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Lionell Thompson, super middleweight, predicts newly crowned WBC interim light heavyweight champion David Benavidez will be crushed when he faces Artur Beterbiev for all the belts at 175. Thompson feels that Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) has no chance against IBF/WBC/WBO light heavyweight champion Beterbiev (20-0,…

In the opinion of quite a few people who know their boxing, former WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury has to avenge his loss to Oleksandr Usyk if he is to go down as a true heavyweight great. The rematch, set as we know for exactly…

Is it just more fun and games from Ryan Garcia, for Ryan Garcia, or is “KingRy” serious concerning his retirement announcement? As fans may have read or heard by now, Garcia took to X (formerly Twitter) to “officially retire.” Garcia, who we all know has…

For some fans, historians, and fellow fighters, it ranks as one of the greatest fights in the sport’s history. For many, the Roberto Duran vs. Sugar Ray Leonard fight of June 20th, 1980, ranks as the greatest fight in the celebrated ‘Four Kings’ rivalry. It…

Promoter Bob Arum says Devin Haney should give up his WBC light welterweight title if he doesn’t want to defend against his mandatory Sandor Martin next. Arum’s Stance Arum’s company won the purse bid to stage Haney’s fight against Martin (42-3, 15 KOs) this week,…

Promoter Bob Arum is confident that he will be able to put together a deal for the lightweight unification contest between Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Vasily Lomachenko. Arum feels the networks won’t prevent this match from happening because both fighters want it. Tank (30-0, 28…

Promoter Bob Arum hopes that WBC light welterweight champion Devin Haney will go through with his fight against mandatory Sandor Martin next. Arum’s Top Rank company won the purse bid yesterday to stage the Haney vs. Martin fight, and he plans to stage it later…

As fans know, former two-time heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua is set to headline a huge bill at Wembley in September. The card is the latest blockbuster from Turki Alalshikh. But who will Joshua’s dance partner be? While most people felt, and maybe still feel, that…

There could be some fireworks on the evening of August 17th in Quebec, Canada – a double dose of fireworks. Unbeaten, thrill-a-minute super middleweight banger Christian Mbilli tops the card. His upcoming fight with the seriously tough and testing Sergiy Derevyanchenko, 15-5(10), has ‘War’ written…