder meet Saturday as the lead fight in the “5 vs 5” show in Saudi Arabia featuring…

The highly anticipated fight between former junior middleweight titleholder Tim Tszyu and undefeated contender Vergil Ortiz won’t be happening on August 3. That’s because of lingering damage from the bad cut Tszyu suffered in his loss to Sebastian Fundora earlier this year, according…

WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol praised challenger Malik Zinad for accepting a late-notice call to face him on Saturday. Zinad stepped in after original opponent Artur Beterbiev injured his knee and forced the postponement of his highly anticipated 175-pound unification fight with Bivol.…