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Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol made their Grand Arrivals today for their undisputed light heavyweight championship contest on Saturday, October 12th, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Both fighters seemed pretty talked out, having been interviewed many times in recent weeks to discuss…

The IBF has ordered Martin Bakole vs. Agit Kabayel to negotiate a fight for a final eliminator to determine a challenger for heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois’ world title. #4 Kabayel (25-0, 17 KOs) has looked outstanding recently, stopping Frank Sanchez in the seventh round last…

In what could prove to be exciting news for the middleweight division, reigning WBO and IBF 160-pound champ Janibek Alimkhanuly and fellow unbeaten Hamzah Sheeraz have been ordered to fight by the WBO. Alimkhanuly, 16-0(11), saw action last week, when the Kazakhstan warrior retained his…

Whenever there’s a big fight, Teddy Atlas always has something to say about it. And Atlas, like the rest of us, is looking forward to Saturday night’s four-belt light-heavyweight unification showdown between unbeaten champions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. Atlas, though, has no doubt who…

The staggering amount of purse money that Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will pick up for their November fight shows how far women’s boxing really has come. Irish Boxing reports how Taylor, who will defend her 140 pound titles in the rematch with Serrano, will…

Bill Haney is giving Ryan Garcia 48 hours to enroll with VADA for drug testing if he wants a rematch with his son, Devin, next. Ryan was interviewed at a shoestore over the weekend, and he said he was in training to be ready for…

Promoter Eddie Hearn says his fighter, Dmitry Bivol, is “ice cold” ahead of his fight against knockout artist Artur Beterbiev this Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) isn’t worried about what he’s up against, facing a fighter with a…

Ryan Garcia is fixing to take Devin Haney’s 0 from him a second time, training for the rematch, which is bound to happen soon. Garcia says he wants to beat Haney once and for all and leave no doubt the second time. In other words,…

Lionel ‘Lonnie B’ Thompson is siding with Artur Beterbiev to defeat the gunshy Dmitry Bivol on Saturday night, October 12th, in their undisputed light heavyweight championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Thompson says WBA champion Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) lacks the “Killer instinct,” that spark that…