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There is so much good stuff attached to the recently announced fight between warriors David Benavidez and David Morrell. Firstly, these two unbeaten, in their prime fighters, in agreeing to risk so much in fighting one another, have given us all proof that, yes, there…

By James Slater - 11/18/2024 - Comments In a fight that most of us missed as it took place over the course of a very big boxing weekend – what with the whole Jake Paul Vs. Mike Tyson event going down on Friday night, with it’s…

Tim Bradley was upset after watching Mike Tyson lose to Jake Paul last Friday night on Netflix. The commentator Bradley says the 27-year-old YouTuber turned boxer Paul is a “bum,”  and he views him as a “con artist” in how he chooses his opponents. Jake…

David Benavidez says he’s “moved on” and is no longer chasing after superstar Canelo Alvarez to try and get a fight against him. He’d been trying to get a fight against Canelo for many years with no luck, and he’s temporarily given up. Benavidez, 27,…

Highly ranked #1 contender William Zepeda (32-0, 27 KOs) is leaving his options open for which champion at lightweight that he faces next after beating veteran Tevin Farmer (33-7-1, 8 KOs) by a ten-round split decision to win the WBC interim 135-lb title last Saturday…

Talk about a pole-axe job of a highlight reel knockout. A revenge knockout. On this day back in 2001, heavyweight great Lennox Lewis did the job he should have done the first time he ran into Hasim Rahman. Instead, in South Africa in April of…

Former world heavyweight title challenger Dillian Whyte will return to the ring on December 15th, this in the somewhat unlikely setting of Gibraltar. Whyte, it was announced last night on DAZN during the brilliant and hugely entertaining “Latino Night” show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will…

Now the holder of two cruiserweight world titles, Mexican warrior Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez wants more. Last night, in a truly great fight where both men gave their all, Ramirez won a 12-round shoot-out, with defending WBO champ Chris Billam-Smith literally baring his soul as he…

Promoter Eddie Hearn says he didn’t like what he saw with 58-year-old former heavyweight legend Mike Tyson returning to the ring to lose to YouTuber Jake Paul in a hopelessly one-sided fight last Friday night on Netflix. It was such a mismatch that Paul admitted…