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Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez’s defense against Terence Crawford has moved to September 13th in one of these three cities in the U.S: – Las Vegas – Los Angeles – New York City Turkish Alalshikh decided to move the Alvarez-Crawford from the original date…

This October will mark the 50th anniversary of a truly great, indeed epic heavyweight title fight. A brutal fight that has been called by many as the greatest in the history of the division. We are of course talking about the third and final fight…

Will former heavyweight champ Tyson Fury return to the ring or will he not? Right now, especially since Fury released that short video clip of himself alongside trainer Sugar Hill Steward in the gym – with Fury telling us all that “you know what’s coming”…

Former super middleweight champ and Hall of Famer Carl Froch says it would be “for the sake of boxing” that he would return to fight Jake Paul. 47 year old Froch, speaking with Sporting Talk, said he would gladly return to fight Paul, and “knock…

As fans may know, former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will return to action next month, in what is very much planned to be a rebuild fight against Tyrrell Herndon. But after that much-needed win, Wilder will “take a run at becoming champion again.” So…

Canelo Alvarez has not stopped a foe since November of 2021, this when the Mexican star scored a late, 11th round TKO over Caleb Plant. And that fight, Plant says now, was when Canelo was at or around his peak. Now, as Plant said when…

And just like that, Manny Pacquiao is back in the upper echelon of the WBC welterweight rankings. The organisation’s new rankings have been released, and fight fans may be surprised to see 46 year old Pacquiao – who has not won a fight since 2019,…

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue revealed his plan for his next three bouts. After fighting mostly less appealing fighters in the last six years, ‘Monster’ Inoue (30-0, 27 KOs) has finally faced the opposition that people want to see. At 32, Naoya has to…

Promoter Eddie Hearn says Terence Crawford must make his fight against Canelo Alvarez a “little bit of a stinker” on September 12th so that he can win. Hearn says that with Canelo’s size advantage, it will be tough for Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) to win…