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Liam Paro defends his IBF light welterweight title for the first time this Saturday, December 7th, against mandatory Richardson Hitchins at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Paro, 28, says he hears that Hitchins is a “quitter,” he wants to see if that…

Xander Zayas claims that he was offered the fight against WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr., and he accepted it for the February 22nd card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Is Zayas Ready? Zayas is still inexperienced and has never fought a world-class fighter…

Just as everyone in the boxing world has an opinion, it seems that almost everyone in the boxing world has a “source” close to the upcoming situation. As a result, boxing scribe and all-round boxing personality Gareth A. Davies has something of an exclusive regarding…

Flyweight sensation Galal Yafai not only gave us a sensational performance last night, completely dominating former IBF champ Sunny Edwards for a sixth-round stoppage win in his hometown of Birmingham to become the WBC interim champ, but the 31-year-old southpaw also arrived smack bang on…

For a while, it seemed that we fans would be treated to a potential modern-day classic between unbeaten peaking warriors Jaron Ennis and Vergil Ortiz. Fans suggested that the fight to go on the February 22 card in Riyadh would play its part in “the…

Eddie Hearn says he wants to set up a fight between Galal Yafai and Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez “One day” in the future following Yafai’s sixth-round TKO win over Sunny Edwards (21-2, 4 KOs)  on Saturday night at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England. Matchroom…

Tonight in Birmingham, in their years in the making grudge-match, Galal Yafai turned what almost everyone thought was a genuine 50-50 fight going in into a one-sided showcase of the winner’s brilliance. Yafai, after just 9 pro fights, is the WBC interim champ at flyweight,…

In years to come, when boxing fans and experts look back on today and the heavyweight division, who will these people think was the best of these times of this generation? Right now, plenty of experts feel Oleksandr Usyk, 22-0(14), will be remembered as THE…

Former IBF World flyweight champion Sunny Edwards will attempt to revive his career tonight, facing unbeaten Galal Yafai in a 12-round dust-up for the WBC interim 112-lb belt from the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England. The card will be shown live on DAZN, beginning…