Boxing is in the best position it has been for decades. We have a country to thank for that and 5 years ago it was one we would never have expected, Saudi Arabia.
Furthermore we have a man specifically to thank for this in Turki…
David Benavidez failed to shine in his win over Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night in his debut at light heavyweight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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Power Deficit Exposed
Never a big puncher at 168, Benavidez’s…
Jack Massey came through some testing periods to unseat the Commonwealth cruiserweight champion Isaac Chamberlain and to win the vacant European title on Saturday night at Selhurst Park, home of Crystal Palace FC.
The Joe Gallagher-trained 31-year-old, from Cheshire, had only lost to Richard…
All of his fights follow a certain pattern, and on Saturday night, June 15th, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, everything went according to the script, as Gervonta “Tank” Davis retained his WBA world lightweight title by knocking out Frank “The Ghost”…
Gervonta Davis seemed unenthusiastic last Saturday night when asked how a unification fight between him and WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson would play out after his eighth-round knockout win over Frank Martin in Las Vegas.
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The WBA ‘regular’ lightweight…
Before his fight with Ezra Arenyeka, Ben Whittaker promised to make an example of the previously little-known Nigerian.
Annoyed by the way Arenyeka talked his way into the fight, Whittaker declared that he would use the occasion to demonstrate the consequences of challenging him…
Promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s interested in potentially making a unification in Australia between newly crowned IBF light welterweight champion Liam Paro and WBC champ Devin Haney following Paro’s 12-round unanimous decision victory over champion Subriel Matias last Saturday night at the Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz…
WBA ‘regular’ lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis is finally interested in facing Vasily Lomachneko following his Tank’s eighth-round KO win over Frank Martin last Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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Lomachenko: A Potential Showdown…
LAS VEGAS – It’s as if Gervonta Davis has one of those plastic kitchen timers running through his head.
As he winds it to a start, he goes through his routine. Sees the opening. Downloads the information. Sets free his damaging punches. And then…
On the undercard of the Gervonta Davis-Frank Martin event, Alberto Puello defeated Gary Antuanne Russell (17-1, 17 KOs) by way of a split decision and won the WBC super-lightweight interim title.
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In the opening round, Gary Antuanne Russell got…