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Dmitry Bivol appreciated Alvarez’s strategy – it just wasn’t enough to deter him from victory. Bivol, the WBA 175-pound titlist, scored a minor upset last Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, when he defeated Canelo Alvarez by unanimous decision in their 12-round title bout, with all three judges scoring the bout 115-113 in

On Saturday, May 7, heavyweight prospect Jermaine Franklin returned from a nearly three-year layoff to score a fifth-round TKO over capable journeyman Rodney Moore. Fighting in the main event of a DM Fight Promotions event at McBride Hall in Gary, Indiana, Franklin (21-0, 14 KOs) of Saginaw, MI, looked sharp while dismantling Houston’s Moore (20-22-2,

A card headlined by the return of former light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal will feature an eight-man tournament where all participants face a must-win situation. ProBox TV unveiled its ‘Last Chance Tournament’ as part of the May 20 show topped by a light heavyweight bout between Pascal and unbeaten contender Meng Fanlong (17-0, 10KOs) at

LAS VEGAS – Dmitry Bivol didn’t simply accept congratulations in the aftermath of his career-changing upset of Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night. The unbeaten WBA light heavyweight champion also applauded those that were savvy enough to bet on him in advance of their 12-round, 175-pound title fight at T-Mobile Arena. Mexico’s Alvarez (-550) was more

A 10-round super lightweight co-main event has been added to the already stacked Salita Promotions’ special Memorial Day weekend-kickoff Detroit Brawl event on Thursday, May 26, in the Lincoln Ballroom of the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Michigan, as IBF #4, WBA #13, WBO #11 and RING #7 super lightweight slugger Shohjahon

Jake Paul is not one to pass up an opportunity to deliver a well-timed dig at high profile figures. Mere moments after Canelo Alvarez dropped a decision to Dmitry Bivol in their 12-round light heavyweight title bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Saturday night, the YouTube influencer-turned-boxer could not resist doubling down on his

WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol was surprised that so many had him set as a huge underdog in last Saturday’s fight with Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. Bivol, an undefeated boxer with a solid record of wins, was a 5-1 underdog against Canelo, who took part in the second fight of his career at

Denis Radovan enjoyed a successful homecoming with a second round TKO win over the experienced Rafael Bejaran last night in front of frenetic fans at the Sartory Saal in Cologne, Germany. The atmosphere was electric for Radovan’s first fight in his hometown, and the unbeaten middleweight surely delivered as he dropped his opponent three times

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez was a 5-1 favorite, but he didn’t look like it in the ring on Saturday night – after being soundly outboxed by WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol. The vast majority of the crowd at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena was cheering on Canelo, who

T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas – WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs) outboxed Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) in the performance of his life.  In a fight that many scored the majority of the round for Bivol, all three judges had it very close, with three identical cards of 115-113. Canelo is

LAS VEGAS – Elnur Abduraimov was entirely too strong for Manuel Correa on the Canelo Alvarez-Dmitry Bivol undercard Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. The powerful southpaw from Uzbekistan dropped the previously unbeaten Correa three times in the second round and stopped him late in that round. Referee Robert Hoyle stopped a junior lightweight fight schedule for

LAS VEGAS – Montana Love cannot wait to disappoint some of Canelo Alvarez’s fans by beating one of his stablemates on Alvarez’s undercard Saturday night. The unbeaten junior welterweight contender from Cleveland is set to square off against Gabriel Valenzuela in the co-feature before Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol fight for Bivol’s WBA light heavyweight title

Momentum is a funny thing. Saul Alvarez has it. One can look at his lack of losses since the Floyd Mayweather fight and see his position in 2022 as a result of a constant. It’s not. There’s been a different level to Alvarez since the rematch victory over Gennady Golovkin. Caleb Plant, Sergey Kovalev, and

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz   As usual, the first week of May brings with it the return to the ring of the best pound-for-pound fighter of today, Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, who will challenge Dmitry Bivol for the World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight title in the midst of the important patriotic date

David Benavidez couldn’t help but get a kick out of his recent run-in with Jermall Charlo, knowing that it is unlikely to lead to an actual fight anytime soon. The pair of unbeaten boxers and their respective teams exchanged harsh words and had to be separated while ringside for the Errol Spence-Yordenis Ugas Showtime Pay-Per-View

World Super Middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 KO) has done a lot already in his career. He’s already only the third former Jr. middleweight titlist to win a major sanctioning body belt at light heavyweight, joining the exceptional company of Thomas Hearns and Mike McCallum. This Saturday (DAZN, 8 PM EST), Alvarez will try

Triller Fight Club announced ‘The Rising,’ a Monday Night Fight Series debuting on May 9, and emanating from Grupo Caliente in Tijuana, Mexico in addition to being broadcast globally on FITE. The eight-bout card kicks off a full fight week of events leading up to Triller Fight Club’s highly anticipated TrillerVerz 5 on Saturday, May

LAS VEGAS – Dmitry Bivol will be the eighth world champion Canelo Alvarez will have faced in his past 10 fights after Saturday night. The Mexican superstar can become a two-time light heavyweight champion by beating Bivol in their 12-round fight for Bivol’s WBA 175-pound championship at T-Mobile Arena. If the favored Alvarez wins, he