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WBC featherweight champion Stephen Fulton dismissed #1 Bruce Carrington’s callout of him last Saturday, saying that he “haven’t fought anyone” to be “requesting a championship fight” against him. Carrington (15-0, 9 KOs) immediately calleted out Fulton and WBA 126-lb champion Nick Ball after knocking out…

Shakur Stevenson says Gervonta Davis wasn’t mentally messed up for his recent underperformance against Lamont Roach on March 1st at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Stevenson states that Tank (30-0-1, 28 KOs) was the “same fighter,” which is hard to take seriously because…

WBC interim lightweight champion William Zepeda (33-0, 27 KOs) finished his two-fight rivalry with Tevin Farmer (33-8-1, 8 KOs), beating him by a 12-round majority decision last Saturday night in their rematch in Cancun, Mexico. Farmer’s Tactics The Canadian judge scored a draw at 114-114,…

I don’t know about you, but it sure seems to this boxing fan that the lower-weight warriors- the little giants, if you like- are pretty much dominating the sport right now. At least as far as supreme skills are shown, as far as fights are…

WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. (27-0, 21 KOs) stole the spotlight from the main event fight by destroying his opponent Derrieck Cuevas (27-2-1, 19 KOs) in three rounds at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Las Vegas. In the opening round, Cuevas and Norman Jr. both…

Tevin Farmer (33-8-1, 8 KOs) blew his chance of defeating WBC interim lightweight champion William Zepeda (33-0, 27 KOs) by focusing on clinching instead of throwing shots and wound up losing a 12-round majority decision in their rematch at the Poliforum Benito Juárez in Cancún,…

WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. says he must make a “statement” against Derrieck Cuevas tonight to be a “legend” in the sport. Norman Jr.-Cuevas will fight on the undercard of the Mikaela Mayer vs. Sandy Ryan rematch at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The event…

Credit where it’s due: Terence Crawford remains the man to beat. Undefeated. Untouched. Undeniably elite. His self-declared spot at #1 on his own pound-for-pound list? Fair enough. If you’ve got 41 wins and haven’t been tested since Obama was in office, you get to flex…

Tim Bradley says he’d be shocked “as hell” if Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero upsets Ryan Garcia in their headliner on May 2nd at Times Square in New York City. However, the commentator Bradley states he doesn’t see the former WBA light welterweight champion Romero (16-2, 13…