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Promoter Oscar De La Hoya confirmed today that he wants to make the fight between William Zepeda and WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson. He feels that a fight between Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) and Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) is a “huge” one, and he says…

If we could see this guaranteed heavyweight rumble go down! Zhilei Zhang vs. Martin Bakole, what a battle of big men – and I mean BIG MEN – this one would be. Both guys expressed interest in the fight, and both men predicted a win…

Cuba, the small island that has produced so much awesome boxing talent over the years, indeed decades, has another gold medal winner. Yesterday in Paris, France, Erislandy Alvarez edged French hero Sofiane Oumiha via split decision victory. Alvarez goes home to Cuba with the lightweight…

The age of 26, for a lower weight fighter, is pretty much the age when they are coming into their prime, their absolute peak. But has Ryan Garcia – who turns 26 today, and we all hope has himself a happy birthday – already done…

Terence Crawford denies using Canelo Alvarez’s name to help sell his fight against Israil Madrimov on PPV last Saturday at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Canelo feels that his name was used to artificially create interest in the Crawford-Madrimov fight by giving a false…

Edger Berlanga says he wants to break Canelo Alvarez’s face on September 14th in their headliner match at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. WBA, WBC, and WBO super middleweight champion Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) got challenger Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) angry during their press…

Who next for towering Chinese southpaw heavyweight Zhilei Zhang? It will not be Anthony Joshua, not next, not any time soon. So says “Big Bang” himself, who recently said on the MMA Hour that he fully believes AJ is scared of him, with Joshua’s promoter…

Who was it that put an end to a fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford ever happening – Canelo himself or Turki Alalshikh? Canelo has said he informed the Saudi money man that he was not interested in talking about any fight, period, until…

Canelo Alvarez fired back at Turki Alalshikh on Tuesday, reacting to his offer for a fight against Terence Crawford and his comments about his Riyadh Season-sponsored UFC event that is taking place on the same night as his September 14th match against Edgar Berlanga in…