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TAMPA – Claims of a ‘no knockout’ clause inserted into the contracts of his opponents could have been met with a shrug by Jake Paul. Instead, the self-made multimillionaire decided to put his money where his mouth is. “I guess my career has become about shutting people the fuck up,” Paul told reporters ahead of

Artur Beterbiev did what Badou Jack couldn’t accomplish against Marcus Browne. Beterbiev fought through a gruesome gash on his forehead to knock out the game, skillful Browne in the ninth round of their light heavyweight title fight Friday night at Bell Centre in Montreal. The Russian knockout artist’s face was a bloody mess after an

Frank Warren, the promoter for EBU welterweight champion David Avanesyan, says his boxer is ready and willing to fight undefeated contender Conor Benn. Benn’s level of competition has been climbing in 2021 – with wins against Samuel Vargas, Adrian Granados, and last weekend’s destructive knockout of former world champion Chris Algieri. After the fight, Benn

Pick It: TBRB World Champion Artur Beterbiev vs. #5 Marcus Browne (Friday, ESPN+, 8:00 PM EST) - 36-year old light heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev (16-0, 16 KO) makes only his second appearance since a career best win for the lineal crown over Oleksandr Gvozdyk. With a little different draw, this might be a rematch of 2012

Cruiserweight prospect Viddal Riley (4-0, 2 KO’s) was today confirmed as the latest addition to the BOXXER: Khan vs Brook event taking place at the AO Arena Manchester on Saturday, February 19. Riley, a Team GB member in his amateur period and now undefeated in four fights as a professional, broke the news of his

Former unified junior welterweight world champion Jose Ramirez will return in front of a raucous home crowd. Ramirez, the pride of California’s Central Valley, will face former two-weight world champion Jose “Sniper” Pedraza in a 12-round junior welterweight battle Saturday, Feb. 5 at Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. In a six-round heavyweight special feature

Conor Benn remains hopeful that Eddie Hearn will be able to offer Adrien Broner enough money to entice the former champion to box Benn early in 2022. If, no matter how high Hearn can go, Broner won’t commit to battling Benn, the emerging English welterweight is more than willing to face former champions from the

According to promoter Ben Shalom of BOXXER, heavyweight contender Michael Hunter has expressed interest in a potential fight with Hughie Fury. Shalom admits that it hasn’t been an easy task to secure top rated opponents for Fury, who is the younger cousin of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. However, Shalom is also realistic that a

Derrick James, the new head trainer of light heavyweight contender Marcus Browne, is confident that his boxer will shock the entire weight class by knocking off heavily favored world champion Artur Beterbiev. The Russian-born puncher who moved to Montreal nearly a decade ago to begin his professional career, will finally get the chance to defend

Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua shockingly suffered his first professional loss to the hands of Andy Ruiz Jr. in June 2019. In that fight, he knocked down Ruiz in the third round only to get dropped twice later in the round himself. A clearly rattled Joshua never really recovered and was downed twice more in

Former world champion Patrick Teixeira of Brazil is ready to collide with Magomed Kurbanov of Russia in a fight for the WBO International title in February 2022, according to a rep for promoter RCC Boxing Promotions. The fight, which was supposed to take place this past Saturday in Yekaterinburg, was called off at the late

World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is targeting a 2022 unification showdown with unified World Boxing Council (WBC) and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Artur Beterbiev. On December 11 in Russia, Bivol dominated compatriot Umar Salamov in a twelve round bout to secure a lopsided unanimous decision. On December 17 in Canada,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Naoya Inoue can now look forward to the super fights he has long craved. The unbeaten three-division titlist successfully defended his WBA and IBF bantamweight titles following an eighth round knockout of Thailand’s Aran Dipaen. Inoue floored Dipaen midway through round eight, with a follow-up left hook forcing referee

Former champion Alberto “El Explosivo” Machado will give a “restart” to his career in 2022. The former Puerto Rican 130-pound beltholder seeks a new breath with the entry of two-time Puerto Rican world champion Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon as head trainer. Machado is also going to move up in weight to the 140-pound division beginning

Hungarian super middle Istvan Szili (25-2-2) squares off against 42-year old former world champ Felix Sturm (42-5-3) on March 26 of next year at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany. The fight, promoted by LIB Box Promotion, is billed as an eliminator for the IBO title. Szili already holds the IBO Intercontinental belt.  Sturm began his

Liam Paro is all set for the first Showtime pay-per-view date of his career, as he battles Yomar Alamo on the undercard of internet sensation Jake Paul’s next outing to the boxing ring.   Paul will appear in the main event, in a rematch with former UFC champion Tyron Woodley. Paro, who will fight for

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California – Rising junior welterweight contender Brandun Lee (24-0, 22 KOs) had the longest fight of his career – but it still ended with a knockout, as he put away Juan Heraldez (16-1) in the seventh round. (photos of Esther Lin) Lee was landing

On Saturday night in Liverpool, rising welterweight contender Conor Benn (20-0, 13 KOs) continued his unbeaten streak and secured the biggest win of his career with a brutal fourth round knockout of former world champion Chris Algieri (25-4, 9KOs). It was all Benn, who had full control of the contest from the very first round.