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IBF welterweight Champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and David Avanesyan both weighed in successfully on Friday at the weigh-in for their fight this Saturday night on DAZN. (Credit: Melina Pizano/Matchroom) Both fighters looked in good shape today. Ennis, 27, seemed to be trying to send a…

Is “The Monster” afraid? Superb ring king Naoya Inoue, the current unified four-belt champ at 122 pounds, hasn’t looked scared of anything or anybody during his hugely impressive ring career, yet right now, former WBA and IBF super-bantamweight champ Murodjon Akhmadaliev is saying Inoue is…

Just hours before his scheduled defense of his WBO and IBF middleweight titles against Andrei Mikhailovich, Janibek Alimkhanuly has been forced to pull out due to a severe case of dehydration. As per a news story from RingTV.com, Alimkhanuly “fainted after cutting the last few…

Unbeaten British heavyweight hope Moses Itauma caught the eye of many people even before going pro. Former featherweight king Barry McGuigan, writing in his regular column for The Mirror, has made it clear he is among those impressed by what they have seen from the…

As fight fans know, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will meet up for a return fight in December, once again in Saudi Arabia. Usyk, who scored first blood in the opening meeting between the two rival big men – with Usyk really giving Fury a…

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis looked visibly drained during Thursday’s final press conference for his fight against David Avanesyan on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Visibly Exhausted at Press Conference Ennis (31-0, 28 KOs) is defending his IBF welterweight title, and getting down…

By Chris Carlson - 07/12/2024 - Comments This Saturday night Jaron Ennis returns to the ring in a homecoming bout live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia streaming live on DAZN. Recently Boots faced outside the ring issues in court pertaining to whom he wants…

Promoter Eddie Hearn says if he signs free agent Shakur Stevenson to his Matchroom stable, the first fight he wants to match him against is his #1 WBC challenger, William Zepeda. (Credit: Amanda Westcott/Matchroom) Zepeda: A Test of Stevenson’s Mettle and Marketability Hearn states that…

Promoter Bob Arum hopes to set up unification fights between IBF/WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly and the other belt-holders at 160 if his fighter is victorious this Saturday night, on July 13th against challenger Andrei Mikhailovich (21-0, 13 KOs) at the Pearl Concert Theater at Palms…