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By Jeepers Isaac - 02/16/2025 - Comments Abdullah Mason (17-0, 15 KOs) says he wants to fight for a world title this year against any of the four lightweight champions following his fourth-round knockout victory over Manuel Jaimes (16-3-1, 11 KOs) last Friday night at the…

Dmitry Bivol says he must “throw more punches” for him to defeat undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev in their rematch this Saturday, February 22nd in Riyadh. Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) knows that he’s going to have to be busier than their first fight on…

Arnold Barboza Jr took care of business last night in Manchester, this just a veritable stone’s throw from Jack Catterall’s hometown, and he goes home with the WBO interim belt at 140 pounds and, he hopes, a big fight to come with Teofimo Lopez. Barboza…

Returning to the ring for the first time in 14 long months, former middleweight and super middleweight champ Felix Sturm scored a third round stoppage win over Benjamin Blindert in Neu Ulm, Germany last night. Fighting at light heavyweight, 46 year old Sturm scored four…

As older boxing fans know, the 15 round fights began to disappear back in 1982, this after the tragic death of Duk Koo Kim, who took some heavy punishment during the later rounds of his 14th round stoppage loss to Ray Mancini. The WBA moved…

Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya was happy after watching his fighter, light welterweight contender Oscar Duarte (29-2-1, 23 KOs), score a seventh-round knockout of substitute opponent Miguel Madueno (31-4, 28 KO) on Saturday night in their war at the Honda Center in Anaheim,…

Arnold Barboza Jr. (32-0, 11 KOs) captured the WBO interim light welterweight title on Saturday night, beating Jack Catterall (30-2, 13 KOs) in a defensive battle in front of a mostly quiet crowd at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England. The judges were kind…

By Michael Collins - 02/15/2025 - Comments Jack Catterall faces one could be his toughest test of his career tonight, going up against the unbeaten American Arnold Barboza Jr. in the main event for the vacant WBO interim light welterweight title at the Co-op Live Arena…

In terms of the so-called civilized world we may pretend to live in, when it comes to sports, no existence, to my mind, can come close to that of the journeyman boxer. These brave souls, who have been doing what they do for decades, often…