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Promoter Frank Warren believes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will beat IBF/WBA/WBO champ Oleksandr Usyk at his own game on May 18th by using his IQ to defeat him in their undisputed clash in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fury’s Style Shift? Or Just Sloppy Boxing? Warren…

Shakur Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) puts his WBC 135-lb title on the line against #6 Artem Harutyunyan (12-1, 7 KOs) in a 12-round headliner in a stacked card on July 6th on ESPN and ESPN+ at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Stevenson is…

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue could be fighting next in September at Wembley Stadium in London. His Excellency Turki Alalshikh has a card that is in the planning stage for September 21/22 in London with Anthony Joshua in the main event. The Trade-Off: Undercard…

Talk about a clean sweep. A heck of a hugely impressive clean sweep. Right now, one country can make the claim of having hold of all the gold in two weight divisions. Japan – where the sport of boxing is really and truly buzzing today…

Female ring warrior Heather Hardy, known as “The Heat” during her always exciting career, has taken to social media to emotionally announce her retirement from fighting. The former WBO featherweight champion was due to embark on a new adventure this Saturday, this in the world…

It may well be unbeaten Sam Goodman’s turn next as far as derailing the “Monster,” Naoya Inoue goes. As fans who watched yesterday’s thrilling fight between Naoya and Luis Nery saw, Goodman was right there in Tokyo, and he called for the next date with…

Saudi Arabian boxing chief Turki Alalshikh already plans a rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and IBF/WBA/WBO champ Oleksandr Usyk for October 12th or 13th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It’s questionable whether the 35-year-old Fury will be able to make a quick turnaround to…

Trainer Andre Rozier doesn’t like the idea of Terence Crawford moving up to 168 to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his IBF, WBA, WBC & WBO super middleweight titles. His Excellency Turki Alalshikh is interested in putting together a fight between Crawford and Canelo for December…

The Saudis are interested in staging a fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford in the U.S in December or January. Alalshikh Spearheads Negotiations His Excellency Turki Alalshikh wants to put the Canelo-Crawford fight together, and he says he’s going to work on it. Crawford…