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Liam Paro contributed to the recent transformation of the super-lightweight division when, as the underdog, he travelled to Puerto Rico to dethrone as IBF champion the feared Subriel Matias.  A year on from having to withdraw from a fight with the then-WBC champion Regis…

Pick It: Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. David Avanesyan When to Watch: Saturday, July 13 How to watch: DAZN. The broadcast begins at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (1 a.m. BST) Why to Watch: If the two top welterweights of recent years are truly gone…

Following their world heavyweight title fight in May, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury collected sizeable paychecks and basked in the glory that comes along with being the center of the sporting world for a memorable hour. After John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain threw…

Amid the widespread outrage over Brazil’s Robson Conceicao receiving a WBC junior lightweight title split decision victory over O’Shaquie Foster Saturday night in New Jersey, fight promoter Bob Arum said the heated reactions were stirred up unnecessarily by ESPN’s overreliance on CompuBox punch stats. …

Teofimo Lopez Jr. was ringside in Southern California watching the boxing grudge match between Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal on Saturday night, but the headlines from Shakur Stevenson’s fight across the country carried over to the Honda Center in Anaheim. Lopez and Stevenson have…

Two of Top Rank’s stars enjoyed a successful night at Newark’s Prudential Center, with Keyshawn Davis stepping up and coming through a suitably tough test against Miguel Madueno while Abdullah Mason was sensational in blitzing Luis Lebron. Davis won 99-91 across the board versus…

When one considers how exciting boxing is, how easy it is to follow even with only a rudimentary understanding of what it takes to win a fight, and the incredible characters involved who shape the drama, it’s frustrating that the sport isn’t (universally) regarded as…

Reece Bellotti’s career resurgence has been described as an Indian Summer although his long-time trainer, Jim McDonnell, believes that there could even be more to come for the British and Commonwealth super featherweight champion.  Bellotti, 19-5 (14 KOs), appeared to be on the downslope…

Johnny Fisher and Dave Allen cut out the middlemen and spoke directly on Sunday afternoon as the former sparring partners began to lay the ground for a future heavyweight fight.  It is five years since Allen’s career peaked with a third round stoppage of…