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By ESB - 12/02/2024 - Comments Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 rematch will headline today’s announced February 22nd Riyadh Season card. WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. will defend against Israil Madrimov in a fight that no one had predicted would happen. His…

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez says he’s prepared to win back his WBO featherweight title against champion Rafael Espinoza in their rematch this Saturday, December 7th, at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. (Credit: Top Rank) Robeisy (14-2, 9 KOs) says there were a…

Joe Cordina still wants the fight with Shakur Stevenson after losing out on the match on October 12th due to a hand injury for the Newark, New Jersey native.  That’s got to be disappointing for the 33-year-old Cordina because he missed out on a nice…

If you haven’t yet checked out the promo trailer for the Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury rematch, go and do so now. It’s truly a surreal 2-and-a-bit minutes, in which horror and hype combine to give viewers a genuinely never before seen boxing trailer. Fans of horror…

Unbeaten “Mexican Monster” David Benavidez has plenty of work to do at light heavyweight, his upcoming fight with David Morell a real battle to consider, and Benavidez then aims to fight the Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol winner for all the 175 pound marbles. But Benavidez is…

In an interesting move at heavyweight, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has told Sky Sports that the upcoming fight between Zhilei Zhang and Agit Kabayel will contest the WBC interim title. The fight, to go ahead on the big in-the-works February 22 bill in Riyadh, could…

The Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd Schofield Jr. fight is expected to be announced today in Saudi Arabia for the Riyadh Season event on February 22nd. Floyd Sr. said in an interview on Sunday that his son, Kid Austin’s fight with WBC lightweight champion Shakur (22-0,…

A question as old as the sport itself: what would happen if the best of the best fought one another? The question, however, takes on a whole new meaning as time goes on and eras see separation. What would happen if the best from yesteryear…

Turki Alalshikh released the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk 2 promo today for their December 21st rematch in Riyadh. The theme is one that involvs both fighters seeing each other’s faces wherever they go. No matter who they talk to, they see each other’s faces.…