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Shakur Stevenson, WBC lightweight champion, will be a promotional free agent after his title defense against Artem Harutyunyan this Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The fight will be the 26-year-old Shakur’s last under his contract with Bob Arum’s company, Top…

Fans may be aware of the ongoing feud between British stars, former world champions, Anthony Joshua and Carl Froch. Once mates who shared the same trainer in Rob McCracken, Joshua and Froch have been going back and forth on social media. Or, to be fair,…

Two darn good fights, the second one in particular, two controversial score cards, the first one in particular. Now, promoter Bob Arum wants to see the rubber-match: Jack Catterall against Josh Taylor, the decider. As fans know, then unified, four-belt 140 pound champ Taylor was…

As fans know, pound-for-pound star and future Hall of Famer Terence Crawford will go for a world title at a fourth weight on August 3rd in Los Angeles when he will move up to 154 pounds to challenge Israil Madrimov for the Uzbekistan’s belt. Some…

It’s been announced that unbeaten heavyweight hope Johnny Fisher will collide with “The Savage,” former bridgerweight title challenger and fun heavyweight in his own right, Alen Babic on July 6, the fight to go down at The Copper Box in London. And this fight does…

William Zepeda will be back in action against Giovanni Cabrera (22-1, 7 KOs) in a twelve-round headliner fight at lightweight this Saturday, July 6th, live on DAZN at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. The event begins at 8:00 p.m. ET. (Photo credit: Golden Boy…

Edgar Berlanga says he has no interest in fighting Caleb Plant because he’s on the “back burner” for him. Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) says he will pick up “that bag” fighting Canelo Alvarez next, and he has no desire to fight the twice-beaten Plant. Fans…

WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis’ successful title defense against Frank Martin reportedly did between 325,200-000 and 350,000 PPV buys on June 15th. The numbers suggest that Tank’s drawing power isn’t as good as he and his fans had thought. It’s not a surprise that Tank’s…

Trainer Jeff Mayweather says it’s a bad idea for Devin Haney to take time off to wait a year or more on a rematch with Ryan Garcia. Staying Active vs. Waiting for Rematch Jeff feels Haney should stay active with his career because he’s in…