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WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball wants to do a better job of beating TJ Doheny than Naoya Inoue did when he defends against the 38-year-old this Saturday night, March 15th, at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England. Ball reacted to Doheny saying that he’ll…

Earlier today in Tokyo, Japan, Kenshiro Teraji, known as the “Amazing Boy,” (this despite the fact that he is 33 years of age) unified two of the world flyweight titles with a thrilling, come-from-behind last round KO over Seigo Yuri Akui. In a fierce fight,…

Jose Ramirez is confident he can drop Devin Haney if he hits him “solid on the chin” in their catweight fight at welterweight on May 2nd at Times Square in New York City. Haney-Ramirez is the chief support bout on the Ryan Garcia vs. Rolando…

Joe Bugner was very much a gifted heavyweight who was so often on the receiving end of a bad wrap: “Too negative.” “Safety first.” “Uncommitted,” and so on and so forth. In a nutshell, the critics were often on Bugner’s case for “not giving his…

A Manny Pacquiao fight, controversial? Surely not. A Joshua Clottey fight, controversial? Again, surely not! It turned out that, 15 years ago today, in a big fight that played out in front of a huge crowd of fans who had filed into the cavernous Cowboys…

Just days after he was, quite shockingly, elevated to the number one spot in the new WBC heavyweight rankings, Lawrence Okolie has been hit by a training injury that will reportedly force “The Sauce” out of his scheduled grudge fight with fellow Londoner Richard Riakporhe.…

The WBO has mandated that heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk defend against interim belt-holder Joseph Parker next. They have a 30-day negotiation period to negotiate the bout. If he snapped Parker’s six-fight winning streak, it would be a big statement for WBA, WBC and WBO champion…

Keith Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs) says he’s interested in fighting Ryan Garcia, Errol Spence, Sebastian Fundora or Jermell Charlo next following his third round knockout victory over Brock Jarvis (22-2, 20 KOs) in his comeback fight on Wednesday night at the Hordern Pavilion, in Sydney,…

Edgar Berlanga says he wants to “look like a star” in his fight against Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz this Saturday, March 15th, and then enter free agency to target the “big dogs” at super middleweight. Berlanga’s bout with Gonzalez-Ortiz is the chief support bout on the Austin…