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As boxing fans know, the great Vasiliy Lomachenko announced his retirement from the sport last week, the super-skilled Ukrainian opting to walk away at the age of 37. Numerous more than deserved tributes came pouring in, but it was perhaps “Loma’s” countryman, Oleksandr Usyk, who…

IBF cruiserweight champ Jai Opetaia has two immediate goals: to win all the belts at 200 pounds, and then move up to heavyweight and fight Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed crown there. 29 year old Opetaia, speaking after his easy night’s work against Claudio Squeo…

It’s the all-Japanese super fight all of boxing wants to see, and it could happen as soon as next May. Naoya Inoue Vs. Junto Nakatani, the biggest fight in the history of Japanese boxing. For some months now, we’ve been talking about this fight, this…

Heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk has invited US President Donald Trump to “come and live in my house for a week” so as to fully experience the reality of the ongoing war in Ukraine. Usyk, a proud Ukrainian who dedicates his fights to his people, spoke…

IBF light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins says he wants to dominate the “top-tier” George Kambosos Jr. to make a statement in their headliner this Saturday, June 14th, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Saturday’s Hitchins-Kambosos event will be broadcast on…

Keyshawn Davis’ coach denies that he jumped Nahir Albright last Saturday night in his dressing room after he’d beaten his older brother, Kelvin Davis, at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Coach Denies Keyshawn Jumped Albright Davis’ coach claims that no one jumped Albright. He…

IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia had no trouble retaining both his belt and his unbeaten record today, this as he crushed Italian challenger Claudio Squeo in the fifth round. Southpaw Opetaia, fighting before an army of supporters at the Gold Coast Convention Centre in Queensland,…

Earlier today in Tokyo, Junto Nakatani produced yet another hugely impressive performance in stopping countryman Ryosuke Nishida to unify two of the world’s bantamweight titles. In the all-southpaw showdown, Nakatani busted up Nishida’s right eye and the fight was stopped at the conclusion of round…

40 long years ago today, a fight took place in England that transcended the sport. Irish warrior Barry McGuigan met long reigning featherweight champion Eusebio Pedroza at Queens Park Rangers’ football stadium, Loftus Road, with some 26,000 fans in attendance. Long before the days of…