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Writers write. Fighters fight. Michael Katz did a lot of both. He was insightful and outrageous, generous and cantankerous, angry and forgiving, impatient and understanding, annoying and funny. He also could deliver a line and use a cane as though it were a…

Ryan Rozicki is hoping that by February 4 he will have clarity about the status of his promised title fight with WBC cruiserweight titleholder Badou Jack. Rozicki, the 29-year-old Canadian known by his moniker “The Bruiser,” is awaiting his big fight but had choice…

LAS VEGAS – The hardest work is over. All that remains for David Morrell Jnr before his Saturday pay-per-view main event versus fellow unbeaten light heavyweight David Benavidez is the pageantry of a workout, a face-off and a weigh-in. On Wednesday, as Cuba’s Morrell,…

Arnold Khegai will step up to take on world title contender Joet Gonzalez in a 10-round featherweight main event on a ProBox TV card March 8 at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California. Khegai, 22-1-1 (14 KOs), is a 32-year-old from Odesa, Ukraine, who…

Matchroom are ready to include a fight between Ellie Scotney and Skye Nicolson in their plans. Scotney defended her IBF and WBO junior-featherweight titles on Saturday with a convincing points victory over Mea Motu at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, England. Scotney, 26,…

LAS VEGAS – The project before Ronnie Shields is massive. Thankfully for the veteran trainer, so is his library of experience. Shields, the 66 year old cornerman for Cuba’s unbeaten David Morrell, is charged with the unenviable assignment of crafting a fight plan to…

Teofimo Lopez has been ordered to defend his WBO junior-welterweight title against the winner of the fight between Jack Catterall and Arnold Barboza Jnr on February 15. Lopez, 27, has been inactive since his victory in June 2024 over Steve Claggett, and at a time…

George Liddard plans to set up a “big 2025” when he and Derrick Osaze fight on Friday at London’s Indigo at the O2. Liddard-Osaze headlines Matchroom’s NXTGEN card, which also features the promising Junaid Bostan’s English middleweight title fight with Bilal Fawaz. The middleweight Liddard…

Michael Katz, an award-winning writer for The New York Times , New York Daily News , MaxBoxing and others, has died at the age of 85. Remembered by peers as much for what might generously be described as a cantankerous nature as…