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What once was boxing’s marquee division has crumbled into pieces of failed negotiations, tight-fisted promotion, protective decision-making and barely beyond-anonymous names. Recent Labor Day weekend events that saw unbeaten IBF welterweight champion Jaron Ennis and his promoter, Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, withdraw from unification…

Chris Billam-Smith’s possible next opponent isn’t undefeated, and he isn’t a natural cruiserweight. Those are two possible critiques that people may have for Gilberto Ramirez. But Billam-Smith (20-1, 13 KOs) — who, as those numbers show, has a loss of his own — had…

Three-weight and five-time world champion Yokasta Valle has signed a multi-contract extension with Golden Boy Promotions, it was announced today (September 5). The Nicaraguan-born, Costa Rican-raised Valle, currently 31-3 (10), was last seen stopping Ramandeep Kaur inside two rounds in July. Prior to that, in…

Reece Mould has warned Ryan Walsh to be careful what he wishes for ahead of their upcoming lightweight fight.  Tensions rose at the fight’s launch press conference when the former long-reigning British champion Walsh was told that Mould believes that he can become the…