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Israil Madrimov and Serhii Bohachuk are negotiating to fight on the undercard of the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk 2 card on December 21st in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fernando Sabatini broke the news of the the Madrimov-Bohachuk talks for the December 21st card. It would…

Canelo Alvarez says he’s looking forward to giving mouthy New Yorker Edgar Berlanga the “beating of his life” this Saturday night, September 14th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The competitive spirit has been awoken in WBA, WBC, and WBO super middleweight champion…

Not only are there seemingly countless boxing movies out there, some of them truly great, seminal pieces of work – ‘Rocky,’ ‘Raging Bull,’ ‘Body and Soul,’ ‘The Fighter,’ ‘The Harder They Fall,’……to name a few. There are also many, many boxing documentaries to be found;…

How long have we all been waiting to see British heavyweight rivals Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fight one another? Too long, you may well say. But the fight WILL still happen; it has to happen, says Top Rank’s Todd DuBoef. And, as we waited…

In all honesty, how many of us have watched an illegal stream of a fight rather than fork out the PPV dough? Millions of us have, and that was just the recent Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury fight in May (though I, like many of you, no…

Roy Jones Jr. says the best shot Edgar Berlanga has of beating Canelo Alvarez is to go after him right away, looking to hurt him on Saturday in their 12-round clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Berlanga’s Vulnerability and Lack of Experience If…

Boxing expert Paulie Malignaggi is annoyed by unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez’s decision to pick and choose his opponents, selecting easier options while freezing out the talented guys. We just witnessed how two quality 168-pound fighters, David Benavidez and David Morrell, gave up on…

Earlier today in Perth, Australia, WBA strawweight champ Thammanoon Niyomtrong (who also fights under the name Knockout CP Freshmart) retained his belt for an impressive twelfth time as he scored a 12-round majority decision win over local fighter Alex Winwood. It was a good, at…

Oleksandr Usyk Vs. Daniel Dubois II? Is there any fan interest? Might there be if “Dynamite” Dubois lives up to his nickname and defeats Anthony Joshua in their fast-approaching September 21st clash? 27 year old Dubois, speaking with TNT Sports (who will, along with Sky…