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Matchroom Boxing and PBC are close to finalizing a fight between David Benavidez and undisputed light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, for the summer. This is the fight that fans have been calling for instead of a trilogy between Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) and Artur Beterbiev.…

Gervonta Davis’ coach, Kenny Ellis, says Lamont Roach would beat WBO lightweight champion Keyshawn Davis. He feels Keyshawn (13-0, 9 KOs) weakens at midpoint in his fights at 135, appearing “Wobbly-looking.” Some fans feel that Keyshawn is a weight bully, killing himself to stay at…

Tributes have started flowing in due to the sad news that Scottish boxing hero Dick McTaggart died earlier today, this at the age of 89. The Courier broke the sad news. McTaggart remains to this day the only Scottish boxer to have won an Olympic…

It can be pretty tough predicting the pay-per-view buys a big fight will pull in, how many buys the fight will generate. Sometimes, even a perceived smash of a P-P-V success winds up hitting well below the expected mark. Other times, a fight that is…

Back in February of 2023, former WBA featherweight champ Nicholas Walters of Jamaica launched a comeback, this some six-and-a-half years after his quit-job against Vasiliy Lomachenko. “Axe Man” Walters, who stayed on his stool after the seventh round of his fight with “Loma,” this a…

Trainer Abel Sanchez believes Ryan Garcia will be too big, strong, and powerful for Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero in their main event fight on May 2nd at Times Square in New York City. Sanchez says Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) has far more technical skills than the…

Fans on social media are roasting Turki Alalshikh, believing he’s protecting undisputed light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol from facing his WBC mandatory David Benavidez, and him losing the four belts to him. Bivol’s “Protection”? The WBC ordered Bivol to begin negotiations with Benavidez. They have…

By Jeepers Isaac - 03/08/2025 - Comments Lamont Roach responded today on X to the New York State Athletic Commission’s decision to let the original 12-round majority draw stand for his fight against WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis last Saturday night on March 1st. Roach (25-1-2,…

Canelo Alvarez made it clear this week that he’s not ready to commit to any fight for September despite being pushed by Turki Alalshikh to name Terence Crawford as his next opponent. The unified three-belt super middleweight champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) has his fight…