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LAS VEGAS – Talk about a captive audience. Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz of Cuba is expected to stage his fifth professional fight Saturday night in front of unbeaten WBC lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson and Cruz’s unbeaten gold medal fight foe, Keyshawn Davis. …

Stanley Wright took a significant risk accepting a fight against a fellow unbeaten heavyweight on eight days’ notice, and he cashed in. Wright, “The Black Shogun,” from Charlotte, North Carolina, outworked the favored Jeremiah Milton on Friday, scoring a unanimous decision in a 10-round…

LAS VEGAS – Naoya Inoue’s disposal of replacement opponent Ye Joon Kim keeps him on track for what an official said will be a “relatively quick turnaround” for his planned return to fight in Las Vegas in the spring, and to maintain as many as…

The latest drama swirling around super middleweights Misael Rodriguez and Omar Chavez could have its own arc on “Los Chavez,” the Hulu series documenting the lives of Hall of Famer Julio Cesar Chavez Snr and his brood, including son Omar. Omar Chavez, 41-8-1 (28…

LAS VEGAS – Diego Pacheco, banking on the natural assets of youth, and Steven Nelson, investing in the wisdom of experience, both made weight Friday ahead of their DAZN main event Saturday night at The Cosmopolitan. The No. 1-rated WBO super middleweight contender to…