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WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr’s father & trainer, Brian Sr., posted a message on Instagram to IBF champ Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and his promoter Eddie Hearn, telling them that they’re interested in making a unification fight next. “We Said Yes to the Fight” Earlier…

The sport of boxing is absolutely buzzing right now in Japan, with little giants such as Naoya Inoue, Junto Nakatani, Kensiro Teraji and others all regularly featuring in excitement-filled, quite beautiful to watch fights. Japan has hosted some huge, stacked cards as a result, with…

A while back, Mexican living legend Julio Cesar Chavez placed a mock fight poster hyping a September bout between himself and Floyd Mayweather on social media. The bout had a date and a venue in place – September 16 in Las Vegas. And though plenty…

The Dennis Andries story could so easily be made into a movie, and what a great, inspiring and uplifting film it really could be. Andries, who should be far more celebrated than he is, in his home country especially, is a classic case of the…

The often maligned 2000s heavyweight division is finally up for study and survey. Recall that the 1980s heavyweight division is known as the Lost Generation and was seen as a step-down in quality from the Golden Age 1970s. The emergence of the 2000s, 20 years…

Errol Spence vs. Sebastian Fundora and Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios double-header is possible for December. It’s an interesting card in a trainwreck type of way, as Spence and Pacquiao are ring-worn and not ideal candidates to be challenging for world titles. The tickets would…

Gervonta Davis’ assistant coach, Kenny Ellis, taunted Shakur Stevenson on Instagram today about him defending his WBC lightweight title against Joe Cordina next on October 12th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Kenny Ellis Mocks Shakur’s “Huge” Fight Kenny mocked the Shakur vs. Cordina fight, calling it…

Martin Bakole wants to get it on with Zhilei Zhang in December, in front of Zhang’s fans in China. Bakole, coming off that impressive stoppage win over Jared Anderson (this destructive loss perhaps ruining Anderson for all time, we must wait and see if Anderson…

Former world heavyweight title challenger Bryant Jennings of Philadelphia will return to the ring this Saturday night in his home town. The 39 year old (who will turn 40 next month) has not boxed since losing a wide decision against Joe Joyce, this back in…