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NEW YORK – Joe Smith Jr.’s longtime promoter applauded Artur Beterbiev’s superb performance Saturday night. As precise as the powerful Beterbiev was with his punches against Smith, Joe DeGuardia nevertheless noticed that the unbeaten IBF/WBC/WBO light heavyweight champion continued to land shots on the back of Smith’s head. Smith’s team asked referee Harvey Dock to

Giovanni Marquez dropped journeyman Ariel Vasquez twice en route to a knockout win in round two Friday night at the Bayou Event Center in Marquez’s hometown of Houston, Texas. (photo by Hossana Rull) The 21-year-old improved to 2-0, 1 knockout. Friday marked Marquez’s return to action since making his pro debut on March 11, defeating

Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom believes Tim Tszyu is biting off more than he could chew by pushing for a mandatory crack at undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo. Last month, Tszyu was ringside in Los Angeles to watch Charlo score a knockout of Brian Castano to become the undisputed champion at 154-pounds. Tszyu is

Jermall Charlo will have to go back to the drawing board.  The 160-pound WBC titlist recently suffered a back injury which forced his June 18 title defense against Maciej Sulecki in Houston to be postponed. Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs) could have had a series of desired fights at 160 pounds against the likes of Jaime

In a little less than two full rounds, Artur Beterbiev threw 102 punches and landed 48 of them (47%) on Joe Smith. In the power punch category, Beterbiev threw 63 and landed 34 (54%). Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York – For the IBF, WBC, WBO light heavyweight titles, Artur Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KOs)

Tyson Fury was reportedly refused entry into the United States by US immigration officials while trying to board a flight due to his links to accused Irish crime boss Daniel Kinahan, according to Sunday World. In April, Kinahan was sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury, and the government announced a $5 million

Artur Beterbiev is the only legitimate champion in boxing who has knocked out every opponent he has faced in a professional fight. Joe Smith Jr. has not been truly knocked out in 31 pro bouts. The only time Smith was stopped inside the distance was when, as a 6-0 prospect in August 2010, he suffered

Sweat pours down the face of heavyweight Luis Ortiz. He wraps up his training session at Tropical Park and without much rest sets out to answer questions about the subject everyone wants to know about: his potential fight against former world champion Andy Ruiz – which some expect to take place sometime in the summer,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Neither Artur Beterbiev nor Joe Smith Jr. uttered a word while they stared at each other on a stage Friday inside Madison Square Garden. These two light heavyweight champions simply aren’t built for talking trash. They prefer to make statements with their fists, which is why there is so

NEW YORK – Bob Arum assumes Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. will be respectful of each other’s power early in their light heavyweight title unification fight Saturday night. The 90-year-old promoter expects that caution to last all of “a round or two.” Then he anticipates the two hard-hitting 175-pound champions to engage in entertaining

According to George Kambosos, the once-beaten boxer has activated his rematch clause for an immediate second fight with Devin Haney. On June 5, before a crowd of over 40,000 fans at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Haney outboxed Kambosos over twelve rounds to become the undisputed lightweight world champion. Local pundits believe the second bout between

Terence Crawford is beyond the point of entertaining any fight other than the one he’s wanted since moving up to welterweight. The unbeaten three-division champ and highly rated pound-for-pound entrant is determined to do his part to land an undisputed welterweight championship with unbeaten rival Errol Spence Jr. Crawford has held the WBO belt since

Robert Garcia was all in for training one of boxing’s biggest heavyweight stars in Anthony Joshua ahead of the Londoner’s upcoming rematch against Oleksandr Usyk, on August 20 in Saudi Arabia. There was just one stipulation that he required before he signed on to be part of Team Joshua. The Riverside, California-based veteran trainer wanted

Former two-division world champion Luis “Nica” Concepcion (39-9, 28 KOs) will look to shine in front of a hometown crowd against Venezuelan Juan “Pequita” Lopez (15-8-1,14 KOs) in the co-main event of Cardoso-Huertas this Friday, June 17 at La Doce Sports Center in Panama City, Panama. The event, which is promoted by ProBox Promotions with

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has fired back at Dillian Whyte for his post-fight claims of an “illegal” push. Fury compared Whyte to Deontay Wilder, who made wild allegations in the aftermath of his second fight with Fury in 2020. Back in April, before a crowd of 94,000 at Wembley Stadium, Fury knocked out Whyte

Floyd Mayweather reiterated Monday night what his promotional company’s CEO stated in the immediate aftermath of Gervonta Davis’ knockout of Rolando Romero late last month. Mayweather emphasized after announcing his next exhibition that his relationship with Davis is strong and that the undefeated knockout artist will continue his professional partnership with Mayweather Promotions. Leonard Ellerbe,

The organizers of Unity Day L.A. today announced that Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will lead the inaugural Unity Walk at 10am on July 4 in Pomona, California.  Unity Day LA will include celebrity boxing exhibitions, musicians Aaron Carter vs Chico De Barge and comedy duo J. Valentino vs Concrete.

WBC 15 ranked heavyweight its International champion Zhan Kossobutskiy (18-0) has challenged WBC # 14 Agit Kabayel (22-0 / 24-2) on social media. Kossbutskiy is promoted by Universum in Hamburg, Germany, while Kabayel is with SES from not far Magdeburg. Can the fight be made? If the teams can come to terms and wants it