Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has made some recent noise for his criticism of Naoya Inoue and his standing among the top pound-for-pound best fighters in the world considering the kind of competition he’s been facing lately. Here in this interview with iFL TV Hearn tries to explain his position while not completely discrediting Inoue. “I
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Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Following the final press conference for David Benavidez’s fight against David Morrell tomorrow night, Benavidez takes some time to talk to Fight Hub TV about what he noticed in his opponent during the final presser and his expectations for his performance. Here are some excerpts of what Benavidez had
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Claressa Shields and Danielle Perkins will square off in a Sunday evening main event from Flint, Mich., streaming live on DAZN, for the undisputed championship of the women’s heavyweight division, which realistically doesn’t actually exist, but all the same, it’s Shields trying to become a three-weight undisputed champ. Shields says she’s not overlooking Perkins, and
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Golden Boy has announced four multi-year signings in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. The promotional company has signed cruiserweights Tristan Kalkreuth and Robin Safar, as well as heavyweights Federico Pacheco Jr and Joshua Edwards, the latter of whom represented Team USA at the Paris Olympics. “The heavyweight division hasn’t been this hot in decades,” said
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Rather than face mandatory challenger Ricardo “Sugar” Nunez, IBF super featherweight champion Anthony Cacace announced that he’s vacated the belt in favor of chasing “the biggest fights possible. He technically ends his reign, which began with a controversial knockout of Joe Cordina last May, without a title defense. The IBF immediately ordered him to fight
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David Benavidez and David Morrell Jr square off tonight in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view in a 12-round light heavyweight fight. Benavidez vs Morrell is the headline matchup of a four-fight pay-per-view bill from PBC on Prime Video, and we’ll be here all evening with LIVE updates, round-by-round scoring, highlights, recaps,
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By: Sean Crose Former world welterweight titlist Keith Thurman has decided to return to the ring. After being away from the scene for three years, the 36 year old fighter, who has amassed a 30-1 record, will slip in between the ropes on March 12th to face Brock Jarvis in Jarvis’s native Australia. The decision
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By: Sean Crose Naoya Inoue has one again shown why he’s known as “The Monster.” Battling the little known but determined and talented Ye Joon Kim on Friday, Inoue did what he does best: Break his opponent down through the superior use of pressure and power. Kim was good. Indeed, the man had his moments.
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By: Sean Crose The 22-0 super middleweight contender Diego Pacheco may have dreamed of getting a crack at divisional kingpin Canelo Alvarez, but on Saturday night his focus was on the 20-0 Steven Nelson. Although both men slipped between the ropes undefeated on Saturday, the considerably younger Pacheco was, at 23, perceived as being fresher
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By: Sean Crose No one could blame him had he decided to spend some of his prime years waiting for Canelo Alvarez to agree to meet him in ring. Canelo, after all, is still the biggest name in the sport. Should he have somehow landed a fight with the Mexican star, and then somehow won
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By Eric Bottjer Michael Katz was one of the Big Four in New York boxing writing in the 1990s. Each of those writers reflected the personality of their publications. The loud and entertaining Mike Marley for the New York Post (the trash tabloid with world-class classless headlines {“Headless Man Found in Topless Bar” being the most famous,
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