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A week after Saul “Canelo” Alvarez retained his undisputed super middleweight championship via a unanimous decision win over Jaime Munguia, a sample of boxing insiders consulted by BoxingScene doubts that the Mexican will face the likes of David Benavidez or Terence Crawford next – unless,…

Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez returns to the ring tonight for the first time since his thrilling last-ditch WBC super-featherweight title loss to O’Shaquie Foster in October. Hernandez and opponent Daniel Lugo both came inside the super-featherweight title limit ahead of their WBC eliminator tonight in…

The last time Ukraine’s Vasiliy Lomachenko won a world title fight was in the summer of 2019 when he turned back the spirited challenge of Luke Campbell in London. Coincidentally or not, it was also the last time he chose to wear the blue and…

Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom hopes the pace-setters for the heavyweight fight of the year will meet again before the end of 2024. In March, British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Frazer Clarke and Fabio Wardley shared 12 memorable rounds at the O2 in London and,…

Junior middleweight Jordan Panthen is scheduled to take on the also-undefeated Miguel Angel Hernandez at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California, on June 20, in another quick return to the ring. Panthen (8-0, 7 KOs), who will face Hernandez (8-0, 6 KOs) in an…

Yamileth Mercado will defend her WBC junior featherweight title against Ramla Ali at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 29. They will meet on the card topped by the blockbuster clash between Juan Francisco Estrada and Jesse Rodriguez for the WBC and Ring Magazine junior bantamweight titles. Mercado…

All of the championship fighters have made weight in Perth, Western Australia head of Sunday’s Top Rank bill, with headliners Vasiliy Lomachenko and vacant IBF lightweight title co-challenger George Kambosos both came in under the 135lbs limit. (Vacant IBF Lightweight World Title - 12 Rounds) Vasiliy Lomachenko 134.9lbs.…

Featherweight titleholder Rafael Espinoza will make his first defense against Sergio Chirino at Fontainebleau Las Vegas in Las Vegas on June 21. Espinoza (24-0, 20 KOs) earned his belt last December, upsetting Robeisy Ramirez in a Fight of the Year contender. Despite being knocked…

Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury have both arrived safely in Saudi Arabia. In just over a week’s time, one of them will fly home as the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world since Lennox Lewis outpointed Evander Holyfield in 1999. The meeting of…