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Posted on 11/11/2022 By: Sean Crose Sunny Edwards is an impressive fighter – a very impressive fighter. The IBF flyweight champion cruised past challenger Felix Alvarado Friday in Sheffield, England in a performance that was reminiscent of some of the sport’s more notable slicksters. The 19-0 Edwards never once appeared to be in real danger,

Posted on 11/11/2022 By: Sean Crose He owns the WBO world middleweight title but is largely unknown outside the world of hardcore fight fans. This despite the fact the man has twelve wins against zero losses, eight of those wins having come before the final bell. Make no mistake about it, Janibek Alimkhanuly is under

Posted on 11/10/2022 By: Sean Crose Lineal and WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has been very open about the emotional, psychological and substance abuse issues he’s faced over the years. With a third fight with Derek Chisora lined up for December, Fury has reportedly taped an interview which will be aired this Saturday on The

Posted on 11/09/2022 By: Sean Crose In what is to be a final eliminator to decide who will face the winner of the upcoming Tyson Fury-Derek Chisora threepeat, former WBC heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder has been ordered by the Council to face former WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titlist Andy Ruiz. The announcement came Wednesday

Posted on 11/09/2022 By: Sean Crose He’s considered one of the best fighters in the world. Fast, hard hitting, exceedingly confident in the ring, Shakur Stevenson has that certain something, hard to define but easy to see, that has marked him for possible greatness. Now the WBC has, as of Wednesday, ordered him to face

Posted on 11/09/2022 By: Sean Crose The World Boxing Council announced at its convention in Acapulco Wednesday that Errol Spence, who holds the Council’s welterweight title, is to face veteran welterweight – and former world title holder – Keith Thurman, with Spence’s WBC title belt being at stake. This is an interesting battle to say

Posted on 11/08/2022 By: Sean Crose “I don’t know,” former heavyweight multi-titlist Anthony Joshua recently said to DAZN regarding when he’d be back in action. “I was supposed to be in the ring this year, I’m going to be in the ring next year.” Joshua made it a point to avoid specifics. “I’ll be in

Posted on 11/07/2022 By: Sean Crose Aidos Yerbossynuly lies in a coma after losing in brutal fashion to David Morrell Jr this past weekend in Minnesota. Fight writer Dan Rafael first reported the story. Morrell Jr controlled the bout, but Yerbossynuly simply would not stop coming. His face a bloody, puffy, frightening mess, the Kazakh

Posted on 11/05/2022 By: Sean Crose Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez may have oozed confidence leading up to this weekend’s light heavyweight title bout against defending WBA champion Dmitry Bivol in Abu Dahbi, but mere self assurance wouldn’t be nearly enough for Ramirez to pull out a win. Suffice to say that when the bell sounded at

Posted on 11/06/2022 By: Sean Crose The 7-0 David Morrell Jr squared off against the 16-0 Aidos Yerbossynuly Saturday night in the main event of a Showtime card broadcast live from the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The fight was scheduled for 12 and was for the WBA super middleweight title. Before Morrell and Yerbossynuly had

Posted on 11/05/2022 By: Sean Crose On Saturday, WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol will face the undefeated former world titlist Gilberto Ramirez in Abu Dhabi. The DAZN broadcast fight will pretty much be the last major bout of the year aside from Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez’ upcoming third match with Juan Francisco Estrada next month

Posted on 11/04/2022 By: Sean Crose “I really believe that I can become a two-time World Champion on Saturday,” said former WBO super middeweight titlist Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez just before his Saturday fight with WBA light heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol. “I want to say thank you to Oscar (promoter Oscar De La Hoya) and to

Posted on 11/03/2022 By: Sean Crose The fight world was abuzz Wednesday night as Terence “Bud” Crawford and Errol “The Truth” Spence finally engaged in a highly anticipated fight. Sadly, their brawl was on Twitter rather than in a boxing ring, involved tweets of no more than 280 characters instead of punches and was for

Posted on 11/03/2022 By: Sean Crose It appears that boxing fans might have finally gotten some good news after a very tough few weeks where highly anticipated fights like Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua and Errol Spence-Terence Crawford have fallen through. Former super middleweight world titlist Caleb Plant announced on social media Thursday that he has signed

Posted on 11/03/2022 By: Sean Crose There was excitement in the air Thursday when Caleb Plant announced that he had signed to face his fellow former super middleweight titlist David Benavidez. “I went and MADE it happen,” Plant stated on Twitter. “Contract signed. See you next year.” Mike Coppinger of ESPN then took to Twitter

Posted on 11/03/2022 By: Sean Crose “I really had a big dream to win this belt and I don’t want to leave it,” said WBA light heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol on the eve of his title defense against the undefeated Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez. “I will fight for this and I want to keep it. I

Posted on 11/02/2022 By: Sean Crose “I’m ready to take that belt back to Mexico” Gilbert “Zurdo” Ramirez said to ES News on the eve of his WBA heavyweight title fight with Dmitry Bivol, “to take revenge for Mexico.” Defending champion Bivol, of course, stunned a lot of people last spring when he soundly defeated

Posted on 11/02/2022 By: Sean Crose WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk has made it clear he wants to fight Tyson Fury in order to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Fury, after all, is the WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world. Usyk is well aware that, in order