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Eddie Hearn says he and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis haven’t decided whether to take the fight with WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. for his belt on February 22nd in Riyadh. Hearn states it’s a “big decision” because it would mean ‘Boots’ vacating his…

Ladies and gentlemen, gather ’round for another episode of “Real Boxers vs. Pretenders,” starring the legendary Carl “The Cobra” Froch and the clown prince of boxing, Jake “Who Did I Beat This Time?” Paul. Froch’s Fury: A Champion’s Response to Irrelevance When Jake Paul’s manager…

According to promoter Eddie Hearn, Anthony Joshua will return to the ring in May or June of 2020. The two fights that Hearn wants for Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) are Tyson Fury and Daniel Dubois. Hearn doesn’t mention wanting Joshua to fight Oleksandr Usyk despite…

On this Thanksgiving week in America, let’s not waste any time getting into the meat and potatoes of this razor-close matchup between Sunny Edwards and Galal Yafai. Though Yafai is 31 years of age, he is still fairly green when it comes to the paid…

Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya shut down the idea of his fighter Floyd Schofield being used as the challenger for WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson on February 22 in Riyadh. De La Hoya posted his Clap Back Thursday today, trashing Shakur’s promoter, Eddie…

Those who are familiar with the rivalry between flyweights Sunny Edwards and Galal Yafai know their fight, which will go down on Saturday night, has been, as the fight hype blurb informs us, nine years in the making. Since their amateur days, these two have…

As fans know, British heavyweight warrior Derek Chisora will box Otto Wallin next, this in February in Manchester. The fight, dubbed “The Last Dance,” came about after a planned fight between Chisora and Jarrell Miller was pulled due to a legal dispute between Miller and…

It seems former heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko was thisclose to returning to the ring to challenge current IBF heavyweight ruler Daniel Dubois. The stunning news has been reported by Jeff Powell of The Mail, who writes how Klitschko, 48, threw his hat into the ring…

By Amy A Kaplan - 11/28/2024 - Comments Another “blockbuster” fight between two pint-sized pugilists that nobody outside of Birmingham has ever heard of. Galal Yafai, the Olympic Champion, is about to face his “toughest test” yet. Apparently, breezing through eight nobodies doesn’t quite prepare you…