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Former WBO cruiserweight champ and all-round crowd pleaser Marco Huck will launch a comeback next month, up at heavyweight. Huck, who is now 39 years of age and has not boxed for almost four full years, will face the much bigger Evgenios Lazaridis on June…

We may have reached the point where there are pretty much no limits when it comes to the hyping and the selling of a fight. From “acting” out and out crazy (see Ryan Garcia’s wild run-up to his fight with Devin Haney, with Garcia doing…

It’s been said and written many times that Herol Graham deserves the distinction of being called ‘the greatest British fighter never to have won a world title.’ Agreed. But one could also argue how Graham – nicknamed “Bomber” by Brendan Ingle; this the late trainer’s…

Naoya Inoue has officially been chosen by Ring Magazine staff as their new pound-for-pound king, replacing Terence Crawford for the top sport. Ring Magazine’s choice is questionable because many pundits feel that Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) hasn’t beaten the level of opposition to grab the…

This Saturday live night on ESPN/ESPN+ Vasiliy Lomachenko returns to the ring versus the former undisputed lightweight champion George Kambosos. This bout will take place in George’s backyard in Australia. Lomachenko was last seen almost a year ago, losing to Devin Haney via a razor-close…

Ryan Garcia says a fight between him and Errol Spence will be “easier” than his recent match against Devin Haney. Garcia (25-1, 20 KOs) predicts that he’ll make easy work of the former IBF/WBA/WBC welterweight champion Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) by knocking him out within…

Canelo Alvarez repeated his demand of $200M for a fight against David Benavidez if it’s to take place. Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) says Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) outweighing him by 25-30 lbs on the night of the fight isn’t an obstacle…

Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya doesn’t think Errol Spence Jr. wants any part of fighting Ryan Garcia after the two exchanged words on social media. Ryan (25-1, 20 KOs) called out the former unified welterweight champion Spence (28-1, 22 KOs), saying, “Let’s do…

It really does look as though Tyson Fury has put the work in for the fight he will soon have with rival heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. Fury, as we can see in the new photos of him, is about as ripped as he has ever…