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In a swift and brutal display, heavyweight Otto Wallin (27-2, 15 KOs) took merely 48 seconds to obliterate Onoriode Ehwarieme (20-5, 19 KOs) in the opening round  Friday at the Tropicana in Atlantic City. Wallin unleashed a vicious straight left, flooring Ehwarieme, who found himself…

For quite a while now, unbeaten French super-middleweight contender Christian Mbilli has been making noise, and he has been leaving fight fans happy in his wake. This looks set to continue this summer. Mbilli will face fellow fan-friendly operator Sergiy Derevyanchenko in August. Mbilli Vs.…

It’s possible, if not probable, that when most fans hear the name Victor Ortiz, they think of the quite bizarre fight Ortiz had with superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather. It was back in September of 2011 when Ortiz took it upon himself to headbutt Mayweather in…

Promoter Eddie Hearn predicts a knockout victory for WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov in his title defense against Terence Crawford eight days from now, on August 3rd, at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Madrimov’s Path to Superstardom Hearn feels that this is the…

Almost four full decades ago today, July 26th of 1986, an absolute wrecking ball of a destructive force of nature that was masquerading as a boxer scored a truly chilling knockout. Mike Tyson, who had just turned 20, ruined a good fighter in Marvis Frazier,…

The official weights are in for tomorrow night’s British heavyweight showdown between Joe Joyce and Derek Chisora. The two men took to the scale earlier today, with “Juggernaut” Joyce coming in at a hefty but solid-looking 281.2 pounds, and with “War” Chisora scaling a good…

Heavyweight Joe Joyce weighed in at a hefty-looking 281.2 lbs at Friday’s weigh-in for his twelve-round main event against veteran Derek Chisora on Saturday, July 27th, at the O2 Arena in London, England. Wearing a British flag mask, Chisora (34-13, 23 KOs) weighed 256.7 lbs…

If there was ever the slightest chance of Oscar De La Hoya and Canelo Alvarez burying the hatchet and becoming, if not friends, then at least two folks who are speaking terms, it’s now surely gone for good. As fans know, De La Hoya, Canelo’s…

Edgar Berlanga challenges Canelo Alvarez for his WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight titles on September 14th on the Mexican Independence Day holiday weekend at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The Canelo-Berlanga event will be shown live on DAZN and PBC on Prime Video PPV. This fight…