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The Marvelous one, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, should have been celebrating his 70th birthday today. Sadly, as we know, the all-time great middleweight passed away in March of 2021, this at the age of 66. That sad and shocking day, the champ’s wife, Kay, announced to…

Batyrzhan Jukembayev demolished Ivan Redkach with the cold efficiency of a hitman wiping blood off his shoes, making everyone wonder why Redkach even bothered to show up. Right from the start, Jukembayev (23-1, 17 KOs) displayed a kind of brutal artistry with his fists, pounding…

Blair, ‘The Flair’ Cobbs, looks forward to facing Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner, the former four-division world champion, in their welterweight clash at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida, on June 7th. This is a 50-50 fight in the eyes of a lot of…

Veteran Dereck Chisora says former WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury needs to bring back the “old, mean” version of himself for him to defeat undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch. Chisora feels that Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) has become “Too soft,” and he thinks…

Ryan Garcia’s quest to prove his innocence moved a step closer today, with his B sample being opened today to have the sample examined for the presence of the banned PED Ostarine. B Sample Analysis Underway According to Dan Rafael on X, Ryan’s B sample…

It has been announced officially that British heavyweights Joe Joyce and Derek Chisora will collide in London on July 27th. The fight will go down at The O2 and will be televised by TNT Sports. This fight has pure violence written all over it, while…

Olympic silver medalist Joe Joyce will face the old veteran Derek Chisora in a curious heavyweight match-up on July 27th at the O2 Arena in London, England. You can argue the rationale for this fight is to slowly build Joyce’s confidence back up after his…

Lawrence Okolie Aiming To Become A Three-Weight World Champ: “That’s Legacy, That’s Forever” Lawrence Okolie travels to Poland on Friday, to challenge WBC bridgerweight champ Lukasz Rozanski, and the former WBO cruiserweight champion has spoken about his desire to become a three-weight world champion –…

Not long to go now until one of the most potentially explosive heavyweight fights of the year. Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang will collide in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 1, and fans are braced for a real bombs away type of fight. Wilder, 43-3-1(42)…