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For Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz, Saturday night isn’t just about trading punches with fellow Puerto Rican Henry Lebron—it’s a fight against the narrative that he’s always been second-best.  With pride and redemption on the line, Diaz steps into the ring at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente…

Lawrence Okolie makes his heavyweight debut this weekend and the former cruiserweight and bridgerweight world champion is feeling the benefits of being able to concentrate fully on beating Hussein Muhamed rather than battling the scales.  “I feel good, you know. It's been good eating…

It was civil rights campaigner and feminist author Rita Mae Brown — not the frequently credited Albert Einstein — who defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” And while at least a light splash of insanity is…

The International Boxing Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2025, and Manny Pacquiao leads the way. The Filipino superstar was always going to go in on the first ballot, but he’s been joined by Michael Nunn and Vinny Paz in the men’s…

WATERFORD – The pressure is on Irish welterweight Dylan Moran leading into the biggest fight of his life. Not only does he fight Tyrone McKenna, his best opponent to date, on Saturday, but he is doing so in the hope that it will set up…

On December 12, Boxing Hall-of-Famer and former pound-for-pound king Roy Jones Jr. will train five fighters on one card while also providing analysis from the corner for the livestream. Just for good measure, the card, at Legends Casino Hotel in Toppenish, Washington, will be promoted…

Brad Pauls and Denzel Bentley were calm and composed yet business-like as they came face to face at the final press conference for their crucial fight this weekend.  There is a lot at stake on Saturday. The winner will leave the ring with the…

Tempers flared as rival Irishmen Tyrone McKenna and Dylan Moran engaged in a war of words in Waterford. The welterweights headline the Conlan Boxing card on ProBox TV at the SETU Arena on Saturday and Irish pride is on the line. McKenna has been in…

Leo Ruiz isn’t just fighting Elias Haedo on Friday night—he’s fighting for attention, recognition, and maybe even a signature on a promoter’s dotted line.  The 25-year-old Ruiz junior middleweight knows he’s under the radar, but he’s determined to change that with a statement-making performance…