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The headline fight of GBM’s final 2024 event could very well carry over as the headline fight for GBM’s opening show of 2025 after the blood-soaked main event featuring Danny Quartermaine and Jack Bateson ended in the second round due to a doctor’s stoppage prompted…

Eddie Hearn confirms that Israil Madrimov’s medical problem, which caused him to pull out of his December 21st scheduled fight against Serhii Bohachuk, is genuine for the Riyadh Season card. Madrimov has acute bronchitis and couldn’t take the fight. Hearn says His Excellency Turki Alalshikh…

Eddie Hearn says it should be easier to line up fights for Richardson Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) after he captured the IBF light welterweight title from champion Liam Paro (25-1, 15 KOs) with a 12-round split decision last Saturday night at Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in…

Former two-weight champ Lawrence Okolie says he wants to make up for some inactive spells by staying busy as he fights in his new weight class, the heavyweight division. After despatching Hussein Muhamed in his heavyweight debut, this last night, the win coming via a…

Emanuel Navarrete got the job done in emphatic style last night in Phoenix when he rumbled for a second time with fellow Mexican warrior Oscar Valdez. The two went the full 12 rounds in a war back in August of last year, with Navarrete winning…

It really was a busy night for boxing last night, with multiple shows taking place all over the world. In Puerto Rico, Richardson Hitcheis of Brooklyn took Liam Paro’s IBF 140 pound title, with Hitcheis winning via 12 round split decision. The scores were 116-112,…

Mahmoud Charr—the self-proclaimed king of comebacks and the heavyweight division’s walking medical exhibit. This guy’s career is less about boxing and more about somehow convincing people he belongs in the ring at all. Let’s not forget how he earned his WBA regular “champion” title back…

In a predictable outcome, WBO super featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete (39-2-1, 32 KOs) made short work of challenger Oscar Valdez (32-2, 24 KOs), knocking him out with a powerful body shot in the sixth round in the main event of their rematch on Saturday night…

By ESB - 12/07/2024 - Comments Israil Madrimov has pulled out of his December 21st co-feature fight against Serhii Bohachuk due to a case of acute bronchitis, and has been replaced by Ishmael Davis for the card at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His…