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Paulie Malignaggi is choosing Oleksandr Usyk to defeat Tyson Fury in their rematch eight days from now, on December 21st. He feels that Fury “Doesn’t have it anymore.” The former WBC heavyweight champion isn’t what he once was after a long career. Malignaggi says he…

Junior middleweight contender Xander Zayas (20, 12 KOs) will be fighting Slawa Spomer (20-0, 11 KOs) in a WBO 154-lb title eliminator match in the co-feature on the February 14th card on ESPN at Madison Square Garden’s Hula Theater in New York City. Zayas vs.…

Even the great ones get stopped. Sometimes. A legendary chin can be cracked, just ask; there are too many great fighters to list – but examples of the seemingly unstoppable who were, in fact, stopped include George Foreman, Mike Tyson, Sonny Liston, Larry Holmes, and…

Liverpool’s Nick Ball, one of the most consistently active as well as one of the most consistently exciting fighters out there today, will make the second defense of his WBA featherweight title on March 25th when he will face former IBF super-bantamweight champ TJ Doheny,…

Lennox Lewis says Tyson Fury must “rough up” Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch in eight days on December 21st. He wants ‘The Gypsy King’ Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) to use his 6’9″ frame to get physical for the smaller 6’3″, 220+ lb unified heavyweight champion…

The most intriguing matchup for this coming weekend is Alexis Rocha squaring off against prospect Raul Curiel this Saturday, which will be streaming live on DAZN. (Credit: Golden Boy/Chris Esqueda) Four years ago, Rocha was in a similar spot Curial’s in as Raul attempted to…

WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk (19-0, 9 KOs) and #1 Keyshawn Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) are finalizing a fight for Friday, February 14th, for a main event clash on ESPN at the 5,600-seat Hula Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Mike Coppinger is…

Joseph Parker is picking his friend, Tyson Fury, to defeat WBA/WBC/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch in nine days on December 21. Parker believes Fury’s “mindset has changed” since his defeat against Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) earlier this year. He feels that Fury…

Ben Shalom, promoter of Chris Eubank Junior, has said in speaking to Sky Sports that Eubank Jr has made a “hugely generous” compromise in accepting a purse split of 55%, as a deal is being worked on for Eubank to fight Conor Benn. Fans everywhere…