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Lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson is ready to rejuvenate his career following a forgettable win against Edwin De Los Santos in November and a short-lived retirement in February. Next on the slate for Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) is a hometown title defense against Artem Harutyunyan…

Welsh star Lauren Price hopes that following her Olympic gold with a world title could have a Katie Taylor-like effect on her home country. Price was too good for Jessica McCaskill in Cardiff, Wales, on Saturday night, as the 7-0 (1 KO) southpaw was…

Promoter Bob Arum heralded Vasiliy Lomachenko as one of the all-time greats following his 11th-round stoppage win over George Kambosos Jr. in Australia on Sunday. Lomachenko claimed the vacant IBF lightweight title to improve to 18-3 (12 KOs) and looked as good as ever,…

Nina Hughes (6-1, 2 KOs) has called for a rematch following her controversial defeat to Cherneka Johnson (16-2, 6 KOs) in Perth, Australia, after the Brit lost her WBA world bantamweight title.  The contest ebbed and flowed and proved to be an entertaining addition…

Boxing is a mess. Whether it’s warring promoters, Mad Max levels of oversight or Ponzi-by-numbers business models, the sport can’t stay out of its own stupid way. Yet every now and then, a thing of beauty is fished from the bog – a selfless act,…

The life of enigmatic trainer Brendan Ingle is headed to the silver screen with Pierce Brosnan in the lead role. Irish-born Ingle, who started a boxing dynasty in Sheffield at his famed Wincobank Gym, created numerous champions at all levels, including Naseem Hamed, Johnny…

I’d expected Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Jaime Munguia to be a very good fight, but what stood out above all else was the extent to which it showed how much Canelo has changed. Munguia showed a vast amount of improvement – those first three rounds, particularly,…

There is admittedly some irony to pouring cold water on the premise of Naoya Inoue vs. Gervonta “Tank” Davis not long after boxing’s newest powerbroker poured gasoline on a potential fight between Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez . These kinds of fights —…

Billy Joe Saunders feels that it is inevitable that his and long-time rival Chris Eubank Jr.’s paths will cross again when he steps back into a boxing ring. Saunders has been inactive since his stoppage defeat against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez three years ago, but he…