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Andy Ruiz Jr. faces Jarrell Miller in a must-win heavyweight clash in 19 days on August 3rd on ESPN+ PPV at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. The two aging, chunky heavyweights will meet on the undercard of the Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov card.…

Caleb Plant, former IBF super middleweight Champion’, reportedly be returning to the ring next month against unbeaten fringe contender Trevor McCumby in a headliner on August 17th at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. This would be a non-PPV event staged by Premier Boxing Champions…

The shock-waves are still being felt over the incredible near-miss former (and future?) president Donald Trump was the victim of on Saturday when he very nearly became the fifth US president to have been assassinated. As everyone knows, Trump was hit in the ear as…

While free agent Shakur Stevenson has not yet made up his mind as far as who he may sign a deal with – be it Eddie Hearn and Matchroom, Oscar De La Hoya, and Golden Boy, or Floyd Mayweather and Mayweather Promotions – the unbeaten…

Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero believes Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Terence Crawford are the same fighters with no differences in their game to pick a winner between them. Ennis Faces Criticism, But Romero Disagrees The 27-year-old ‘Boots’ Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) has taken a lot of criticism…

The next Olympic Games, always a great, indeed unmissable spectacle every four years, will soon be here, and for boxing fans, Paris 2024 will prove especially interesting. This is because, quite shockingly and depressingly, boxing may not remain a fixture at The Games for too…

Terence Crawford believes a fight between him and Canelo Alvarez is possible if he gets through his August 3rd title challenge against WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov on ESPN+ PPV at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. There’s a lot of uncertainty about whether…

Eddie Hearn says Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis will scratch his plans to unify the 147-lb division if the Terence Crawford fight is delivered next by His Excellency Turki Alalshikh. Hearn’s Facetime with Alalshikh The Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn spoke with Alalshikh by Facetime moments after ‘Boots’…

Big-time boxing returned to the great fighting city of Philadelphia last night, and new star, IBF welterweight champ Jaron “Boots” Ennis sure kept his promise of putting on a show. In forcing a game but jaw-damaged David Avanesyan to remain on his stool at the…