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Hearn Predicts Inoue Will Vacate WBA Title To Avoid Akhmadaliev

BoxingNews24 January 26, 2025

Eddie Hearn is annoyed about WBA super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue swerving mandatory challenger Murodjon Akhmadaliev to easier fights against weak opposition that is no threat to beating him. Hearn says the World Boxing Association will be writing to Inoue (29-9, 26 KOs) on Monday to…

Beating Jaron Ennis will make me the top welterweight

BoxingScene January 26, 2025

WBA welterweight titleholder Eimantas Stanionis has landed the biggest fight of his career. The 30-year-old from Lithuania will meet IBF welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis in a unification fight set for April 12 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The…

Radivoje Kalajdzic: Composure Key For Morrell To Defeat Benavidez

BoxingNews24 January 26, 2025

Light heavyweight contender Radivoje Kalajdzic says the key to David Morrell defeating David Benavidez is to stay “composed” during the first six to eight rounds in their headliner clash at 175 this Saturday, February 1st at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. This Saturday, Benavidez…

Brandon Figueroa-Stephen Fulton rematch three years, four pounds and several storylines later

BoxingScene January 26, 2025

Almost all of the attention about the upcoming February 1 pay-per-view is on the main event featuring David Benavidez and David Morrell, and understandably so. They are two undefeated fighters. They were two of the top super-middleweight contenders who never got a shot at…

Crawford Frustrated With Nelson’s Fight Strategy Against Pacheco

BoxingNews24 January 26, 2025

Terence Crawford wasn’t happy with how his teammate and fellow Omaha, Nebraska native Steven Nelson failed to capitalize on the flaws in super middleweight contender Diego Pacheco’s game last Saturday night at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. (Credit: Melina Pizano/Matchroom) The Left Hook The former…

On This Day In ’70 – When A Young George Foreman Fought A Future Movie Star In Jack O’Halloran

EastSideBoxing January 26, 2025

Some 55 long years ago in New York, a future two-time heavyweight king and an absolutely beloved figure met a future movie star who would appear in at least two films we all love to the core. It was on this day in 1970 when…

Hearn Calls For Naoya Inoue To Be Stripped Of His WBA Title For Ducking His Mandatory Murodjon Akhmadaliev.

EastSideBoxing January 26, 2025

Promoter Eddie Hearn criticized unified super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue in an interview, saying he needs to be stripped of his WBA title for ducking his mandatory Murodjon Akhmadaliev three times. Hearn says Inoue’s resume is “s***t,” and he’s “disappointing” as a fighter because he’s…

Yoshiki Takei set to return in May

BoxingScene January 26, 2025

The WBO bantamweight champion Yoshiki Takei will return to the ring in May, according to his promoter Hideyuki Ohashi. In the aftermath of Naoya Inoue defending his undisputed super-bantamweight Title against Ye Joon Kim, Ohashi has revealed that Takei will likely headline a promotion…

Boxing streaming and TV schedule for Jan. 30 – Feb. 1

BadLeftHook January 26, 2025

David Benavidez and David Morrell meet in a light heavyweight Prime PPV main event! | Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images David Benavidez and David Morrell meet in a light heavyweight Prime PPV main event! Thursday, Jan. 30 TrillerTV PPV,…

“He’s In Your Head”: Eddie Hearn Taunts Keyshawn Davis About Andy Cruz

BoxingNews24 January 26, 2025

Promoter Eddie Hearn says he spoke with Keyshawn Davis last night and was “winding him up” about Andy Cruz following the Cuban talent’s victory over Omar Salcido at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. (Credit: Melina Pizano/Matchroom) Hearn reminded Keyshawn that he’d fought Cruz four times…

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