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A very interesting heavyweight match up will take place in L.A on August 3rd. As per a news story from Mike Coppinger of ESPN, unbeaten US heavyweight contender Jared Anderson will face British-based big man Martin Bakole of the Democratic Republic of Congo, this on…

Will Deontay Wilder retire from boxing after his crushing, sad to see KO defeat at the hands of Zhilei Zhang? A better question, perhaps, is should Wilder retire? Two very poor showings back-to-back, one that led to a heck of a nasty KO defeat. It…

Eddie Hearn, when speaking with IFL TV, said that while there is nothing concrete as far as who Anthony Joshua will fight next, his next bout is set to take place at Wembley in September, and a press conference will take place at the end…

Eddie Hearn says he and promoter Frank Warren are planning a second Matchroom vs. Queensberry 5 vs. 5 tournament event for October or November in Saudi Arabia or the UK. Last weekend, Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing team was blanked by Queensberry by a 10-0 score, with…

The World Boxing Council (WBC) will put its ‘Freedom’ belt on the line for the Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs. Frank Martin fight on June 15th, commemorating Juneteenth. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has confirmed that there won’t be a sanctioning fee involved to the winner of…

Cody Crowley has failed his eye exam, leaving Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis high and dry for his maiden title defense for IBF welterweight strap on July 13th in Philadelphia. This is a major buzzkill for Boots Ennis (31-0, 28 KOs), who was coming off a one-year…

Adrien Broner unleashed a storm of expletive-filled insults and homophobic slurs towards his opponent Blair ‘The Flair’ Cobbs during today’s final press conference for a third fight this Friday night on June 7th in Hollywood, Florida. A Troubled Fighter’s Downward Spiral Broner (35-4-1, 24 KOs),…

The self-proclaimed “GWOAT,” Claressa Shields (and you know what the initials stand for – Greatest Woman of All Time!), will try to prove her credentials even more in her next fight. As has been reported by multiple news outlets, Shields, 14-0(2), will go up to…

Ike Quartey was a beast of a fighter; he was also a heck of a lot of fun to watch. “Bazooka,” one of a number of great fighters to come out of Accra, Ghana, had a superb left jab, a granite chin, a clever defense,…