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IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev’s trainer, Roma Kalataryan, says Bakhram wants a unification fight next against either the Errol Spence vs. Sebastian Fundora winner or Terence Crawford. The first choice for Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) would be to fight the Spence-Fundora winning. Roma says…

Tyson Fury’s coach, Andy Lee, believes he’ll win his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk by knockout on December 21st. Lee expects Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) to be fitter this time and will benefit from sparring, which he didn’t have last time due to the concern about…

Promoter Frank Warren said at today’s boxing press conference ahead of the huge December 21 rematch between heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk and former champ Tyson Fury that he will support Fury with whatever he decides to do should he taste defeat at the hands of…

Tyson Fury says his goal is to make as much “dough” as he can for the remainder of his career as he heads into his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk on December 21st. Fury’s talk of money is an attempt obviously to cover up the fact…

It was a pretty quiet and less than entertaining press conference today in London, this as WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury came together ahead of their December 21st rematch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Both champ Usyk and former champ…

Tyson Fury sounded confident today during the London press conference, talking about only needing to make “small adjustments” to defeat unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch on December 21st at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The underdog Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs)…

Heavyweight legend Mike Tyson has uploaded a short video on social media. The video—a clip, really—shows the 58-year-old blazing away at a heavy bag, with a little bit of footage showing the former heavyweight champ sparring. The speed is still there, at least in Tyson’s…

Tevin Farmer insists that William Zepeda won’t make it to the Shakur Stevenson fight in February. He intends to defeat the #1 rated lightweight contender Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) in their fight on November 16th at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The former IBF…

Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov surprisingly have been ranked in the top two spots in Ring Magazine’s updated rankings for the 154-lb division. The new star, IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs(, is in the #3 spot, which doesn’t make sense given…