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Joe Joyce plans to end veteran Derek Chisora’s long career on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London. Joyce (16-2, 15 KOs) is in a position where he must destroy the 40-year-old Chisora for him to receive any credit for the victory. Chisora (34-13,…

Ukrainian warrior Serhii Bohachuk will rumble with unbeaten 154-pound operator Vergil Ortiz on August 10, and Bohachuk, who has sparred quite a bit with Ortiz, says he is anticipating a “war” in Las Vegas. Bohachuk, 24-1(23) and the WBC interim champ at 154, says he…

Chris Eubank Jr’s promoter, Ben Shalom, has revealed what went wrong for his fighter not getting the lucrative, life-changing fight against superstar Canelo Alvarez on September 14th. Shalom says the management for unified super middleweight champion Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) couldn’t come up with a…

Living legend Manny Pacquiao is back in Japan, the 45 year old all-time great having arrived yesterday evening local time. And Pac Man headed straight to the gym to put himself through his paces in a pre-exhibition bout workout. Pacquiao will box Rukiya Anpo on…

In all harsh reality, a win over 40-year-old Derek Chisora will not do all that much for Joe Joyce, not in terms of proving that he still has what it takes to defeat the elite fighters of the division. Joyce, though, says a win over…

David Benavidez plans to fight the winner of the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol fight in Cinco de Mayo on May 3rd, 2025, in Las Vegas. Benavidez Targeting Canelo’s Traditional Date “The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) fighting on the Cinco de Mayo date…

David Benavidez has decided to stay at 175 to pursue a title shot against the winner of the Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev light heavyweight clash. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman posted on X tonight, revealing that Benavidez’s promoter has notified him that he’ll remain at…

Top Rank has signed a co-promotional deal with former WBO Junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia. Promoter Bob Arum’s Top Rank company will co-promote the 27-year-old Munguia (43-1, 34 KOs) and Fernando Beltran, his long-time promoter. The Need for Protection Munguia will fight Erik Bazinyan (32-0-1,…

As fight fans have read by now, it’s looking more likely that Mexican star Canelo Alvarez will shoot it out with Edgar Berlanga in his next fight, this in September, over Mexican Independence Day weekend. In contrast, some fans are unhappy about this matchup; some…