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Terence Crawford says his moving up essentially three weight classes to challenge Canelo Alvarez for what could be an undisputed super middleweight championship on September 13th would make him another Henry Armstrong. (Credit: Melanie Pizano/Matchroom) Crawford feels that his moving up to 168 to challenge…

Promoter Eddie Hearn seemed pretty shaken, trying to make sense of what had happened to his fighter, WBC world female featherweight champion Skye Nicolson (12-1, 1 KO), with her losing to Tiara Brown (19-0, 11 KOs) by a ten round split decision last Saturday night…

Speaking with The Ring, promoter Eddie Hearn said IBF 140 pound champ Richardson Hitchins is all set to fight George Kambosos Jr on June 21st. Hitchins, who Hearn says is the top dog at the weight, will fight on the date regardless of whether or…

As the many tributes continue to pour in for the great George Foreman, who as we all know, passed away on Friday at age 76, one man who both fought him and called him a friend was kind enough to share with this website his…

If the terribly sad passing of George Foreman didn’t hit fans all over the world hard enough, more bad news came yesterday with the reports of former WBA lightweight champion Livingstone Bramble passing away at age 64 coming out. Bramble, also known as Ras-I-Alujah Bramble,…

WBO mandatory challenger Xander Zayas’ attempt at facing off with WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora was refused by the champ on Saturday night when he confronted him in his dressing room after his fourth-round technical knockout win over Chordale Booker (23-2, 11…

Chordale Booker (23-2, 11 KOs) put up a good fight briefly before being crushed under the size and work rate of the tall WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) in a fourth-round TKO defeat on Saturday night at the Michelob…

WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora faces challenger Chordale Booker in the 12-round headliner tonight in an event starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, live on PBC on Prime Video at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. Ring walks for the…

Along with being a frighteningly strong puncher, heavyweight legend George Foreman had other attributes as a fighter: toughness, sheer physical strength, a granite chin (especially, quite amazingly, in his second ring career), a pulverizing jab, great stamina (again, especially in his second career, this when…