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Joseph Parker didn’t get the opponent he wanted, but he got the night he needed. On Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the co-main event to the Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol headliner, Parker blasted out last-minute replacement foe Martin Bakole in the second round. …

I assume I am on an island here. Following the sensational sequel of Artur Beterbiev’s majority decision win over Dmitry Bivol, in which Bivol exacted revenge by identical scores to begin his stint as the undisputed light heavyweight champion, all the talk is about a…

JAMESTOWN, Calif. – Marc Farrait, the coach of super middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga, sees a purpose to his next fight. Berlanga returns to action March 15 against undefeated Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.  The initial news of the…

Junior middleweight Chordale Booker knows Sebastian Fundora is a unique opponent. The two will fight for Fundora’s WBO and WBC junior middleweight unified titles at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas on March 22. Booker, 33, is listed at 5ft 9in, around the…

Welterweight contender Paddy Donovan is enjoying the pre-fight mind games with Lewis Crocker who he faces in a 12-rounder on March 1 at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. When the press conference occurred, therefore, it was no surprise that Limerick, Ireland's Donovan…

With Major League Baseball’s spring training and regular season about to get underway, Los Angeles Dodgers fans are gearing up for another run at a title. Last year, newly acquired Japanese superstars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto contributed to a 2024 World Series win. This…

So rife are performance-enhancing drugs in boxing, and indeed top-level sport, these days, there is now seemingly an emphasis on providing proof that one is not doing them. This is only encouraged, of course, by the fact that all boxers have social media…

In the tradition of most great Russian works of art, but specifically the novel, the rivalry between light-heavyweights Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev has turned into a circuitous yet page-turning affair, with plenty of room for discussion and philosophical musings.  There is, despite the…

Callum Smith is relishing having re-established himself towards the top of the light-heavyweight division with victory over Joshua Buatsi. At the age of 34, and having been surprised to have been made an underdog against Buatsi having only lost to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Artur…