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Exciting British heavyweight contender Johnny Fisher will next face the experienced Andri Rudenko, this on September 28th. And “The Romford Bull” insists he is in no way looking past Rudenko. However, Fisher, coming off an explosive first-round wipe out of Alen Babic, IS looking at…

Heavyweight great Mike Tyson fought just one Cuban fighter, the tiny island having produced so much special boxing talent, but with Cuban boxers being smaller guys, with precious few heavyweights. Jose Ribalta – who had fled Cuba with his family in the 1960s, and had…

Christian Mbilli hopes that a win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko tonight will be the final hurdle for him to challenge for a world title against unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. Mbilli Confident of Victory #1 WBC MBilli (27-0, 23 KOs) and Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10 KOs)…

Edgar Berlanga says he’s coming for war against unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez, ready for a do-or-die battle until the living end on September 14th. In his mind, he’s ready to primitive on Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) like in the gladiator days, ready to…

Super middleweight contender Lonnie Thompson predicts a fast knockout victory for unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev over WBA champ Dmitry Bivol on October 12th in their undisputed championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Lonnie has sparred with IBF, WBC, and WBO champion Beterbiev (20-0, 20…

Christian Mbilli and Sergiy Derevyanchenko weighed in successfully at Friday’s weigh-in for their ten-round headliner fight on Saturday, August 17th, on ESPN at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. Mbilli (27-0, 23 KOs) weighed a stocky-looking 167.4 lbs. The experienced veteran Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10…

Eddie Hearn spoke once again with IFL TV this week, and the promoter spoke about, amongst other things, the undercard for the October 12 light heavyweight unification battle between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. The fight, to go down in Riyadh, will have a “really…

Both the fighter, Jaron “Boots” Ennis, and the promoter, Eddie Hearn, were less than thrilled over the recent order from the IBF for welterweight titlist Ennis to make a defense against Karen Chukhadzian, a man Ennis has already beaten (in a dull fight back in…

Some interesting comments by Saudi moneyman Turki Alalshikh have been posted on social media on X, and Turki has had much to say about Terence Crawford. Alalshikh – who recently said the Crawford-Canelo fight is off the table, that he doesn’t want it anymore –…