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Floyd Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) says he’ll give WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson a rematch after he defeats him on February 22nd. Schofield says the contract has no rematch clause, but he would still fight him again. He feels that because Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs)…

Jaime Munguia and Bruno Surace will fight on April 12th in a rematch in Tijuana, Mexico. This fight will give the popular Mexican star, Munguia (44-2, 35 KOs), the opportunity to try and avenge his sixth-round knockout loss to the underdog Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs)…

Artur Beterbiev spent an hour straight working out with a sledgehammer, training for his rematch with Dmitry Bivol on February 22nd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The event will be shown live on DAZN PPV. Sledgehammer Strength If Beterbiev intends to punch down on Bivol’s head,…

Before his quick and exciting stoppage win over Shaun Potgeiter on today’s Jai Opetaia-David Nyika card in Australia, there was some talk that, should he get the win and remain unbeaten, Justis Huni could fight unbeaten British prospect/contender Moses Itauma. Now, as per a news…

A unification showdown between the two best cruiserweights in the world: Jai Opetaia and Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez. It could happen as a stand-alone fight, or it could feature on the in-the-works ‘5 Vs. 5’ that “rival promoters” Eddie Hearn and Oscar De La Hoya are…

Jai Opetaia (27-0, 21 KOs) made easy work of the previously unbeaten #10-rated David Nyika (10-1, 9 KOs), knocking him out in the fourth round in brutal fashion to retain his IBF cruiserweight title on Wednesday night at the Gold Coast Convention Centre in Broadbeach,…

In Australia and New Zealand, watch the fight on DAZN PPV as a one-off cost. For the UK, US and rest of the world, this fight is part of the regular DAZN subscription. Date: Wednesday, January 8 – Watch LIVE on DAZN Time: 8am GMT; 3am ET;  6pm AEST…

How do we best remember former middleweight king Carlos Monzon? The Argentine ring warrior was a great, great fighter, for sure. Unfortunately, Monzon was also a murderer, a man with an extreme violent side, especially when he was drinking, which was far too often. A…

Promoter Eddie Hearn says his plan to maneuver Jai Opetaia into a big fight against unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is to have Jai capture all the belts at cruiserweight first. Hearn wants Opetaia (26-0, 20 KOs) to follow the same route that Usyk did…