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Bruce Carrington says he doesn’t like how WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball rejected an offer that his team had said they wanted and chose instead to defend against Sam Goodman on August 16th. Carrington (15-0, 9 KOs) points out that Goodman campaigns at super bantamweight,…

Tim Tszyu posted his thoughts on his seventh-round stoppage loss last Saturday night to WBC 154-lb champion Sebastian Fundora in their rematch in Las Vegas. Tszyu (25-3, 18 KOs) said he gave it his best but “it didn’t go my way.” He intends to “move…

Eddie Hearn Says Usyk Would Beat Holmes, Tyson, Liston, Frazier The praise is still pouring in for two-time unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, the first man in history to have twice unified all four belts in the sport’s glamour division. There is too a serious…

Ask around, and the majority of people in the boxing world do feel that Joseph Parker should be next for unified four-belt heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk. Frank Warren wants to see the fight happen, as does retired heavyweight great Lennox Lewis. Parker, the WBO interim…

Daniel Dubois was done before his gloves were laced. Wembley saw the body — but the soul got wrecked back home. And the man who helped tear it all apart? His own father. Hours before the biggest fight of his career, Dubois’ house was rammed…

As fans may have read, former unified, four-belt 140 pound champion Josh Taylor has retired from the ring, strongly advised to do as as he was by his doctors. Scottish hero Taylor has had eye problems for a while now, and the medical experts said…

Benavidez appeared speedy and flabby around the waistline in a short workout video today, as he trains for his fight against Anthony Yarde on November 22nd in Riyadh. Benavidez looks as big as a heavyweight right now. There’s no difference in his size and undisputed…

The Top Rank-promoter Xander Zayas (21-0, 13 KOs) will fight for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title against Jorge Garcia (33-4, 26 KOs) this Saturday, July 26, on ESPN and ESPN+ from Madison Square Garden Theater in New York City. Zayas vs Garcia Title Fight…

British warrior Callum Smith might have missed out on a big fight with WBC light heavyweight champ David Benavidez, but Smith is now in line to face the last man to have fought Benavidez. As per an e-mail the folks at the WBO have made…