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Terence Crawford has vacated his WBO welterweight title, leaving him with just one of his previous four belts at 147. Brian Norman Jr. has been upgraded from WBO interim 147-lb champion to full champion with the organization. The last remaining belt from Crawford’s undisputed championship,…

Trevor McCumby says he’s coming to knock out former IBF super middleweight champion Callen Plant next month in their twelve-round battle for the WBA interim 168-lb title on September 14th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McCumby’s Hunger for Success McCumby (28-0, 21 KOs)…

It could be that Turki Alalshikh and Oscar De La Hoya join forces to put on a big card that is co-headlined by Terence Crawford Vs. Vergil Ortiz and Shakur Stevenson Vs. William Zepeda. The two men spoke at Saturday’s Ortiz-Serhii Bohachuk thriller, and De…

Former heavyweight champ Tyson Fury hits 36 today, this an age that, for some heavyweights, proved to be one that saw them begin a slow decline. After suffering just one pro defeat, this of course at the hands of the superb Oleksandr Usyk last time…

A former champ down at 122 pounds, Angelo Leo scored what may well prove to be the KO of the Year on Saturday in winning the IBF belt at 126 pounds – Leo’s perfect left hook dropping defending champion Luis Alberto Lopez hard and heavy…

Junior middleweight prospect Josniel “TG” Castro beat Jerry “Silent Assassin” Bradford via an eight-round unanimous decision (79-73, 78-74, and 78-74) and obtained the vacant WBC US Silver junior middleweight title in the main event. Photo: Emily Harney/Fightography. “Winning this belt [his first title] means…

Trainer Jeff Mayweather recommends that Vergil Ortiz Jr. not take the fight with Terence Crawford next. Ortiz’s Recent Struggle Jeff was at ringside last Saturday for Vergil’s fight against WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. He…

Promoter Tom Loeffler says Vergil Ortiz Jr’s busted-up face and two knockdowns are proof that he deserved a loss against WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk last Saturday night in their clash at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. Unfortunately for Loeffler and…

According to “The Bible of Boxing,” fight fans who love an all-Mexican showdown (and who the heck doesn’t!) are in luck. RingTV.com reports how Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez will shoot it out on December 7, this in a rematch of their August 2023 thriller,…