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Undefeated super flyweight prospect David Cardenas (6-0, 4 KOs), the 19-year-old rising star from San Antonio, Texas, returns to the ring in Texas on Saturday against Steveen Angeles Cruz.  It is the first six-rounder for Cardenas in what promises to be an exciting showcase…

Kazuto Ioka might be a future hall-of-famer but why are so few talking about him? One reason might be that his fights, at least for American audiences, are hard to find. Another is that his Japanese countryman, Naoya Inoue, has stolen all the headlines thanks…

WBC lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson will fight  Artem Harutyunyan in a 12-round main event on Saturday evening in Newark, New Jersey. In the co-feature, O'Shaquie Foster will defend his WBC junior lightweight world title against Brazilian Olympic gold medalist Robson Conceição. Additionally,…

Ryan Garcia’s own reflection must be awfully difficult to look at and his mind, supposedly bent out of shape by drugs and alcohol, the darkest of places to inhabit. The sympathy one naturally felt for Garcia, even as he claimed innocence regarding the two…

MMA fighters Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal both met weight requirements Friday for their 10-round light heavyweight professional boxing match set for Saturday at Anaheim’s Honda Center. Diaz, 39, who has a boxing record of 0-1, weighed in at 175.6 pounds – nearly 10…

When Daniel Jacobs disappeared from the fight scene following a split decision loss to John Ryder in 2022, many thought it was for good. After all, Jacobs had already won world titles, competed with the best of the best and made millions of dollars many…

William Zepeda’s latest opportunity to affirm his position as the top lightweight title contender in the world is to defeat a crafty fighter who came in two pounds heavier than him at Friday’s weigh-in. Giovanni Cabrera (22-1, 7 KOs) weighed 137 pounds — two pounds…

William Zepeda’s latest opportunity to affirm his position as the top lightweight title contender in the world is to defeat a crafty fighter who came in two pounds heavier than him at Friday’s weigh-in. Giovanni Cabrera (22-1, 7 KOs) weighed in at 137 pounds –…

William Zepeda is sitting pretty atop the lightweight division as the No. 1-ranked contender across boxing’s four major sanctioning bodies.  But Zepeda’s (30-0, 26 KOs) master plan for a title shot can be spoiled should he have a slip-up Saturday against Giovanni Cabrera as…