In the history of boxing there have been, notes Joe DeGuardia, four men from Long Island, New York who could call themselves world champions. Two of them, he proudly points out, cut their teeth with DeGuardia and his company, Star Boxing, at the Paramount…
David Benavidez says he would prefer to fight Dmitry Bivol rather than Artur Beterbiev next if he had the choice. Benavidez wants to fight Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) because he’s sparred with him a lot and feels that he really won his previous fight against…
Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue and #1 WBC contender Alan Picasso are being targeted for June 14th in Las Vegas. This is the fight that Inoue’s co-promoter, Bob Arum, has discussed happening for the U.S.
Picasso: Undefeated, Untested
Picasso (31-0-1, 17 KOs) is…
Eduardo Nunez and Masonori Rikiishi have been ordered to begin negotiations to fight for the vacant IBF junior lightweight title. The New Jersey-based sanctioning body tells BoxingScene that the order was issued on January 31, the same day the previous titleholder, Anthony Cacace, announced…
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Naoya Inoue will reportedly face WBC no. 1 Alan Picasso this June in the second of four planned fights this year The Ring’s Keith Idec reported yesterday that Naoya Inoue’s next three…
Jake Paul (11-1, 7 KOs) and Canelo Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs) have an agreement to fight in May in a clash that will be co-promoted by Alvarez’s company and MVP & PBC. If the fight gets finalized, Canelo will use it to prepare for a…
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Canelo Alvarez and YouTuber turned-boxer Jake Paul reportedly have an agreement to fight in May. This would be Canelo’s tune-up to prepare him to defend his unified super middleweight titles against Terence Crawford on September 13th at the T-Mobile…
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Before facing Terence Crawford in September, Canelo Alvarez could square off with influencer Jake Paul in May Though he’d reportedly secured a September date with Terence Crawford, Canelo Alvarez has yet to reveal a…
Dmitry Bivol looked cowed in the presence of his master, undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beteriev, during last week’s Face-Off on TNT Sports Boxing. He was intimidated by his conqueror and did not show the mental fire he needed to have a chance of winning…
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Light heavyweight Willy Hutchinson and super middleweight Lester Martinez were each forced out of noteworthy fights Two of this coming weekend’s better fights went belly-up in quick succession today.
First, Queensberry…