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An admission straight off the bat: I really don’t care what happens if Jake Paul fights Mike Tyson, presuming neither is killed or seriously injured. It’s a ludicrous concept for myriad reasons, one that speaks to boxing’s habit of staging car crashes purely for attention…

The WBO’s order for its junior middleweight titleholder Sebastian Fundora to fight interim 154-pound and four-division champion Terence Crawford might appear to be a straightforward request, but it’s anything but. In a conversation with BoxingScene minutes after the order came down, Fundora promoter Sampson…

Caleb Plant is ready to revive his career, and he’s labeling the comeback as the “Revenge Tour.” Plant (22-2, 13 KOs) will be fighting for the first time since losing to David Benavidez in March 2023 when he takes on Trevor McCumby (28-0, 21…

Freshly crowned junior middleweight titleholder Terence Crawford has made a bold stroke in moving to become the first undisputed three-division champion in the four-belt era by invoking his right to meet new two-belt 154-pound titleholder Sebastian Fundora. The World Boxing Organization on Wednesday ordered…

If I only had $20 for every time a boxing trainer, manager or figure would end their endorsement of a fighter with the back-up caveat, “Ask Brad Goodman what he thinks …” The International Boxing Hall of Fame matchmaker employed by Bob Arum’s Top…

Dave Coldwell believes that he and Lerrone Richards have “unfinished business” together.  In June, Coldwell was in attendance as Richards was shockingly stopped in six rounds by Steed Woodall. The sight of his friend and former student suffering such a damaging defeat saddened Coldwell…

Israil Madrimov is looking to regain a portion of the world junior middleweight title following his close points defeat to Terence Crawford which cost him his WBA belt in Los Angeles on August 3.  “I said after the fight that I thought I did…

Skye Nicolson and Raven Chapman aren’t the first pro women boxers to compete in Saudi Arabia — that was Ramla Ali’s knockout of Crystal Garcia Nova in 2022 — but Nicolson’s upcoming bout with Chapman will be the first-ever women’s title fight in the kingdom.…

Sam Gilley, the Commonwealth junior middleweight champion, has signed a promotional agreement with Frank Warren and Queensberry. Gilley, 17-1 (8 KOs), last saw action at York Hall in October when he defeated Louis Greene over 12 rounds to secure his Commonwealth status. Previously the 30-year-old…