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The World Boxing Council (WBC) will put its ‘Freedom’ belt on the line for the Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs. Frank Martin fight on June 15th, commemorating Juneteenth. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has confirmed that there won’t be a sanctioning fee involved to the winner of…

Cody Crowley has failed his eye exam, leaving Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis high and dry for his maiden title defense for IBF welterweight strap on July 13th in Philadelphia. This is a major buzzkill for Boots Ennis (31-0, 28 KOs), who was coming off a one-year…

Adrien Broner unleashed a storm of expletive-filled insults and homophobic slurs towards his opponent Blair ‘The Flair’ Cobbs during today’s final press conference for a third fight this Friday night on June 7th in Hollywood, Florida. A Troubled Fighter’s Downward Spiral Broner (35-4-1, 24 KOs),…

The self-proclaimed “GWOAT,” Claressa Shields (and you know what the initials stand for – Greatest Woman of All Time!), will try to prove her credentials even more in her next fight. As has been reported by multiple news outlets, Shields, 14-0(2), will go up to…

Ike Quartey was a beast of a fighter; he was also a heck of a lot of fun to watch. “Bazooka,” one of a number of great fighters to come out of Accra, Ghana, had a superb left jab, a granite chin, a clever defense,…

Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s mother, Deborah Wilder, is calling for her son to retire from the sport after his fifth-round knockout defeat to Zhilei Zhang last Saturday night in the ‘5 vs. 5’ tourney in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Declining Performance Wilder (43-4-1, 42…

Imagine, fellow fight fan, if you can, a card that features the heavyweight king fighting a live underdog, this in a fight that turned out to be a thriller – with the great duo of Roberto Duran and Carlos Palomino serving up under-card, yes, undercard…

As fans know, Mike Tyson is out of the Jake Paul fight that was set for July. Tyson was advised by medical experts to withdraw from the fight due to the ulcer flare up episode he had a while back, and we will wait and…

Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez still hasn’t made up his mind whether he’ll vacate his IBF belt or go ahead with a defense against his mandatory William Scull. To Vacate or Not to Vacate? That is the Question The IBF has a purse bid…