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Fans are divided about who they see winning the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol rematch on February 22nd in Riyadh. Some believe that Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) will duplicate his early success in the first fight last October but continue to outwork and outbox Beterbiev…

WBC light welterweight champion Alberto Puello vs. mandatory challenger Sandor Martin is possible for the undercard of Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach on March 1st at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. This will be on PBC on Prime Video PPV. Martin, 31, has…

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis are finalizing a 147-lb unification fight for April 12th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. If the fight gets made, it’ll be shown on DAZN, promoted Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom, and will have Ennis’ IBF strap and…

Heavyweight great Lennox Lewis, speaking on the new Ring Magazine podcast, was asked to name his all-time favourite delivered punch. During a career that was filled with memorable KO’s scored – over Razor Ruddock, Frank Bruno, Mike Tyson, Frans Botha, Michael Grant, Andrew Golota, and…

According to the man in the know, Mike Coppinger of ESPN, a deal is inching ever closer to being made for a Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford showdown. As per a message from Coppinger on social media, the fight is being worked on for Mexican Independence Day…

Talk about some bold talk. 36 year old Dillian Whyte, who looked nothing short of awful in his last fight, this when he huffed and puffed his way to an incredibly sloppy (yet at the same time, it must be said, fun to watch, in…

David Benavidez says he’s going to let “The Monster” out on David Morrell because of all the “stuff that he’s said” about him during the build-up to their fight on February 1st. Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) was just going to give WBA ‘regular’ light heavyweight…

Ryan Garcia says Canelo Alvarez will “be too big” for Terence Crawford if their fight gets finalized for September on the Mexican Independence Day Holiday weekend in Las Vegas. That’s when and where Mike Coppinger of ESPN says the Canelo-Crawford fight will be. Garcia says…

Rewind to December 26th, Boxing Day, and fans witnessed two things in Bangkok, Thailand: a great action fight and a terrible, hugely controversial decision. In a year-end battle for the vacant WBC 108-pound title, hometown fighter Panya Pradabsri, AKA Petchmanee CP Freshmart, was handed a…