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Coach Stephen Edwards says Vergil Ortiz Jr. inflicted more punishment on former WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov last Saturday night than Terence Crawford did in his close victory over him last August. Ortiz Jr’s Victory at a Cost However, Vergil Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs)…

The upcoming April fight between Chris Eubank Junior and Conor Benn will be a huge event as far as British boxing fans are concerned, the two fighters of course being sons of genuine British boxing legends. And now, the winner will have even more than…

Liverpool’s Callum Smith gave us a great performance this past Saturday, this on the stacked “Last Crescendo” card in Riyadh. And when the time comes to hand out the honours, it could be that Smith’s thrilling 12 round war with Joshua Buatsi will be in…

After having lost out on £millions due to falling ill and being unable to go ahead with his scheduled fight with Joseph Parker, IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois remains on course for a big fight when he does return, so said his promoter Frank Warren…

Dmitry Bivol’s promoter, Frank Smith, says he’s interested in him fighting a rematch against Canelo Alvarez and prefers that over a title defense against his inherited WBC mandatory David Benavidez. It’s understandable why Frank would prefer Canelo for Bivol rather than Benavidez because it’s a…

Tim Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) needs a win in the worst way in his fight against Joey Spencer (19-1, 11 KOs) on April 6th to set up a bigger one against Keith Thurman in the summer. Tszyu, 29, and Spencer are headlining at the Newcastle…

Anthony Yarde was one of many who felt that Artur Beterbiev deserved the victory over Dmitry Bivol in their rematch last Saturday night at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Yarde says he had it either Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs) by one round or a…

Lamont Roach says Gervonta Davis has never fought anyone during his career that has the confidence and skills to beat him until now, ahead of their fight on Saturday, March 1st, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Roach (25-1-1, 10 KOs) feels that…

Earlier today in Japan, WBC bantamweight ruler Junto Nakatani proved to be far too good for a game but very over-matched David Cuellar. Making the fourth defence of his belt, 27 year old southpaw Nakatani dropped the 23 year old Mexican twice in round three,…