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Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has his third consecutive fight under the PBC umbrella next month, when he looks to add Edgar Berlanga’s scalp to those of Jermell Charlo and Jaime Munguia. Canelo is once again aligning himself with Al Haymon’s promotional entity, a couple of…

LAS VEGAS — Vergil Ortiz’s team didn’t know exactly what the scorecards said, but they knew the junior middleweight fight with Serhii Bohachuk was probably on the line going into the final rounds. “We knew the fight had to be close,” said Robert Garcia,…

Today (August 12) Top Rank announced that featherweight prospect Albert “Chop Chop” Gonzalez, the latest star to emerge from the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy, has signed a long-term contract with the promotional company. Gonzalez, 10-0 (6 KOs), picked up his third win of 2024 last…

LAS VEGAS — Manny Robles and Tom Loeffler felt disappointed but not defeated.  Yes, their fighter, junior middleweight Serhii Bohachuk, had taken the loss on the scorecards, receiving the short end of a majority decision against Vergil Ortiz Jr. on Saturday night at the…

WHEN the Beach Boys released Pet Sounds in 1966, Brian Wilson couldn’t have known that track 12, “I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times”, would bring so much comfort to the disillusioned; men and women convinced they were born in the wrong era and at…

Roman Gonzalez has hit out at speculation that he might meet fellow future International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Nonito Donaire. Over the weekend, Donaire had said there had been talks between the camps, but today Gonzalez has taken to X to say that…

Things are looking up for Ringside Charitable Trust (RCT), the British charity built by Dave Harris that’s designed to help ex-boxers in need. Anthony Joshua, the former world heavyweight champion and one of the most recognizable faces in the sport, will soon be involved and…

Jay Harris likes being at the sharp end. The British, Commonwealth and European flyweight champion has spent his career making high stakes, split-second decisions in the cut and thrust 112lb division, either setting the tone and challenging his opponent to stay with him or instinctively…

For Sacramento featherweight Malikai Johnson, COVID-19 was more than an inconvenience. It was a life-altering virus that forever changed his family. While many struggled with the financial strains of the pandemic, Johnson faced a far greater loss — the death of his father. This story…