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Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz What would the world of boxing be without all the pettiness that comes along with it, right? 140 lb titleholder Rolando Romero recently made headlines by blasting Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya and his prized fighter Ryan Garcia (who are often at odds with one another). Then

Trainer Jose Benavidez Sr recently took some time to answer questions about the return plans for his son, 168 lb champion David Benavidez. During the conversation Benavidez Sr says the particulars of David’s next fight are still being worked out, but that he doesn’t expect to land a fight against Canelo this year since Canelo

Joseph “JoJo” Diaz will headline a Golden Boy Fight Night card on Thursday, Feb. 15, facing Jesus “Ricky” Perez in a 10-round fight in Commerce, Calif. The fight is advertised for 140 lbs, but being non-title it could allow some wiggle room a bit north of that number on the scales. Diaz, 31, has gone

If everything goes to plan, Naoya Inoue’s first undisputed super bantamweight title defense will be the biggest spectacle of his career. MyNavi reports and Jake Donovan confirms that plans are in place to stage his grudge match with Luis Nery on May 6th at the Tokyo Dome. That’s a Monday in the west, for the

Mykquan Williams put on perhaps the best performance of his career in a three-knockdown finish in the first ProBox main event of the year. Williams (20-0-2, 9 KO) did exceptional work with the right hand all night, using it to knock down Luis Feliciano early in the 2nd round. Feliciano (17-1, 8 KO) was so

Frank Warren’s decades-long love affair with the “Magnificent Seven” brand shows no sign of slowing down, as Queensberry will stage the latest installment on March 16th in Birmingham. This includes the previously revealed clash between Joe Joyce (15-2, 14 KO) and Kash Ali (21-2, 12 KO), though it appears that Solomon Dacres (8-0, 2 KO)

Ra’eese Aleem hasn’t fought since a split decision loss to Sam Goodman last June in Australia, but the 33-year-old junior featherweight contender is hoping for a rematch in 2024. “I’m hearing Goodman wants to come to the States to secure a fight with a top name, and I’m ready for a rematch,” said Aleem. “I

Ryan Garcia is once again having trouble finding an opponent, and he and promoter Oscar De La Hoya just might be kicking up their on-again, only slightly off-again feud with one another. De La Hoya said on January 16 that “all these fighters (are) pricing themselves out!!” with one of those cry-laughing emojis that he,

Teofimo Lopez spent some time talking with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV about his recent run in with Arnold Barboza who confronted him with his team and tried to instigate a showdown. Lopez, however, says he’s more mature about how he handles his business and wouldn’t take the bait before he talks about his

Boxxer’s Ben Shalom tells Sky Sports that WBO cruiserweight champion Chris Billam-Smith and longtime rival Richard Riakporhe have agreed to and signed off on a rematch. The date and location remain up in the air, with Shalom “looking at dates at both Selhurst Park and the Vitality [S]tadium.” Billam-Smith (19-1, 13 KO) and Riakporhe (17-0,

Amanda Serrano is set to return on March 2, defending her three featherweight titles in a main event from Puerto Rico against Nina Meinke, with her promoter Jake Paul fighting in the chief support bout on the undercard. It’s been seen, and rightly so, as a gracious and smart move on the part of Paul

In a lengthy video interview with Ak and Barak, Teofimo Lopez breaks down why he’s been calling out Terence Crawford, and how a number of the other top fighters around his weight class backed down from the opportunity to fight him when push came to shove. Here are some excerpts from the interview with full

Oscar Rivas just cannot catch a break. After missing all of 2022 due to an inablity to set up a homecoming bout in Colombia, he’s now been forced out of his January 14th ESPN main event against Efe Ajagba due to an eye injury. It’s not clear where exactly Rivas (28-1, 19 KO) will go

WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie and mandatory challenger David Light have successfully avoided their looming purse bid. Both men submitted signed agreements to meet on a March 11th BOXXER show in London. There is, however, a chance that things are going to get very complicated very quickly. Okolie (18-0, 14 KO) is presumably still locked

According to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, heavyweight champions Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have now reached an agreement to fight each other in their next outings, and won’t take any interim fights before meeting up to crown an undisputed heavyweight champion. Arum tells Sky Sports that he expects a Fury vs Usyk fight to

As revealed last week, WBO featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete will face Liam Wilson for the sanctioning body’s vacant super featherweight title in a February 3rd ESPN main event at Glendale, Arizona’s Desert Diamond Arena. Wilson (11-1, 7 KO), the WBO’s no. 3 contender, steps in for the injured Oscar Valdez. As I said before, while

Hey, hey! It’s Tuesday in that wonderful holiday season, and even though things are pretty dead in boxing right now, we’ve still god a podcast for you! Listen, being honest up front: This is the least Boxing Chat episode we can do, because there just isn’t a lot going on at the moment. Next week,

We’ve still yet to have an official announcement for Caleb Plant vs David Benavidez despite both sides saying they’ve reached a deal. Recently, however, there were rumors going around that this fight might not actually come off, but Caleb Plant talks to Fight Hub TV and says it’s absolutely happening — it’s just a matter