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By ESPN Boxing - 06/17/2024 - Comments Newark’s own Shakur Stevenson is back to defend his crown against another brave soul willing to take a beating on his home turf. The WBC lightweight champ will square off against Armenian-born German Olympian Artem Harutyunyan on Saturday, July…

Paulie Malignaggi, boxing analyst, believes Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis is swerving a unification fight against WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson. Malignaggi was frustrated at hearing Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) mentioning Vasily Lomachenko’s name last Saturday night following his win over Frank Martin rather than Shakur’s.…

Can “The Sauce” add some spice to the heavyweight division? Former WBO cruiserweight champ and recently crowned bridgerweight champ Lawrence Okolie seems to have a number of interesting options right about now. The 31 year old has expressed his interest in getting Deontay Wilder interested…

To the surprise of nobody, David Benavidez mentioned a certain Canelo Alvarez after his light heavyweight win over Oleksandr Gvozdyk on Saturday. Benavidez, who pounded out a wide 12 round decision win over Gvozdyk, received pretty decent reviews for his performance, but some critics have…

A proven tough cookie and also a major player in the current cruiserweight division courtesy of the WBO belt he has now successfully defended twice, Chris Billam-Smith is looking at taking on the consensus best in the weight division, this being IBF and Ring Magazine…

Olympic silver medalist Joe Joyce will face the old veteran Derek Chisora in a curious heavyweight match-up on July 27th at the O2 Arena in London, England. You can argue the rationale for this fight is to slowly build Joyce’s confidence back up after his…

David Benavidez seemed out of touch with reality about how he performed in his win over Oleksandr Gvozyk, claiming that he “dominated every round” in his debut at 175 last Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (Photo credit: Esther Lin/Premier…

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearns has a new IBF light welterweight champion, Liam Paro, whom he’s eager to match against WBC champ Devin Haney in an Australian unification fight at 140. (Photo by Amanda Westcott/Matchroom.) Mandatory Challengers and Rehydration Limits There are four obstacles that Hearn…

David Benavidez failed to shine in his win over Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night in his debut at light heavyweight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (Photo credit: Esther Lin/Premier Boxing Champions) Power Deficit Exposed Never a big puncher at 168, Benavidez’s…