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His Excellency Turki Alalshikh has added Serhii Bohachuk to the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk II card on December 21st in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bohachuk’s opponent hasn’t been revealed yet, but he’s expected to be a highly-ranked contender. The former WBC interim junior middleweight champion…

Matchroom Boxing officially announced the full undercard for the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry light heavyweight clash for the October 12th event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As leaked this week, Shakur Stevenson will face Joe Cordina in the chief support bout. The event will be shown…

Unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez says his underdog challenger Edgar Berlanga will need a great camp to have a chance against him on September 14th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. A Massive Step Up for Berlanga Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) is taking…

It’s a pretty thin boxing schedule that is in place for the coming weekend, so much so that the exhibition rematch between Floyd Mayweather and John Gotti III is the biggest fight, or event, going down on Saturday night. The rematch will take place…

Mairis Briedis, who ranks as one of the toughest, most talented of recent cruiserweight warriors, has officially announced he is retiring from the ring. The Latvian star, a former three-time cruiserweight champion, exits with a fine 28-3(20) record. Briedis, who fought as a pro for…

Former ‘Contender’ Star, Last Man To Fight Arturo Gatti, Alfonso Gomez To Launch Comeback At Age 43 You remember ‘The Contender.’ You remember Alfonso Gomez, who made a big impact on the show and who went on to fight, amongst others, Miguel Cotto, Canelo Alvarez…

WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson and Joe Cordina have agreed to a fight on October 12th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Stevenson-Cordina will fight on the Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev undercard live on DAZN PPV at the Kingdom Arena. It’s unclear if Shakur will be…

Boxing pod host Paulie Malignaggi says Canelo Alvarez is taking advantage of His Excellency Turki Alalshikh by asking for a lot of money to fight Terence Crawford. Malignaggi views that as a situation where Canelo is attempting to exploit the money that Turki is paying…

Devin Haney needs a low-level puncher for him to come back against in one of the two Riyadh shows before the end of the year. Haney must be rebuilt quickly to set up a big-money rematch against Ryan Garcia for a summer mega-fight in 2025.…