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What makes a fighter, a boxer, scary? Wicked punching power? A genuinely nasty personality and demeanor? Thoroughly intimidating stare-down abilities that frighten not only the other guy in the ring, but us fans looking on also? Maybe all these things and more. Here today, or…

Former unified 140-pound female champ Chantelle Cameron, the only woman to have defeated Katie Taylor, says the winner of the upcoming return fight between Taylor and Amanda Serrano “must face her.” Cameron, who is 1 and 1 with Taylor but believes she deserved the decision…

Britain’s Lawrence Okolie, who previously held the WBO cruiserweight title and also the WBC bridgerweight belt, will box his heavyweight debut on Frank Warren’s December 7 “Magnificent 7″ card in London. Okolie, 20-1(15), will face once-beaten German fighter Hussein Muhamed, who is currently 18-1(14). A…

WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis’ title defense against Lamont Roach is being moved to a new date in January. Dan Rafael reports that Tank Davis told him that it’s no longer happening on December 14th, saying, “January, I’m hearing” for when the clash will happen.…

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis needs to find a way to make his rematch with IBF mandatory Karen Chukhadzhian more exciting for the fans on November 9th. They’re expecting a similar dull fight to their previous one a year ago, and they’re not looking forward to this.…

Canelo Alvarez’s manager and trainer, Eddy Reynoso, has shot down the rumors that he is in negotiations to fight Chris Eubank Jr. next. Reynoso says it’s NOT happening. Reynoso states that they attempted to negotiate a fight with the 35-year-old Eubank Jr. for September, but…

Paulie Malignaggi lit into Gervonta Davis for his career habit of fighting weak opposition, choosing not to fight certain guys that were a threat to beating him, like Vasily Lomachenko. Tank didn’t show interest in fighting Lomachenko years when he was younger, but when we…

In sad and quite shocking news, it has been reported that former heavyweight contender Alonzo Butler has passed away at the age of just 44. From a news article in The Knoxville News Sentinel, Butler’s daughter confirmed the passing of her father on Monday of…

It seems there is a good chance reigning IBF heavyweight champ Daniel Dubois could make an optional defense in his next fight, and fellow Brit Fabio Wardley is very much in the running to land the fight. As per numerous reports, Anthony Joshua’s talks of…