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We are approximately halfway through the year, with many great fights, and numerous stunning knockouts possibly still to come. But for Top Rank’s Carl Moretti, we all saw the KO of the Year this week, this when WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman vaporised a game…

Eddie Hearn, like so many other people who caught his latest podcast, has been listening to Carl Froch state that, in his opinion, Anthony Joshua is “done” and should hang ’em up. Froch, who has been criticised by some for unfairly laying into Joshua, has…

Undefeated super middleweight Petr “The Surgeon” Khamukov (13-0, 6 KOs) takes on David “Dynamite” Stevens (14-2, 10 KOs) in an intriguing matchup between two up-and-coming 168-pound fighters this Friday in the main event at the Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California. Their ten-round bout will…

 Vito Mielnicki Jr. Set for Homecoming Versus Kamil Gardzielik – Coverage begins LIVE on ESPN+ Saturday at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT On Saturday, June 21, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, the war zone opens live on ESPN+ at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30…

Brian Norman Jr, who might have given us The KO of the Year yesterday, this with his brutal icing of a game but overmatched Jin Sasaki in Japan, wants all the belts at 147 pounds. Norman wants all the smoke. With the move north of…

It is so very often true in the sport of boxing that a smaller fighter, say a flyweight or a bantamweight, rarely if ever pulls in as many viewers as a welterweight, a middleweight, or a heavyweight. The bigger guys of the sport attract more…

A fight between Josh Kelly and IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev is in the works for September 13th, the Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford card on Netflix at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Kelly vs. Murtazaliev: Canelo Undercard Murtazaliev-Kelly are in talks for the…

Like so many boxing experts, former warrior turned accomplished trainer Jamie Moore is not in favour of living legend Manny Pacquiao’s comeback at the age of 46. But Moore is in a wholly different position to most people. As the trainer of Jack Catterall, Moore’s…

Eddie Hearn has again spoken about former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s future. Hearn, speaking with The Mirror, said the plan is for AJ to return to the ring in October, November, or December, and then ideally fight Tyson Fury twice. AJ’s Return: Hearn Targets…