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Who next for towering Chinese southpaw heavyweight Zhilei Zhang? It will not be Anthony Joshua, not next, not any time soon. So says “Big Bang” himself, who recently said on the MMA Hour that he fully believes AJ is scared of him, with Joshua’s promoter…

Who was it that put an end to a fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford ever happening – Canelo himself or Turki Alalshikh? Canelo has said he informed the Saudi money man that he was not interested in talking about any fight, period, until…

Canelo Alvarez fired back at Turki Alalshikh on Tuesday, reacting to his offer for a fight against Terence Crawford and his comments about his Riyadh Season-sponsored UFC event that is taking place on the same night as his September 14th match against Edgar Berlanga in…

Caleb Plant has advice for Edgar Berlanga before his fight against Canelo Alvarez on September 14th. He suggests he focus on Canelo, not on himself, as he did during their Los Angeles press conference on Tuesday. (Credit: Esther Lin/Premier Boxing Champions) Berlanga’s Distracted Behavior Berlanga…

Trainer Teofimo Lopez Sr. feels that Edgar Berlanga needs to “go for broke” immediately against Canelo Alvarez from the first round to have a chance of winning in their fight on September 14th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (Credit: Esther Lin/Premier Boxing Champions)…

Today’s Los Angeles press conference required security to intervene when challenger Edgar Berlanga went through a core meltdown and jumped out of his chair and went after unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. Security Steps in as Berlanga Loses Control Security immediately took action to…

Moments ago in Paris, France, GB boxer Lewis Richardson was edged out of a place in the 71KG final by Mexico’s Marco Alonso Verde, who won today’s entertaining and close fight via a 3-2 score from the five judges. As a result, Team GB will…

Currently doing the rounds to promote his September 14 fight with Edgar Berlanga, Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez was a guest on Sways Universe podcast yesterday, and the reigning super middleweight champ fielded a number of questions. Canelo’s perhaps most interesting answer to a question came…

It remains one of the most fascinating, talked about, debated, and flat-out head-spinning of all mythical match ups. And back in 1990, it looked as though it would actually happen. George Foreman Vs. Mike Tyson: the youngest heavyweight champion in history against the oldest heavyweight…