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DAZN’s in-house rivalry between promoters Eddie Hearn and Oscar De La Hoya has been the source of serious and humorous feuds between the men who both display healthy egos. The latest back-and-forth arrived this week with England’s Hearn responding to a video of De…

“It’s an early Christmas present for everybody in boxing,” declared Frank Warren, of the December 7 promotion led by the appealing middleweight contest between Denzel Bentley and Brad Pauls. It was regardless tempting to conclude that he will use that same line weeks later,…

Hamzah Sheeraz has vacated his European middleweight title in anticipation of fighting for a version of the world title on February 22. The 25 year old stopped Tyler Denny on the undercard of Daniel Dubois-Anthony Joshua in September, and is on course to fight…

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California – Former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder won’t be hanging up the gloves anytime soon.  Wilder, 39, has lost four out of his last five fights dating back to 2020, but the knockout artist still has some fight left in him.  “He definitely…

Russian junior welterweight-cum-welterweight Khariton Agrba, 14-0, won something called the IBA Pro world title at welterweight at the IBA Champions Night in Samara on November 4 by beating Argentinian Gabriel Sosa (27-0) over ten. It was scored 99-91 (twice) and 98-92.  The IBA pro fights are a…

To watch Nikolai Valuev prepare to strip down and weigh in for the final time was to watch a man attempt and fail to find a hiding place inside his own body. Surrounded but alone, the giant Russian had been dragged to a Nuremberg shopping…