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Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Serhii Bohachuk wil take place on August 10th in Las Vegas. Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) will challenge Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) for his WBC interim junior Middleweight title in a big step-up fight for the Golden Boy-promoted fighter. Bohachuk is…

Claressa Shields (15-0, 3 KOs) scored a rare knockout, stopping WBC female heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse (7-2, 2 KO) in the second round on Saturday night at the Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The 29-year-old Shields used her hand speed to unload with speedy…

The word incredible is often far too overused when describing a fight, and the word incredible has been punched out at many a keyboard over the years when covering a Derek Chisora fight. Well, no other word could come into play in terms of…

Derek Chisora, the master of the ring, who once again reminded us all why he’s not just a fighter, but a force of nature dressed in boxing gloves. As he squared off against Joe Joyce, every punch, every swing was a lecture in sheer, unadulterated…

His Excellency Turki Alalshkikh states he will make an offer to Canelo Alvarez for him to fight Terence Crawford. Alalshkikh wants to deliver Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) a big fight and says he will give Canelo a “fair price.” The bit about the “fair prize”…

By Michael Collins - 07/27/2024 - Comments Heavyweights Joe Joyce and Derek Chisora meet tonight in a domestic scrap at the O2 Arena in London. Event times ESPN+, 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT Boxing 247 will give live updates of the results below. Joyce-Chisora is a…

In a swift and brutal display, heavyweight Otto Wallin (27-2, 15 KOs) took merely 48 seconds to obliterate Onoriode Ehwarieme (20-5, 19 KOs) in the opening round  Friday at the Tropicana in Atlantic City. Wallin unleashed a vicious straight left, flooring Ehwarieme, who found himself…

For quite a while now, unbeaten French super-middleweight contender Christian Mbilli has been making noise, and he has been leaving fight fans happy in his wake. This looks set to continue this summer. Mbilli will face fellow fan-friendly operator Sergiy Derevyanchenko in August. Mbilli Vs.…

It’s possible, if not probable, that when most fans hear the name Victor Ortiz, they think of the quite bizarre fight Ortiz had with superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather. It was back in September of 2011 when Ortiz took it upon himself to headbutt Mayweather in…