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Vergil Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) says he can’t afford to overlook his next opponent, WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) for their fight on August 10th. Ortiz Jr, 26, wants to reschedule a fight against former WBO 154-lb champion Tim…

Fight fans witnessed two impressive knockouts today in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event, defending WBC bantamweight champ Junto Nakatini iced his Filipino challenger Vincent Astrolabio in the very first round. A nasty, straight left hand to the midsection sent Astrolabio down for the count.…

Living legend and all-time great Manny Pacquiao may break his record-setting achievement, which he cemented his greatness with five years ago. On this day in 2019, a 40-year-old “Pac-Man” took both Keith Thurman’s WBA welterweight title and his unbeaten record. The fight took place in…

Welterweight Alexis Rocha (25-2, 16 KOs) used a different path to victory on Friday night, choosing to box his way to a ten-round unanimous decision over Santiago Dominquez (27-1, 20 KOs) in the main event at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. (Credit: Golden Boy Promotions…

The unification fight between lightweight champions Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Vasily Lomachenko is on hold. IBF champion Lomachenko’s manager, Egis Klimas, revealed that Loma isn’t motivated to fight WBA champion Tank Davis right now. Klimas says Lomachenko can’t prepare for the fight if he’s not…

Keyshawn Davis and Ryan Garcia roasted Teofimo Lopez on Instagram live today, talking about how he’s in outer space with his weirdness. Davis has been trying to get a fight against Teofimo for his WBO light welterweight title, but he’s not made any progress after…

Boxing legend Roy Jones spoke with Talk Sport this week, and the all-time great spoke about what he feels may well happen for Tyson Fury if the former heavyweight champ loses his December 21 return fight with current king Oleksandr Usyk (who, as we have…

YouTuber Ariel Helwani believes former WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury isn’t done as a fighter yet heading into his rematch with WBA/WBC/WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk on December 21st in Riyadh. What could be a problem for Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) is that he’s facing a…

In disappointing news for fans of thrill-a-minute Japanese warrior Kosei Tanaka, it’s been confirmed that Tanaka’s 115-pound WBO title defense against Jonathan Rodriguez was all set for tomorrow on the big card in Tokyo, Japan, is off due to Rodriguez blowing the weight – and…