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In a shocking move, 27-year-old British heavyweight Delicious Orie has announced his retirement after only one pro bout. After a decorated amateur run, Orie won his debut in April but says his passion for the sport is gone and he’s stepping away to pursue a…

Jose Benavidez Sr. is upset that Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol aren’t interested in fighting David Benavidez in between their trilogy match. David had moved up to 175, hoping to get fights against those two fighters after being frozen out by Canelo Alvarez at 168…

Darius Fulghum (14-0, 12 KOs) takes on Bektemir Melikuziev (15-1, 10 KOs) this Friday, May 30 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas in a high-stakes WBA super middleweight title eliminator. The card streams live on DAZN starting at 6:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM ET /…

Ryan Garcia had successful right-hand surgery today in Los Angeles to repair damage, and he’ll need six weeks to recover. He plans on pursuing a rematch with Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero to avenge his loss to him earlier this month on May 2nd. Training Camp Injury…

Could it be that living legend Mike Tyson will engage in another fight, another comeback, before his fighting days are finally over, this at age 59 (on June 30)? Reports out of Kazakhstan that have gathered some pace suggest Tyson could, should he accept the…

In worrying news that also shows, once again, how dangerous the sport of boxing really is and how brave each and every fighter that steps into the ring has to be, it’s been reported by multiple news outlets that Japanese warrior Ginjiro Shigeoka has undergone…

Despite there being more than a good deal of concern and worry from people regarding Manny Pacquiao’s upcoming return to the ring, this at age 46, there has come from Team-Pacquiao some quite alarming talk of a second fight being sought for after Manny’s July…

20-year-old heavyweight sensation Moses Itauma, the fighter seemingly everyone is talking about right now, will be making a pretty swift return to the ring. Itauma, who advanced to 12-0(10) with his second-round KO win over a game Mike Balogun on Saturday, is set to fight…

Currently enjoying some time in Australia, Terence Crawford has been speaking with the media over there, primarily about his upcoming fight with Canelo Alvarez of course. And “Bud” has been making it clear how super-motivated he really is going into the September fight that will…