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Josh Taylor’s promoter, Bob Arum, threw a hissy fit in response to his fighter’s 12-round unanimous decision loss to Jack Catterall in their rematch in a light welterweight fight on Saturday night in Leeds, England. Bob’s Meltdown When the judges’ scores of 117-111, 116-113, and…

Tonight in Leeds, Jack Catterall finally got his revenge over Josh Taylor. The two met in an eagerly awaited rematch, the man from Chorley, Lancashire and the man from Prestonpans, Scotland having boxed back in February of 2022, with Taylor getting the controversial decision win.…

Tonight, on the big Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall rematch card in Leeds, fans saw a new British cruiserweight champion crowned as Jamaican-born Cheavon Clarke scored an eighth round stoppage win over London’s Ellis Zorro. Clarke, in just his ninth pro fight, landed a big right hand…

London’s Lawrence Okolie scored the kind of quick and devastating KO that gets fans interested and excited last night in crushing Lukasz Rozanski to rip the WBC bridgerweight title. Now, “The Sauce” is looking at staying at bridgerweight for the time being, with the ultimate…

Light welterweights Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall clash tonight in a 12-round non-title rematch live on ESPN+ in the US and live on DAZN in the UK at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England. Taylor’s four titles are gone now, but both fighters still…

In an evening that could have been billed as a comic tragedy rather than a fight, former WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie (20-1, 14 KOs) turned what was supposed to be a championship bout into a farcical sideshow, effortlessly demolishing the untested and comically overhyped…

Was it a legitimate knockout punch? Was the fix in? Was it a ‘Phantom Punch?’ Did Muhammad Ali really defeat Sonny Liston in an honest-to-goodness fight all those years ago in May of 1965? These questions and more have been asked many times and never…

Filip Hrgovic predicts he’s going to “conquer” Daniel Dubois this Saturday in their 12-round fight on the 5v5 card on June 1st in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Experience vs. Youth and Power Many boxing fans are predicting a victory for the more experienced Hrgovic, as he’s…

Lawrence Okolie made a dominant display of power on Friday night, winning the WBC briderweight title with a first round knockout over the hapless champion Lukasz Rozanski at the Podpromie Arena in Rzeszow, Poland. Fighting at Briderweight for the first and likely the last time,…