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Promoter Bob Arum says it’s “nuts” the way Teofimo Lopez turned down a “tremendous” purse for a winnable fight against Devin Haney on August 16th in Riyadh. Teofimo’s Erratic Behavior Fans have been questioning Lopez’s behavior for several years, feeling he has not seemed right…

Keyshawn Davis spent much of today’s final press conference calling out Abdullah Mason rather than talking about his title defense of his WBO lightweight belt against Edwin De Los Santos on Saturday night, June 7th, at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. You could tell…

As so many boxing fans have heard, all-time great and lock as a future Hall of Famer Vasiliy Lomachenko has officially announced his retirement. Loma, a true joy to watch, his “Matrix” proving to be an unsolvable puzzle for so many of his opponents, left…

Cruiserweight Champ Jai Opetaia On P-4-P Rankings: “You Sit On Your F*****g Chairs Saying Who’s Better Than Who” Jai Opetaia, the reigning IBF and Ring magazine cruiserweight champ, is scary in and out of the ring. With a mean stare that can rekindle thoughts, at…

Vasyl Lomachenko has officially announced his retirement from boxing — and with it, one of the most unique and masterful careers in modern boxing comes to an end. The Ukrainian southpaw made his statement on Facebook, quietly closing the chapter on a run that was anything…

Is Gervonta Tank Davis chasing some of that big Jake Paul money, the kind of cash a fight with the immensely popular YouTuber/Influencer can generate? WBO lightweight champ Keyshawn Davis thinks so. And “The Businessman,” who will defend his 135 pound belt against Edwin De…

While it’s extremely likely many millions if boxing fans would buy the upcoming July 19 return fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois if there was either no undercard at all or a very poor one, we do of course hope to see some good,…

Chances are pretty good that, if you asked a boxing fan to name the most famous boxing gym of them all, the answer you would get would either be the 5th Street Gym in Miami, the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, or the Kronk…

Fans of the lower weight warriors, and the currently all-dominant Japanese bantamweights in particular, will be tuning in this Sunday morning US time, this as the superb Junto Nakatani will face rival 118 pound champ Ryosuke Nishida at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo. And it could…