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SAN DIEGO – Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will return to Las Vegas on Cinco de Mayo weekend for the first time in three years. The four-division champion and pound-for-pound king has settled on T-Mobile Arena as the home for his next fight versus WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (19-0, 11KOs). The bout will take place

LOS ANGELES – One day after Canelo Alvarez threw yet another jab at Ryan Garcia and questioned his discipline and work ethic – which caused his former stablemate to fire back on Twitter to defend himself – Garcia was front and center in front of reporters at Golden Boy Promotions headquarters to ramp up promotion

The comeback. Boxing’s dirty word. These days, it’s pinned on every fighter who suffers a loss, even if that fighter lost for the first time, and in a title unification bout, no less. So, as Jose Carlos Ramirez prepares to make the walk to the ring for the first time since a May defeat at

Super lightweight Sandor Martin (39-2) will headline the first Matchroom show of the year in Barcelona, Spain on April 1, reports Espabox. No opponent is named. Also on the bill could be featherweight Samuel Carmona (6-0) and super featherweight Moussa Gholam (19-0). The show is not yet announced by Matchroom. Matchroom are also promoting a

Bob Arum isn’t necessarily expecting a blockbuster at the American box office for the upcoming heavyweight showdown between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte, though he insists there is a good reason for that. The heavyweight title bout, which puts up for grabs Fury’s WBC belt, will take place April 23 in London at Wembley Stadium

Canelo Alvarez is backing lifetime trainer and confidant Eddy Reynoso after touted phenom Ryan Garcia recently announced his split from the heralded coach. Garcia formed an alliance with Joe Goossen, and he recently said he made the switch because Reynoso didn’t didn’t have time to work with him 100%. Garcia’s father and co-coach Henry Garcia

Indonesian lightweight boxer Hero “The Lion” Tito (29-16-2, 11 KO’s) fell into a coma from blows received during a tough national title fight Sunday, February 27, at the plush Holywings Night Club Gatot Subroto located in Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta. The 35-year-old Hero Tito (whose birth name is Heru Purwanto) engaged in a hard-fought rumble

Vergil Ortiz Jr. has suddenly become a sought-after commodity after spending years on the hunt. The unbeaten contender has seen his name linked to several potential fights in a welterweight division with pound-for-pound level champions and a contender crop ripe with talent. The vision of soon challenging for a major title prompted Ortiz’s handlers to

A bureaucratic measure or two apparently is all that stands in the way of the rematch between Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire, according to promoter Bob Arum. The Top Rank Inc. boss, who co-promotes Japan’s IBF and WBA 118-pound champion Inoue, said he believes a re-run of the pair’s well-received title bout in 2019 in

Olympic gold medal-winner Galal Yafai made a pretty impressive professional debut as he stopped the gallant Carlos Vado Bautista in the fifth round of a flyweight ten-rounder made for the WBC international belt.  Yafai – who won flyweight gold for Great Britain in Tokyo last summer – was happy to trade and take the occasional

Oleksandr Usyk’s obituary one day will likely list more than just his boxing achievements. In a video posted on his Instagram account Saturday from his troubled homeland of Ukraine, the unified heavyweight champion of the world urged the citizens of Russia and its president Vladimir Putin to stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia encroached on

A previously unknown underdog promoted by Marcos Maidana ended one of the longest championship reigns in boxing Saturday night. Argentina’s Fernando Martinez upset the Philippines’ Jerwin Ancajas by unanimous decision in a brutal, entertaining 12-round, 115-pound championship match that opened Showtime’s tripleheader from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Judges Max De Luca

Almost 18 months have passed since Viktor Postol lost a 12-round majority decision to Jose Ramirez, then the unbeaten WBC/WBO 140-pound champion. The official outcome still stings for Postol, who will fight for the first time Saturday night since Ramirez beat him in August 2020 at MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. “In my

Ohara Davies believes Josh Taylor could stop Jack Catterall when the pair meet in an undisputed clash on Saturday night. New Probellum signing Davies has fought both men and reckons that a “focused” Taylor can defend his super-lightweight belts with a statement KO win in Glasgow this weekend. Davies, who has his sights set on

Why does the self-described best promoter in the world keep losing purse bids? That question, in all its baldness, was lobbed to Eddie Hearn, the head of Matchroom Boxing, in light of Hearn’s recent failed attempt to win the purse bid for the super middleweight bout between his charge Demetrius Andrade and Zach Parker. Hearn,

Cruiserweight star LAWRENCE OKOLIE defends his WBO strap for the second time, stepping in the ring with MICHAL CIESLAK live on DAZN this Sunday from The O2, London. (photos by Mark Robinson) Hackney native OKOLIE is making a second defence of his WBO cruiserweight title, with the former Olympian picking up the strap back in

Hector Garcia will enter the ring Saturday night in Las Vegas as an unknown underdog. Based on what he has seen, however, the undefeated Dominican southpaw suspects that Chris Colbert won’t serve as quite the steep step up in class most fans and media consider Colbert for him. Garcia, who works with respected Cuban trainer

Unbeaten rising star Chris “Primetime” Colbert and undefeated Dominican Olympian Hector Garcia went face to face and tit for tat in a clash of styles and words Thursday at the final press conference before they meet in the ring this Saturday, February 26 live on SHOWTIME headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Chelsea