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The hits by way of fines keep on coming for Chris Eubank Jr. Today, as he attempted to make the contractually agreed weight of 160 pounds for tomorrow night’s big grudge match with fellow British fighter Conor Benn, Eubank Jr. twice failed to make the…

This one, if it actually happens, will be a genuine shocker – as well as a very, very dangerous fight for one of the two men in the ring. As fight fans are aware, Jake Paul will fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in the summer.…

Ick the cliche, whether you prefer like father, like son, or maybe the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. This matchup pitting son against son in some form or fashion reigniting the legendary scrap between Chris Eubank Jr and Nigel Benn. It’s a rare…

Conor Benn’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, says he can’t wait for him to win on Saturday night against Chris Eubank Jr. so that he can jump through the ropes and “celebrate” with him at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. (Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing) Hearn is predicting…

Heavyweight champions Oleksandr Usyka and Daniel Dubois meet in a rematch for the undisputed title on July 19th at Wembley Stadium in London. The tough fighters had their rematch moved off the July 12th date due to a big event being staged in New York…

Forget, if you can, the bad blood that exists between Saturday night’s headliners – Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. The opening bout on Saturday’s card at an expected sold-out Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has gone into full nasty mode. Former WBO cruiserweight champ Chris Billam-Smith,…

Undefeated junior middleweight prospect Anthony “ATV” Velazquez (16-0-1, 14 KOs) takes on Yusuph “Mr. Mwanza” Metu (11-1, 8 KOs) in the main event at the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, this Saturday, April 26th, in a scheduled ten-round bout. “Training camp has been great.…

If ever a rivalry that was 1-1, crammed full of two-way violence, absolutely screamed for a part three, it is the super-middleweight rivalry that went down between Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler. British pride Vs. Danish pride. Two men who had so much mutual respect…

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman, in speaking with Sky Sports, said that the winner of this Saturday night’s heavily hyped British grudge-match between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Junior “is going to be a major player in boxing worldwide.” And, as such, the winner of Saturday’s…