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LAS VEGAS – Ryan Garcia has officially enrolled in the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association drug-testing protocol, a step seen as the final one toward a planned three-fight series that will include his return to the ring in May and a rematch with bitter rival Devin Haney…

In this week’s mailbag, we tackle Andy Cruz’s future in the lightweight division, Dalton Smith’s continued development at junior welterweight, respect for what Naoya Inoue is doing in boxing, and respect as well for what Timothy Bradley accomplished himself. Want to be featured in…

Respect is usually something two boxers will express in the aftermath of a fight, having won theirs in the ring, yet occasionally it is something expressed prior to the fight, too.  In the case of Adam Azim and Sergey Lipinets, respect is something they…

As a child Acelino Freitas slept in a room that measured 35 square feet and he would share it with five others. There was no bathroom, little food, and few prospects for the Freitas family as the 1970s rolled into the 1980s in Salvador, Brazil.  …

Once-beaten welterweight Rashidi Ellis remains on the road back from his majority decision loss to Roiman Villa in January 2023. Ellis, a 31-year-old from Massachusetts, will fight for the second time since then, headlining on February 15 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.…

On his regular trips to his old amateur club, Dale Youth ABC, George Groves would see an enthusiastic and hard-hitting prospect, marking him out as one to watch. As young Lucas Roehrig developed and improved, the fork in the road drew nearer. Roehrig…

LAS VEGAS – There’s something about coming from nothing, residing in a town where accomplishment outside the town’s boundaries is rare. Jesus Ramos Jnr feels it. He was raised in the Sonoran Desert town of Casa Grande, Arizona (population 55,635), a plot between…

LAS VEGAS – To hear Nonito Donaire tell it, the secret to creating a Fight of the Year is letting go of who will win or lose and embracing the fact that you’re engaged in a legacy fight for all time. It happened to…

Featherweight Caroline Veyre might appear mean when she trains, but she is the first to tell you she is just very focused. She shared this as she fought back a smile. “When I train I'm really focused on everything I do,” Veyre told…