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By Amy A Kaplan - 05/27/2024 - Comments Oh, joy—another “epic showdown” in the heavyweight division is upon us. This time, it’s Daniel Dubois versus Filip Hrgovic gracing the hallowed grounds of Saudi Arabia on June 1st, live on DAZN.  Yet another bout billed with the…

The Queensberry vs. Matchroom 5V5 event will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, June 1, starting at 7 p.m. UK time and 2 p.m. ET. Watch live on DAZN After Artur Beterbiev’s inconvenient injury, Dmitry Bivol is now set…

Filip Hrgovic’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, feels it’s not fair that Oleksandr Usyk is being allowed to keep his IBF heavyweight title for his rematch with Tyson Fury in October. Delayed Opportunity for Hrgovic Hearn believes Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) should be stripped of his IBF…

Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams predicts that he’ll leave the highly touted unbeaten Hamzah Sheeraz “flat” on the canvas this Saturday, June 1st, in their 12-round middleweight contest on the 5 vs 5 event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Sheeraz’s Responsibility and Williams’ Ambition The 25-year-old Sheeraz (19-0,…

David Haye believes ‘The Bronze Bomber’ Deontay Wilder should defeat Zhilei Zhang if he’s got anything left of his “old magic” in their twelve-round heavyweight contest this Saturday night on June 1st at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Wilder vs. Zhang will be…

It could be seen as quite ironic how Josh Taylor boxed better in defeat to Jack Catterall than the “Tartan Tornado” boxed when he defeated Catterall, controversially, back in February of 2022. The fight of two years ago saw a seemingly disinterested Taylor fighting a…

As much as we’d all like to see bitter 140 pound rivals Jack Catterall and Josh Taylor go at it a third time, Catterall, who got his revenge over Taylor in last night’s thriller, is looking at a big fight with Teofimo Lopez. Last night’s…

The Queensberry vs. Matchroom 5v5 event will be held at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It’s scheduled for Saturday, June 1, starting at 7 p.m. UK time and 2 p.m. ET. The event will be available for streaming in various regions on DAZN.…

Last night in Montreal, Canada, unbeaten super middleweight contender/terror Christian Mbilli scored an ultra-quick stoppage win over Britain’s Mark Heffron. The all-action Frenchman dropped Heffron with a nasty left hand body shot just seconds into the opening round, with Heffron going down and having zero…