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David Morrell Jr. (11-0, 9 KOs) and David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) will be meeting next week on Tuesday, November 19th for the press conference in Los Angeles to promote their light heavyweight headliner on PBC on PPV on February 1st at the T-Mobile Arena…

It may be somewhat ironic that, on this day, when Mike Tyson will enter the ring again, his most testing ring rival went pro on this same day some 40 years ago. Evander Holyfield, who twice kicked Tyson’s ass (well, once, with him on his…

Wealthy influencer Jake Paul will try to show that he can beat former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, now 58, in the eight-round headliner tonight in a clash that will be streamed live on Netflix for subscribers from the 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The…

Fans of entertainment, of so-called fun events (we could call them ‘freak shows’) see tonight’s fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul as the main event, the undisputed headliner. We boxing fans, we know the distinction should really in all goodness be held by the…

One could argue that Friday nights Netflix main event pitting a 58-year old, long retired Mike Tyson in the same ring with a 27-year old YouTube star is a heist in a variety of ways. From the sounds of it the fighters are being very…

Oscar De La Hoya revealed on social media that Eddie Hearn has changed his mind about matching his fighter, Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, against Vergil Ortiz Jr. next in the 5 v 5 card. Oscar wants Hearn to keep his way and go through with the…

WBA Cruiserweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez needs to show he’s for real on Saturday night in his unification fight against WBA champion Chris Billiam-Smith at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Credit: Golden Boy / Cris Esqueda) It’s going to be a fight where Zurdo…

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson slapped an aggressive Jake Paul on the face hard during their attempted face-off on Thursday at the weigh-in. This did NOT look staged on Tyson’s part, as the YouTuber Jake rushed him in a low stance like he would tackle…

Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya told the media today that he heard that heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is considering moving back down in weight to face the winner of Saturday’s unification clash between WBA cruiserweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (46-1, 30 KOs) and WBO…