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Heavyweight Derek Chisora is confident of victory over Otto Wallin in their 12-round ‘Last Dance’ event headliner fight on February 8th at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England. Fans are put off by Chisora continuing to fight at 40, and they want him gone…

Three fights, all of them going the distance, all of them taking place in Las Vegas. And each of them reaches a quite brutal level of violence. We are talking about the 122, 126, and 130-pound wars that vicious Mexican enemies Marco Antonio Barrera and…

Here’s a double dose of heavyweight news, and not terribly great news at that. Derek Chisora will not now be fighting Jarrell Miller. The fight, one that plenty of fans felt would be a guaranteed fun fight, is off and Miller has laid into promoter…

Agit Kabayel and Zhilei Zhang are now all set to fight each other on an in-the-works mega card to take place in Riyadh in February. So Martin Bakole, who recently had his name linked to both men, needs a new dance partner. And reports say…

Oscar De La Hoya posted a statement on social media, saying that Ryan Garcia’s scheduled eight-round exhibition on December 30th against Japanese kickboxer Rukiya Anpo will not go ahead unless Golden Boy Promotions signs off on it, which they haven’t done. It’s not looking good…

Floyd Schofield Jr. and his dad, Floyd Sr, are saying they’ve agreed to their percentage of the money for a fight against Shakur Stevenson on February 22nd, and they’re just waiting for the clash to be announced by DAZN and Golden Boy. Schofield Sr. states…

IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph Parker and Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 rematch are two of the fights being planned for February 22nd in the next Riyadh Season card. Anthony Joshua has chosen not to take the rematch with Dubois due to…

It’s not in any way a legitimate world heavyweight title fight. Heck, the show that will hit the road in Sofia, Bulgaria on December 7th might not be a fight you would regard as being noteworthy. But the fight, the derided showdown that is Mahmoud…

There are probably quite a few fighters from over the years that pop up in your mind as far as guys who never seemed to get a break or, with them, rarely catching one. Too often, less connected, less experienced, or less exciting, get jobbed…