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It was 38 long, long years ago today when massive underdog Lloyd Honeyghan pulled off what was called, at the time, a ‘miracle win.’ There was, quite literally, dancing in the streets back home in the UK after Honeyghan, whether he was an 8/1 underdog,…

Featuring again in one of his regular ‘Clap back Thursday’ video uploads, Oscar De La Hoya absolutely couldn’t resist tearing into ‘rival’ promoter Eddie Hearn. After the back and forth these two have been on, with most of the beef being brought forth by De…

Queen Latifah’s classic song ‘Ladies first’ is a great way to explain the surge woman’s boxing has received in the last few years. At times woman’s fights were stuck on the undercard or most likely buried on the off-TV portion but that’s a thing of…

Dmitry Bivol will have to stand in the pocket and get Artur Beterbiev’s respect at some point, or else he will get mowed down on October 12th. The movement that WBA light heavyweight champion Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) uses won’t be sufficient to keep IBF,…

Promoter Leonard Ellerbe confirmed today that the rumors of Gervonta Davis being in negotiations for a fight against Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela and requesting a rehydration clause for a clash at 135 are false. Ellerbe says Rayo was “not available.” Ellerbe ignored the questions made to…

Eddie Hearn thinks Dmitry Bivol has the skills to defeat Artur Beterbiev on October 12th in their undisputed light heavyweight championship. However, that’s assuming that Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) can find a way to keep Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) from cutting off the ring and…

David Benavidez has cleared up the confusion about his next opponent, revealing that he’ll be facing 35-year-old veteran Jesse Hart next and not David Morrell, as previously reported. Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) had gotten fans excited yesterday by telling them that he had “something big”…

There is an article up on the site WBN (World Boxing News) and some stuff on FaceBook (Tony Holden, who formerly promoted Tommy and considers him a friend) that argues how late powerhouse Tommy Morrison, who won the WBO heavyweight title in 1993, should at…

How to react to Edgar Berlanga’s recent message on social media, in which the 168 pounder said he would very much like to “test greatness” by fighting former two-time heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua!? Berlanga – if he’s serious, really serious – wants to step in…