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Since October 2023, heavyweight boxing has experienced a remarkable renaissance, and much of this revival can be attributed to the ambitious Riyadh Season, orchestrated by Turki Alalshikh As the Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority in Saudi Arabia, Alalshikh has leveraged the country’s vast…

Promoter Frank Warren is still upset about the scoring by some of the judges in his fighter, Tyson Fury’s, 12-round unanimous decision loss to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch on December 21st in Riyadh. Warren still can’t understand how one of the…

Regis Prograis says he thinks Devin Haney shouldn’t take the rematch with Ryan Garcia next, but he believes he will for the money. The former two-time light welterweight champion Prograis would like to see Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) take a tune-up first before facing Garcia…

Team Canelo Alvarez has reportedly approached IBF super middleweight champion William Scull (23-0, 9 KOs) for a fight in May on the Mexican Cinco de Mayo holiday weekend. This undisputed championship match would give Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) a chance to recapture his IBF title…

Edgar Berlanga showed off some of his fancy threads on social media, posing with a large fur coat, posing alongside the late former King of Harlem, Frank Lucas, for comparison’s sake. Enjoying The Payday Berlanga asked his followers, “Who wore it better?” The Brooklyn, New…

The eternally celebrated, in fact, for many people, the incomparable Sugar Ray Robinson engaged in some savage ring rivalries. Many fans instantly think of Sugar Ray’s multiple wars with Jake LaMotta, perhaps Robinson’s fiercest rival. Or maybe fans think of Sugar’s savage battles with Carmen…

Promoter Eddie Hearn stated that the only genuinely massive fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua was between them. The former two-time heavyweight champ said the fight “has to happen in 2025.” While visiting Nigeria, where Joshua’s parents were born, AJ said he wants to…

Bob Arum has broken down the 2025 plans for unified super-bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue. In speaking with Sky Sports, Arum said that after Inoue’s January 24th fight with IBF mandatory challenger Sam Goodman, “The Monster” will return to the US, where he will fight unbeaten…

Sergio Mora wants David Benavidez to “age out” undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev before fighting him. Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) turns 40 on January 21st. Mora points out that fighters traditionally have aged out talented champions before facing them so they can increase their…