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There were, as fans who tuned in to watch the so-called ‘Oscars of boxing’ know, a whole lot of stars from the boxing world in attendance during Saturday’s Ring Magazine Award show in London. With one notable exception as far as active star fighters go…….…

Shakur Stevenson says former WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol should have won his previous fight against unified 175-lb champion Artur Beterbiev, and he’ll win the rematch on February 22nd if he “stays focused” the entire fight when they meet in the headliner in Riyadh.…

Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford has agreed to a deal to meet in September in a mega-fight in Las Vegas. Unified super middleweight champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) will be fighting against a still-to-be-determined opponent in May. Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) will be fighting also…

Bill Haney confronted Ryan Garcia and his friend Lupe Valencia last Saturday in London at the Ring Awards. He posted a video of the confrontation on social media. It looked like he was trying to get their reaction, perhaps to encourage them to agree to…

Bill Haney says he’d like to see Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Devin Haney fight in 2025. This would be a risk-everything type of fight for Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) is underpowered, even at 140, and was chopped up by Ryan Garcia last April. An Old…

Shakur Stevenson says he’s not into chasing fighters, and he feels he doesn’t “need” a fight against Gervonta Davis to happen. Undercard Fighter The Newark, New Jersey native Stevenson is fighting on an undercard on February 22nd, so he does need Tank Davis very much…

There is still no official word on who Deontay Wilder will fight next. This is his supposed April comeback fight on BLK Prime, but according to Curtis Harper—who spoke with Ring Magazine’s new website—he has signed a contract to face the former WBC heavyweight champ.…

Rival heavyweights Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois were both in attendance at last night’s Ring Magazine Awards Gala, really an ‘Oscars for boxing.’ And the pair both went home with an award or two – Usyk The Fighter of the Year, Dubois having scored, according…

The pressure is on Tyson Fury to agree to face Anthony Joshua is what would be an enormous fight for British boxing. Last night, at the prestigious Ring Magazine Awards Gala in London – with so many boxing greats present, including: Roberto Duran, Canelo Alvarez,…