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Newfel Ouatah has now offered the reason for his in-ring protest and non-effort in his latest fight. It will still cost him a payday and any remaining respect he had in the sport. A bizarre development saw Ouatah take a knee and raise his right fist in protest immediately after the bell sounded to begin

The mega heavyweight boxing bout brewing between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder has lost some sizzle after the pair suffered a total of five losses since 2019.  Joshua and Wilder once had a stronghold on the sport’s glamour division by possessing all of the heavyweight titles amongst them.  In March 2019, streaming service DAZN offered

Former four division champion Juan Manuel Marquez is expecting countryman Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez to score a knockout victory over Gennadiy Golovkin in their upcoming trilogy, which takes place next Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In their first encounter, back in 2017, the bout ended in a controversial twelve round split draw. 

Former WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders is backing Conor Benn to overcome Chris Eubank Jr. in their upcoming catch-weight showdown. Benn and Eubank are going to collide on October 8 at the O2 Arena in London. Some are tabbing the fight as a potential mismatch due to the size difference.  Eubank has fought as

Saturday’s historic all-women’s card at the O2 Arena, London, has been postponed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The whole card has been provisionally moved to October 15 at the same venue. The move comes after all football fixtures in England, Scotland and Wales from the weekend were postponed. Saturday’s show was to have

Pick It: Claressa Shields vs. Savannah Marshall (Saturday, ESPN, 8:00 PM EST) As of now, it’s still game on at the O2 Arena. The passing of the UK’s Queen Elizabeth could result in postponement but if not the biggest women’s doubleheader arguably of all time will still be going down. In the main event, 27-year

Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has serious doubts about the desire of Anthony Joshua’s handlers to finalize a year-end showdown. Earlier this week, Fury pitched a 60-40 monetary split to Joshua to fight in a year-end clash. Joshua is coming off back to back decision losses to WBO,

Claressa Shields realized as she sat ringside April 30 that she was involved in something special for women’s boxing. Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano delivered one of the fan-friendliest fights Shields can remember among women. A raucous crowd in excess of 19,000 at Madison Square Garden in New York made the event even more memorable.

Deontay Wilder apparently has zero resolve to bury the hatchet with his nemesis Tyson Fury. Wilder, the former heavyweight champion from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was involved in a thrilling trilogy with the WBC titlist from England. Their rivalry grew especially contentious heading into the third and final fight which took place last October; Wilder made numerous

A special fight deserves a special build-up, so BOXXER chartered a vessel to take bitter rivals Savannah Marshall and Claressa Shields – plus a host of British media – down the Thames river for open workouts and staredowns in the shadow of the iconic London Tower Bridge. (photos by Lawrence Lustig) Joining the crew on

Gennadiy Golovkin evidently is no longer harboring too much resentment about the scorecards produced in his first two fights with Canelo Alvarez. The unified middleweight titlist from Kazakhstan told the New York Post that he does not hold any outsize mistrust of the judges who will be involved in his upcoming third fight with Alvarez

Frank Sanchez has resurrected old business for a new fight date. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the unbeaten Cuban heavyweight will face Puerto Rico’s Carlos Negron as part of an already announced October 15 show at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The rescheduled fight was confirmed by Joe Goossen, Sanchez’s trainer. The Fox Sports Pay-Per-View

Eddie Hearn, promoter for former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has doubts about the seriousness of Tyson Fury’s offer to face Joshua in December. On Monday, Fury called for a fight with Joshua, who last month lost a twelve round decision in a rematch with WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA champion Oleksandr Usyk. Fury was initially

While the dust on Luis Ortiz’s birth certificate had begun to pile up considerably, the Cuban native expressed confidence heading into his showdown against Andy Ruiz Jr. Determined to successfully climb his way back up the heavyweight ladder, the 43-year-old viewed their clash as a must-win. A jam-packed crowd at the Crypto.com Arena in Los

Don Chargin Productions and Paco Presents Boxing returns on Saturday, October 29th, to the Cache Creek Casino Resort Event Center, as welterweight Alan Sanchez (21-5-1, 10 KOs) of Fairfield, California, will face undefeated Saul Bustos (15-0-1, 8 KOs) of Los Angeles, California, in a ten-round fight for the WBA Fedecentro title. “I am very excited

Los Angeles – Dominican Republic’s Edwin De Los Santos (15-1, 14 KOs) scored an upset via third-round TKO as he dropped the previously unbeaten Jose Valenzuela (12-1, 8 KOs) twice before referee Ray Corona waived off the bout 1:08 into the round. “Valenzuela is a fighter who I feel has been protected and I wanted

Following the ninth round of the IBF light flyweight title bout between Hector Flores and Sivenathi Nontshinga, the latter walked back to his corner looking dazed, shuffling with the wobbly gait of someone completely exhausted, and slumped down onto his stool.  For nine rounds, Nontshinga and Flores had gone toe-to-toe with next to no interruption

Isaac Cruz once again lived up to his ‘Pitbull’ moniker. The compact lightweight contender from Mexico City was relentless in a second-round knockout of countryman Eduardo Ramirez. Cruz scored two knockdowns, the latter prompting an immediate stoppage at 2:22 into the second round of their WBC lightweight title eliminator Sunday evening at Crypto.com Arena in