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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…

Skye Nicolson rocked up thinking she was about to stroll through a coronation. Home crowd, main event slot, shiny WBC strap up for grabs — perfect stage to go 13-0, yeah? Nah. Tiara Brown came to Sydney with a different script: rough her up, drag…

George Kambosos Jr dragged himself through a bloody scrap with Jake Wyllie – a huy who was literally in the crowd with a ticket six days ago – and somehow decided now’s the right time to call out Richardson Hitchins. Let that sink in. The…

Website Ranker has, well, ranked the 20 greatest heavyweights in boxing history. The result of a fan poll, the top 20 makes for interesting reading. Thousands of fans cast their vote, and the ensuing list – sure to cause some debate, some anger even –…

George Kambosos Jr. vs. Jake Wyllie event is live on DAZN this morning at 4 a.m. ET, which is at 7 p.m. Sydney time, AEDT, at the Qudos Bank Arena in Australia. The ringwalks for the Kambosos-Wyllie 12-round light welterweight main event ring walks are…

Fans the world over have surely heard the bad, indeed the stunning news regarding the sudden passing of heavyweight legend George Foreman, this at the age of 76. Waking up here in the UK, being met by the brutal news as I have been, well,…