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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…

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he’s reluctant to put the March 15th fight between WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez and former IBF champ Subriel Matias on PPV due to piracy issues. Besides piracy, Lopez isn’t a PPV draw, and Matias isn’t one, either.…

BOXING NEWS 24/7 has crunched the numbers across hundreds of fights to identify boxing’s best fighters, fights, knockouts, and moments worthy of our annual “ESBY” awards. And, without further ado, here are our 2024 ESBY Honorees and Nominees: FIGHTER OF THE YEAR, MALE ——————————– …

Tim Bradley says he woke up at 3 am, studied Canelo Alvarez & Terence Crawford, and concluded that the Mexican star will get the “brakes” beaten out of him if they fight in 2025. The commentator Bradley doesn’t specify why he believes the smaller, weaker,…

Happy New Year, fellow fight fan! Now that 2024 is firmly in the rearview mirror—and it was, by and large, an excellent year—at least for boxing, but maybe not for politics, movies, TV, music, or general good morale in many places, mainly from a financial…

A slim-looking WBC interim light heavyweight champion, David Benavidez, was showing off his hand speed in a workout in the gym training for his 12-round battle against David Morrell on February 1st on PBC on Prime Video PPV. In the video clip, Benavidez (29-0, 24…

Trainer Malik Scott says Deontay Wilder’s career will be on the line for his next fight in 2025. The former WBC heavyweight champion (43-4-1, 42 KOs) has lost his last two fights and has only won once in five years. That was against his old…

Former undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo is training for what could be a comeback in 2025 after sitting out of the ring in 2024. Riyadh Dreams? Some fans believe Jermell’s only reason for returning to the gym is because he smells money and wants…

Here’s a top 10 list that’s a little bit different. I’ve never come across one before; maybe you have: the top 10 greatest Ukrainian boxers ever. This list is not as easy to compile as, say, the 10 greatest Mexican boxers or the 10 greatest…