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Dan Azeez, the former British, Commonwealth and European light heavyweight champion, will return to the ring on the June 15th undercard of Chris Billam-Smith-Richard Riakporhe II at Selhurst Park. It will mark a quick turnaround for the 34-year-old, who lost for the first time as…

By the time Terence Crawford steps into the ring to face Israil Madrimov in a Los Angeles soccer stadium on Aug. 3, he will have been inactive for 371 days. That’s one year, plus a leap day, plus five ordinary days. That’s 53 weeks. …

Former WBO featherweight champion Heather Hardy (24-3, 4KOs) is facing retirement after expressing concern regarding cumulative concussions.  Hardy, who held the WBO title from 2018 to 2019, last fought in August 2023 against Amanda Serrano - a contest that left her with blurred vision…

Manny Pacquiao’s advisor Sean Gibbons has said the Filipino legend has given himself a nine-month window to fight again before hanging up his gloves for good. The 45-year-old has not boxed since a 2021 loss to Cuban Yordenis Ugas, but the 72-fight veteran and…

Talk to enough boxing lifers and they’ll say one of the most revealing elements of a champion’s mettle is how they perform once they’re knocked to the canvas. Funny, how at the same Tokyo Dome where Mike Tyson thumbed for his mouthpiece and succumbed…

TOKYO – Luis Nery might have cut a dejected figure this morning.  There was discolouration around his eyes but as he sat in the hotel lobby, he posed for pictures and signed autographs for the fans. He smiled more than he had all week. …

The term “peer pressure” comes loaded with negative connotations.  People cave in or submit to peer pressure. They are very rarely described as thriving or improving because of it. Royston Barney-Smith puts his progress solely down to the habits he observes every day…

IBF junior featherweight mandatory challenger Sam Goodman (18-0, 8 KOs) believes he has enough skill in his repertoire to dethrone Naoya Inoue.  Australia’s Goodman was ringside at the Tokyo Dome to witness Naoya Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) drop Luis Nery (35-2, 27 KOs) three…

Tuesday, April 30 Word on the ground in Las Vegas is that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s next opponent will be Edgar Berlanga. On Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena, Alvarez will defend his undisputed super middleweight title against Jaime Munguia, and for all that theirs is an…