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Carl Froch says middleweight Chris Eubank Jr. doesn’t belong at the world level, has a celebrity-esque approach to his career and is just interested in turning up to make money for his fights. It’s already been established that the 13-year pro Eubank Jr. (35-3, 25…

Like everyone else who watched the fight between light-heavyweights Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol on Saturday night, all-time great Roy Jones has an opinion on what the outcome should have been. Jones, like many of us, does not agree with the 116-112 card in favour…

Who is, or was, the greatest fighter who ever lived? To some, in fact to many, John L. Sullivan is the man. The terror. The beast. The born to fight warrior who had an insatiable appetite for fighting, for boozing, and for fighting some more.…

Commentator Tim Bradley says he went back and rescored last Saturday night’s clash between light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol and said the judges got it right, giving the victory to Beterbiev by a 12-round majority decision. Bradley rejects the view that some…

Artur Beterbiev’s trainer, John Scully, says David Benavidez and Joshua Buatsi are two additional options besides Dmitry Bivol for his Beterbiev’s next fight after capturing the undisputed light heavyweight championship last Saturday night in Riyadh. Scully feels Buatsi and Benavidez would be excellent choices for…

Dmitry Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) could permanently damage his career by taking an immediate rematch with undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) after losing a 12-round majority decision last Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bivol and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, believe…

Lionell ‘Lonnie B’ Thompson is picking David Benavidez to defeat WBA ‘regular’ light heavyweight champion David Morrell when they meet on January 25th. The two light, unbeaten fighters will meet to determine who will face whoever emerges as the victor in the rematch between undisputed…

Today, in the main event in Tokyo, Japan, and in the final fight of the two-day boxing extravaganza staged in the country, WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani scored a very impressive sixth round TKO over a game but out-skilled Petch Sor Chitpattna. In the…

To quote one of the actors portraying a boxing commentator in one of the beloved ‘Rocky’ movies – “where does he get that stamina!?” The exact same question could so easily be asked of the latest Japanese warrior to add so much raw excitement to…