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Promoter Eddie Hearn laughs at the criticism that Dmitry Bivol has been receiving from fans and the media for him choosing to relinquish his WBC light heavyweight title to swerve his WBC-ordered mandatory David Benavidez. Hearn’s Dismissal Hearn asks why Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) would…

Commentator Sergio Mora says it was a “bad look” for Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to turn down a fight against WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) had talked about wanting to fight Terence Crawford in the past, but he then…

Former world heavyweight title challenger and long-time contender Dillian Whyte turns 37 today, and the Londoner doesn’t figure to have too long to go until his walks away and retires from the sport. But one man who has never, shall we say, seen eye to…

Teddy Atlas, on his superb podcast ‘The Fight,’ recently listed his top 10 greatest ever heavyweights, and the fans sure found the list, the picks, interesting. Now, going one better, Atlas, a man who has so much passion for the sport and always, always will,…

Jaron Ennis laces his boots up tight in preparation for a title unification and more importantly, lineal champion at welterweight. His opponent Eimantas Stanionis is rugged fighter who also brings solid fundamentals offensively to the ring. It’s been a long journey for both men to…

The next opponent for red-hot, unbeaten 20 year old heavyweight prospect/contender Moses Itauma has been announced, and it’s fair to say fans will be less than overwhelmed. Itauma, who many see as a future heavyweight champion, indeed, perhaps the future of the division, will face…

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis looks sickly this week, draining down to 147 to make weight for his fight against Eimantas Stanionis this Saturday night. In comparison, WBA welterweight champion Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs) looks normal and almost filled out. Starved Appearance Ennis looks like he’s been…

Trainer Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis is blaming WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. for why negotiations for a unification fight against IBF champ Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis fell apart for a clash last November in Philadelphia. Bozy says Norman Jr. didn’t want to agree to the $1.7…

Just recently, we saw a controversy in Australia, this when three scoring judges who are all Australian were initially assigned to the Tim Tszyu-Joey Spencer fight. Spencer and his team were understandably angry, having been told there would be neutral judges for the fight in…