Analyst Chris Mannix views Israil Madrimov as being the toughest fight of Terence Crawford’s 16-year career when they meet on August 3rd. Although there is not much of a size difference between Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) and the 5’8 1/2″ Madrimov (10-0-1, 7 KOs), the…
Terence Crawford wants to see WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson unify the 135-lb division and silence all the doubters who view him as a fake, a timid runner afraid to exchange.
What Crawford wants for Shakur may be impossible for him to do. He’s not…
Artur Beterbiev has started his training camp in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for his October 12th undisputed light heavyweight championship fight against Dmitry Bivol.
In a video workout clip, IBF, WBC, and WBO light heavyweight champion Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) looked powerful hitting the heavy bag…
Mauricio Sulaiman and his people have spoken: the WBC have officially ordered a return fight between 126 pounders, O’Shaquie Foster and Robson Conceicao (the winner’s name customarily goes first, but not here, as Foster was, as almost all fans, experts, fellow fighters agree, robbed of…
Heavyweights Derek Chisora and Joe Joyce meet this Saturday night, July 27, in a twelve-round contest at the O2 Arena in London. The aging fighters are in a position where it will be difficult for the loser of the match to come back from the…
What should we make of heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk’s co-trainers talk of his charge possibly taking a bare-knuckle fight after his return fight with Tyson Fury? Sergey Lapin put it out there that Usyk is interested in taking a fight with Conor McGregor once he…
In sad news, it has been reported – by Bruce Trampler – that former WBA bantamweight champ Richie Sandoval has passed away at the age of 63. Trampler writes:
“Boxing and the Top Rank family lost one of our own last night with the passing…
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Gennadiy Golovkin says he’s still not retired and will return to the ring “if something comes up.” The former unified middleweight champion (42-2-1, 37 KOs) looked excellent in his last two fights, two years ago, against Canelo Alvarez and Ryota Murata…
Light welterweight contender Richardson Hitchins will return to the ring in October in New York City.
The opponent for #1 IBF, #3 WBO, and #5 WBC-ranked Hitchins (18-0, 7 KOs) remains to be seen. He must fight someone popular to headline because he’s not considered…