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A proven heavyweight great, indeed a proven pound-for-pound great, against the next big thing of the heavyweight division? This fight, between reigning two-time four-belt heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and red-hot 12-0(10) contender Moses Itauma, is the one Saudi money-man Turki Alalshikh wants to try and…

Today, in what he readily admits was a tough thing for him to write, letting his fans know, Scottish hero, former unified 140-pound champion Josh Taylor, officially announced his retirement. Taylor, who was unsuccessful in his attempt at fighting up at welterweight, this in May…

Kabayel: “For The Fans, This Is The Best Matchup” While newly crowned, now two-time four-belt heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk would not elaborate on who his next victim…sorry, challenger might be, two names do seem to be at the forefront as far as the fans are…

Gareth A. Davies doesn’t believe that Daniel Dubois quit in the fifth round in his knockout loss to Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night at Wembley Stadium in London. Many fans believe Dubois (22-3, 21 KOs) gave up after the second knockdown. Daniel Dubois: Was He…

Sebastian Fundora says he wants to fight one or two more times this year against the winner of the Xander Zayas vs. Jorge Garcia Perez clash or IBF 154-lb champion Bakhram Murtazaliev. Fundora (23-1-1, 15 KOs) successfully defended his WBC junior middleweight title last Saturday…

Manny Pacquiao said his fight with WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios was like a “sparring” session for him last Saturday night. Pacquiao (62-8-3, 39 KOs) felt that Barrios (29-2-2, 18 KOs) wasn’t a tough fight for him. It wasn’t the toughest, but it was still…

Most people you speak to today, be they boxing experts, both active and retired fighters, and fans, agree: living legend Manny Pacquiao should have had his hands raised last night in Las Vegas, this after the 46-year-old’s incredible comeback effort against defending WBC welterweight champion…

Oleksandr Usyk isn’t chasing greatness anymore — he’s part of it. With a savage fifth-round knockout over Daniel Dubois at Wembley, the Ukrainian maestro became the first man ever to become undisputed heavyweight champion twice in the four-belt era. That’s not just rare. That’s historic.…

What will prove to be unified, four-belt heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk’s next move? Will Usyk, who looked as great as ever last night in seemingly effortlessly dismantling and taking down Daniel Dubois inside five one-sided rounds, fight on? The thought, or the hope as far…