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David Morrell got ‘The Mexican Monster’ David Benavidez riled up today at the final press conference with his rapid-fire Spanish trash-talking and his calm demeanor. Morrell’s Cool Confidence It was funny to watch Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) getting upset at the taunts from the Cuban…

Christian Mbilli will face Kevin Sadjo in an IBF super middleweight title eliminator on a still-to-be-determined date to decide the mandatory for champion William Scull. JuliusJulianis reports that #3 IBF Mbilli (28-0, 23 KOs) and Sadjo (24-0, 21 KOs) will fight next. This match-up should…

The name may not be all that familiar, but unfortunately, the plight is altogether too often seen or, more accurately, read about in the unforgiving sport of professional boxing. Jerry Jones, today aged 64 and blind in one eye, has only quite recently seen his…

During his career, Tim Bradley gave us some superb action fights, his all-out war with Ruslan Provodnikov perhaps a fight that would have proven thrillingly memorable during any era. Now, working for ESPN, “Desert Storm” is recognised as one of the best boxing analysts on…

The big, stacked card that will go down in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia on February 22 is, well, stacked and big. One of the most interesting fights that will take place is the heavyweight bout between the huge Zhilei Zhang and effective body puncher Agit…

Canelo Alvarez’s two leading candidates for his next fight are William Scull and Christian Mbilli for May on Cinco de Mayo weekend. @BoxAzteca7 reports that Mbill and Scull are the two that unified super middleweight champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) is considering. Scull: The Safer…

David Benavidez devoted much of today’s media workout in Las Vegas, talking about Canelo Alvarez not wanting to fight him. (Credit: Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions) Mental Block Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) sounded still mentally tormented over the Mexican superstar Canelo not giving him a chance…

Jose Benavidez Sr. is still giving excuses for his son, David Benavidez’s lackluster performance in his last fight in his debut at 175 against Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June 15th last year. (Credit: Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions) Still Making Excuses He’s still blaming it on Benavidez…

The way thrilling ring warrior David Benavidez tells it, he could wind up fighting two wars back-to-back. This Saturday on Prime Video, as surely each and every fight fan on the planet is aware, Benavidez will risk his unbeaten record against Cuba’s David Morrell, who…