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George Kambosos Jr. will fight Vasily Lomachenko for the vacant IBF 135-lb title tonight at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. This is it for both of these highly ranked lightweights, who will fight live on ESPN and ESPN+ in a 12-rounder. Main Event &…

Oleksandr Usyk has arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of next Saturday’s massive fight with Tyson Fury, who touched down in Riyadh a few days ago. And Usyk is using the inspiration he gets from some of the greats of the sport to, well, to inspire…

Some interesting news from down under. George Kambosos Jr, who as we know faces Vasiliy Lomachenko in Perth, Australia in a matter of hours, might get another big fight next – whether he defeats Loma or not. Kambosos’ promoter Lou DiBella told Fox Sports Australia…

George Kambosos Jr. looked emaciated at the weigh-in on Friday for his 12-round headliner battle against Vasily Lomachenko for Saturday’s fight live on ESPN at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m The two fighters had a long face-off after weighing in, and you could tell that Kambosos…

IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis will return to his hometown of Philadelphia against challenger Cody Crowley on July 13th. (Photo credit: Andrew Maclean/Matchroom) Unification Bouts & Move to 154 After Boots Ennis (31-0, 28 KOs) gets Crowley (22-0, 9 KOs) out of the way,…

Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed that he has only two fighters with Matchroom Boxing that are potential options for Canelo Alvarez to fight next in September: Edgar Berlanga and Dmitry Bivol. Hearn feels that if Canelo doesn’t fight David Benavidez or Terence Crawford next, Berlanga (22-0,…

Devin Haney’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, wants a lifetime ban for Ryan Garcia if his positive tests for the PED Ostarine are proven not to be an accident from his win last month over Dev. Ryan ruined Haney’s image with the pummeling he gave him in…

The WBC has ordered light welterweight champion Devin Haney (35-1, 15 KOs) to defend against his mandatory challenger Sandor Martin (42-3, 15 KOs). Martin has been waiting for his chance to fight for a world title, and he’s not likely to accept a step aside.…

Former WBO cruiserweight champ and all-round crowd pleaser Marco Huck will launch a comeback next month, up at heavyweight. Huck, who is now 39 years of age and has not boxed for almost four full years, will face the much bigger Evgenios Lazaridis on June…