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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. 

Liverpool – IBF, WBC, WBO, WBA lightweight world champion Katie Taylor (20-0, 6 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Firuza Sharipova (14-2, 8 KOs). (Photos by Mark Robinson) The scores were 98-92, 97-92 and 96-93. It was a technical contest for the most part, with each fighter picking their spots. Taylor was the

NEW YORK – Keyshawn Davis delivered the type of performance Saturday night that demonstrated why Bob Arum signed him to a promotional contract last month. The 22-year-old Davis dropped Jose Zaragoza twice in the second round on his way to a technical-knockout victory on the Vasiliy Lomachenko-Richard Commey undercard at Madison Square Garden. Norfolk’s Davis

Caoimhin Agyarko produced a huge left hook to force a ninth-round stoppage of Californian Noe Larios Jr in a scheduled ten-rounder at middleweight on the Benn-Algieri bill in Liverpool.  At 25, Agyarko, who was born in London but who calls Belfast home, has a lot going for him, but is clearly still a work in

AIBA has committed to carefully consider and fully implement the recommendations of Professor Richard McLaren’s report published today as part of his ongoing investigation into boxing.  Professor McLaren’s latest report reviews the Rio 2016 Olympic boxing tournament and more recent competitions up to and including the AIBA World Boxing Championships 2021 in Belgrade.  “AIBA is

Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez is less disappointed with not landing a title shot for his next fight than with the absence of an explanation as to why it is the case. The unbeaten former super middleweight titlist has spent the better part of 2021 calling for a showdown with WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol. Both

Vasiliy Lomachenko and Richard Commey couldn’t contain their smiles for long Friday afternoon once they made weight. The former lightweight champions clearly respect one another, thus they simply laughed and shook hands, instead of displaying any animosity toward one another the day before their 12-round main event at Madison Square Garden in New York. Moments