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If you are a fight fan who takes a keen interest in the betting odds that are available on a big fight, you may find it interesting that a draw at the end of tonight’s huge and hugely important light-heavyweight clash between unbeaten champions Artur…

Former heavyweight king Larry Holmes faced a young Mike Tyson when he himself was an “old man” (the age of 38 was considered advanced for a boxer back in the 1980s), and he paid the price, Holmes being quite brutally taken down in the fourth…

When we fight fans think of an underrated great, or, perhaps, an underappreciated great, one or two light-heavyweight names crop up, or maybe more. For me, a certain “Ice” cold fighter, as in cold yet quite beautifully skilled, as well as willing to fight the…

Heavyweight Derek Chisora thinks WBA 175-lb champion Dmitry Bivol will “run away” tonight to avoid the power shots from Artur Beterbiev in Riyadh. Chisora thinks that he’ll start running once Bivol recognizes that he lacks the power to match Beterbiev, but he’ll still win. The…

Dmitry Bivol’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, sees the victory already being in the bag for the WBA light heavyweight champion against Artur Beterbiev this Saturday night in Riyadh. Hearn feels Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) will 100% outbox IBF, WBC, and WBO 175-lb champion Beterbiev (20-0, 20…

Talk about a boxer who could blow hot and cold in a major way. Puerto Rican cutie Carlos De Leon could box quite masterfully on one night, with him also showing good punching power and venom. On another night, De Leon could look disinterested and…

Light heavyweight champions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol both weighed in successfully on Friday for their undisputed fight this Saturday, October 12th, in Riyadh. The Beterbiev-Bivol main event fight will be shown live on ESPN+ to subscribers. Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) looks solid at the…

With Saudi money man Turki Alalshikh, it’s very much a case of one big card of boxing after the other, of one stacked card and then on to the next installment. We haven’t even seen the outcome of tomorrow’s big card, topped, of course, by…

Today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, shortly after the weigh in for Chris Eubank Jr’s fight with Kamil Szeremeta had taken place, Conor Benn confronted his British rival in the lobby of a hotel…….and things got quite a bit heated. As we know, these two should…