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With plenty of us boxing fans getting our breath back after Saturday night’s Saudi extravaganza, there will be more possibly great action tomorrow, this time at the Ariake Arena in Japan. Pound-for-pound star Junto Nakatani, the reigning WBC bantamweight champ, will defend against David Cuellar,…

WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs) dodged another bullet on Saturday, winning a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Israil Madrimov (10-2-1, 7 KOs) at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Neither fighter was hurt, but Ortiz Jr. was badly swollen around…

WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson (23-0, 11 KOs) insists that Turki Alalshikh wants to make the fight between him and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis following Shakur’s three-knockdown, ninth-round technical knockout victory over his little-known backup opponent Josh Padley (15-1, 4 KOs) on Saturday night at the…

Dmitry Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) got his get-back with a close 12-round majority decision victory over undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs) in their rematch on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The rematch failed to live up…

On a night that is already full of surprises and may well see more, not to mention some great action with more to come, Germany’s heavyweight Agit Kabayel once again proved that he really is THE dark horse of the glamour division. Facing the formidable…

Not long to go now until “The Last Crescendo” and the stacked fight card that had been dubbed “The Card of the Century” no less. And what a fight week it really has been, with so much happening, with so much to take in –…

Daniel Dubois has withdrawn from his IBF heavyweight world title defense against Joseph Parker due to illness The 27-year-old was forced to pull out just two days before the highly anticipated fight in Saudi Arabia after being assessed by doctors in Riyadh, who ruled him…

Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol meet in a rematch tonight for Beterbiev’s IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO light heavyweight titles at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. PT. Click here to buy the PPV on DAZN. Fans were…

Terence Crawford says he’s confident that WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson will defeat Josh Padley tonight, and he’ll then beat WBA champ Gervonta Davis in a unification match in his next fight. Crawford is hopeful that promoter Eddie Hearn will be able to set up…