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If ever a fighter deserved a world title fight opportunity, it’s heavyweight contender Joseph Parker. Wins over Deontay Wilder, Zhilei Zhang, and, at the weekend, in what was a short-notice fight, Martin Bakole, have seen Parker earn his shot. But, as he said when speaking…

Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero says Gervonta Davis shouldn’t waste his time fighting Shakur Stevenson because he will “jump” around the ring like he did in his fight against Edwin De Los Santos. Rolly thinks Shakur may even “jump out of the ring” to escape Tank (30-0,28…

Shakur Stevenson proudly boasted to the media that he “barely got touched” in his successful title defense of his WBC lightweight belt last Saturday night with his ninth-round technical knockout victory over Josh Padley at The Venue in Riyadh. Mismatch in Riyadh Stevenson (23-0, 11…

In terribly sad news, it’s been reported – first by Kevin Iole – that absolute warrior Greg Haugen has died, this at age 64. Greg, known, of course, as “Mutt” during his thrilling, he-fought-them-all ring career, lost his around three-year battle with colon cancer. Greg…

Artur Beterbiev’s coach, Marc Ramsay, says he had Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs) up 5-1 in the first six rounds before he tailed off in his 12-round majority decision defeat to Dmitry Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) in their rematch at The Venue in Riyadh. Ramsay showed…

Boxing fans the world over sure got a great show last night/afternoon, depending on your location, this as “The Last Crescendo” delivered. Of the seven big fights that went down, all gave us some thrills, some spills, some drama, and a little controversy. From lightweight…

The current heavyweight division sure is stacked with worthy contenders, contenders who all want a piece of reigning WBA/WBO/WBC heavyweight ruler Oleksandr Usyk. Going into last night’s “Last Crescendo” card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, it was pretty simple – Usyk would next fight the winner…

With plenty of us boxing fans getting our breath back after Saturday night’s Saudi extravaganza, there will be more possibly great action tomorrow, this time at the Ariake Arena in Japan. Pound-for-pound star Junto Nakatani, the reigning WBC bantamweight champ, will defend against David Cuellar,…

WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs) dodged another bullet on Saturday, winning a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Israil Madrimov (10-2-1, 7 KOs) at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Neither fighter was hurt, but Ortiz Jr. was badly swollen around…