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INDIO, California – Not far from the very gym where Terence Crawford announced his presence as a force who would dominate three divisions over the next decade, Israil Madrimov prepares to deal Crawford his first defeat. “Everything has a beginning and an end,” said…

Shakur Stevenson’s time with Top Rank is nearing a Sunday morning expiration after the unbeaten three-division champion completes his Saturday night homecoming bout in Newark, N.J., against Armenia’s Artem Harutyunyan. “The live gate will likely be over $700,000, which is good,” Top Rank Chairman…

This weekend in Anaheim, California, between 15,000 and 18,000 fight fans are likely to gather to watch boxing. Sure, they will get the interesting super middleweight fight between Daniel Jacobs and Shane Mosley Jr. and the remainder of the undercard, but the commercial needle-movers…

WBC lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson says he is out to make a statement when he takes on Artem Harutyunyan on Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) and Harutyunyan (13-1, 7 KOs) headline a Top Rank on…

In December 2020, Anthony Joshua made the first defense of his second reign as unified heavyweight champion with a ninth round stoppage of Kubrat Pulev.  A month earlier, the pain of a badly broken eye socket and the accuracy of Joe Joyce’s jab had…

The path to Shakur Stevenson’s Saturday night homecoming title defense against Artem Harutunyan at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey has not been smooth.  The WBC lightweight champion will fight for the first time since he won the vacant title in November against…