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Posted on 04/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode Chris Arreola has sat back and listened as boxing fans are already playing matchmakers. In the mind of many, fantasy showdowns involving former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. and several of the top names in the division are on the verge of taking place. Standing in the way

Posted on 04/25/2021 By: Hans Themistode While Shakur Stevenson is still getting acclimated to life at 130 pounds, the former Olympic silver medalist continues to keep tabs on his old weight class. Although it no longer concerns him, Stevenson sat back and watched closely as WBO featherweight belt holder Emanuel Navarrete, took on former Stevenson

Posted on 04/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode With Josue Vargas slowly moving from top prospect to world title contender, the slick New York, native found himself in a slugfest early on against Willie Shaw. The two battle it out in Kissimmee Florida, at Silver Sports Arena on the undercard of WBO featherweight champion, Emanuel Navarrete vs

Posted on 04/25/2021 By: Hans Themistode Christopher Diaz believed he was ready. Following his one-sided decision loss at the hands of Shakur Stevenson roughly two years ago, Diaz not only reeled off two straight victories. Immediately following his latest win against Jason Sanchez, Diaz called for his shot at a world title. Answering the call

Posted on 04/24/2021 By: Hans Themistode No matter what, Demond Nicholson was determined to not be Edgar Berlanga’s 17th straight first-round knockout win. The highly touted super middleweight prospect began drawing comparison’s to a young Mike Tyson after he continued to bulldoze the competition. In the case of Nicholson, the fringe contender vowed to not

Posted on 04/24/2021 By: Sean Crose “I know this news may be disappointing to some of my fans,” Ryan Garcia wrote on Instagram Saturday, “but I am announcing today that I am withdrawing from my July 9th fight.” This, of course, comes as something of a shock to fight fans, who have been impressed by

Posted on 04/23/2021 By: Sean Crose He looks leaner now. Considerably leaner than when he was last in the ring. As he shadowboxes he moves quickly for a big man, employing slippery movement and an impressive degree of energy. Despite the youngish baby face, it’s clear that this is an individual who has boxed for

Posted on 04/22/2021 By: Hans Themistode Light Heavyweight boxer Andre Ward with the WBA/WBO/IBF world light heavyweight championship, after defeating opponent Sergey Kovalev by unanimous decision in a twelve-round bout on November 19th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.(Anthony Geathers for ESPN) Over the course of boxing history, the greatest of all-time debate will

Posted on 04/22/2021 By: Sean Crose WBA Featherweight World Titlist Jelena Mrjdenovich defended her belt as the headline event of Thursday’s Ring City Card which was aired live on the NBC Sports Network from West Point, New York. The 41-10-2 Mrjdenovich put her belt on the line against the 12-1-0 Erika Cruz. The fight was

Posted on 04/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode For as long as Billy Joe Saunders has been around, the WBO super middleweight world champion has been loquacious. Yet, with the biggest fight of his life coming up rather quickly against unified titlist Canelo Alvarez, Saunders has been most been mostly quiet. Rather than continue to egg Alvarez

Posted on 04/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode Liam Williams will have to wait a little bit longer for his world title dreams to become a reality. The middleweight contender fought a competitive fight against WBO belt holder Demetrius Andrade this past weekend at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Although Williams gave

Posted on 04/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode Once former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder unceremoniously removed former co-trainer Mark Breland from his corner, the Alabama native claimed that Breland’s career as a cornerman would be officially done and over with. With that said, it appears as though he’s doing just fine. Current WBC middleweight champion, Jermall Charlo,

Posted on 04/20/2021 By: Sean Crose The PBC returned to Fox Sports 1 on Tuesday with an under the radar card at the Shrine Exhibition Center in LA. First up, Ezequiel Flores impressed in his pro debut with a UD win over Juan Miro, who was also making his pro debut. The fight went the

Posted on 04/20/2021 By: Sean Crose “Why don’t you go fight a fucking boxer?”  That’s the question UFC honcho Dana White has for the Jake Paul’s of the world after Paul knocked out former UFC notable Ben Askren in the first round of their cruiserweight battle last Saturday. The fight appears to have been a

Posted on 04/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode At the age of 28, unified super lightweight world champion Jose Ramirez already has plenty of big fights under his belt. In roughly one month, he’ll add another when he takes on fellow unified titlist Josh Taylor in an undisputed contest. Like all of his fights, Ramirez is placing

Posted on 04/19/2021 By: Sean Crose There’s no doubt that the public wanted this one. George Foreman had been the terror of the heavyweight division until Muhammad Ali first outsmarted, then took his heavyweight championship from him in Zaire in 1974. After that it was all downhill for Foreman – at least for a time.

Posted on 04/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode It was a mixed bag of reactions when Showtime Boxing unveiled their summer schedule. Although there were plenty of important and interesting contests, much of the boxing world was fixated on the ring return of Gervonta Davis. The hard-hitting Baltimore native is officially set to move up in weight

Posted on 04/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode With the biggest fight of his life possibly taking place at year’s end, WBA middleweight champion, Ryota Murata, will reportedly begin working the rust off. As first reported by Chris Mannix, Murata (16-2, 13 KOs) is currently engaged in conversation to take on IBF belt holder Gennadiy Golovkin. The