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Earlier today in Yokohama, Japan, Mexico’s Eduardo Nunez won an exciting, bruising battle with home favourite Masanori Rikiishi, with him picking up the vacant IBF super-featherweight title. It was an excellent fight all the way, even though it did take the two men a couple…

WBO junior welterweight belt-holder Teofimo Lopez just found out the hard way that calling your boss a “DICKtator”—on Twitter, no less—isn’t exactly how you secure your next payday. One second he’s riding the Riyadh hype train, the next he’s tweeting his own pink slip. The…

When he made his pro debut in January of 2023, heavyweight sensation Moses Itauma had set himself the lofty goal of breaking heavyweight legend Mike Tyson’s record as the youngest ever heavyweight champ. Tyson as we know became WBC heavyweight champ in November of 1986…

You can add Brian Norman’s name to the seemingly growing list of people who believe Terence Crawford will pull it off and defeat Canelo Alvarez when the two fight with all four super middleweight titles on the line in September. And Norman isn’t picking “Bud”…

In a shocking move, 27-year-old British heavyweight Delicious Orie has announced his retirement after only one pro bout. After a decorated amateur run, Orie won his debut in April but says his passion for the sport is gone and he’s stepping away to pursue a…

Jose Benavidez Sr. is upset that Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol aren’t interested in fighting David Benavidez in between their trilogy match. David had moved up to 175, hoping to get fights against those two fighters after being frozen out by Canelo Alvarez at 168…

Darius Fulghum (14-0, 12 KOs) takes on Bektemir Melikuziev (15-1, 10 KOs) this Friday, May 30 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas in a high-stakes WBA super middleweight title eliminator. The card streams live on DAZN starting at 6:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM ET /…

Ryan Garcia had successful right-hand surgery today in Los Angeles to repair damage, and he’ll need six weeks to recover. He plans on pursuing a rematch with Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero to avenge his loss to him earlier this month on May 2nd. Training Camp Injury…

Could it be that living legend Mike Tyson will engage in another fight, another comeback, before his fighting days are finally over, this at age 59 (on June 30)? Reports out of Kazakhstan that have gathered some pace suggest Tyson could, should he accept the…