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By ESB - 12/30/2024 - Comments Kazuto Ioka’s New Year’s Eve rematch with Fernando Martinez in Tokyo has been canceled. Ioka’s Shisei gym announced on Monday that Martinez, Argentina’s WBA super flyweight champion, came down with influenza, dashing hopes of a thrilling showdown just days before…

Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says there’s the possibility that WBC interim lightweight champion William Zepeda will fight a rematch against Tevin Farmer next after Zepeda’s injured hand recovers. Zepeda (32-0, 27 KKOs) beat Farmer, 34, by a 10-round split decision on November 16 at…

Derek Chisora turns 41 today ahead of his scheduled 10-round headliner against heavyweight contender Otto Wallin on February 8 at the Co-Op Live Arena in Manchester, England. A Fan Favorite Fans want Chisora to retire because he’s so slow, easy to hit, and is soaking…

Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua is interested in only two fights in 2025: a rematch against IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois and the ‘Battle of Britain’ clash against Tyson Fury. Hearn prefers Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) because of the huge interest. He says it’s the…

Daniel Dubois sure has come a heck of a long way since he was cruelly and unfairly labelled a “quitter” by too many people, by people who should have known a whole lot better. 27 year old Dubois also came a long way here in…

Reigning heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk has already shown he can handle the big, big guys, with the Ukrainian now holding two wins over Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, and if the soon to be 38 year old doesn’t either retire or drop back down to…

Oscar De La Hoya isn’t counting out Lamont Roach Jr’s chances of pulling off an upset against Gervonta Davis on March 1st. He feels he’s got the skills and ring intelligence to defeat Tank (30-0, 28 KOs), especially if he’s taking him lightly. It wouldn’t…

Oscar De La Hoya still believes Floyd ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield Jr. should have waited to gain more experience before challenging Shakur Stevenson for his WBC lightweight title. Despite it being early on for the young contender, Oscar feels that Schofield can win the fight with…

Frank Waren rewatched last Saturday’s Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk fight and thinks it was “closer” than he originally scored it. However, he still feels his fighter deserved the victory in their rematch in Riyadh. Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) lost virtually all the exchanges in…