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Recently crowned WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball will have a “homecoming fight” in Liverpool on Saturday night, and Ball and his team sure haven’t picked an easy foe to look good against. Instead, Ball will make his maiden title defense against the tough and experienced…

We knew former two-time heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua would take a hit rankings-wise after his cataclysmic KO defeat at the hands of Daniel Dubois on September 21st, but it’s possible a few fans will be surprised to see how low AJ now sits in the…

Daniel Dubois is riding high right now, the 27 year old powerhouse coming off that massive KO win over Anthony Joshua, and Dubois has said he now wants to “right the wrong” that he suffered last August in Poland when he was stopped in the…

Ryan Garcia roasted Terence Crawford today, calling him “boring and overrated,” and wants to fight him. Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) feels he would beat the stuffing out of the 37-year-old Crawford if he chose to fight him, which he doubts he will. Ryan says Crawford…

WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson predicts that #1-ranked William Zepeda will take his “first L” in February when the two battle in Shakur’s debut with his new promoters at Matchroom. There’s an excellent chance that Zepeda will defeat Shakur and make an example of him…

Ryan Garcia posted on social media today to mock Devin Haney over his lawsuit, saying that if he needs money that bad, he’ll help him with sponsorship by getting him a tampon deal. Kingry feels that Haney is money-hungry. Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) sees former…

Dimitry Bivol resembles a maniac in his final days of training for his four-belt 175-lb contest against knockout artist Artur Beterbiev on October 12th at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. There’s clearly much worry with Bivol because he knows what he’s up against…

The years roll by, and memories fade; some of them, anyway. It was 18 years ago today when this writer had the absolute privilege of sitting ringside at a fight that, going in, everybody knew would be special. As it turned out, nobody knew how…

Last night in Philadelphia, 53 year old former multi-weight champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley returned to the ring, in exhibition form, as he pounded out a five-round decision win over coach turned fighter, Bob Kofroth. The fight, dubbed a ‘World Light-heavyweight Title’ fight, saw the two…