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Joe Joyce, the WBO’s number-one contender, won the vacant WBO “interim” heavyweight title by stopping the organization’s number-two man, former WBO titlist Joseph Parker, with a counter hook to the jaw early in round 11. “The Juggernaut” lived up to his nickname in rounds 6-11 as he turned a relatively even bout (Joyce led 91-82

Joe Joyce will always have his doubters, but he showed that he is a world-class heavyweight of some standing as he battered Joseph Parker to defeat in 11 rounds in a superb battle in Manchester to become interim WBO champion. In many ways it was the same Joyce we have always seen – strong, powerful,

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen ‘Breadman’ Edwards tackling topics such as Jermell Charlo vs. Tim Tszyu, the trilogy bout between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin, Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence, and more. Look, GGG lost to a very good fighter and he was the smaller guy going up to challenge the weight

One has brushed up against the top of the mountain, only to fall short of the summit. The other was denied, with some debate, of Olympic gold and now pursues it as a professional. Someone will take a big step backwards this weekend. Joseph Parker won and defended a major heavyweight title but was badly

Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing has fired back at the recent allegations from Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul. During a recent interview, Paul made a serious allegation that veteran judge Glenn Feldman of the United States was being financially compensated by Matchroom. Paul fired off on some of Feldman’s high profile scorecards in

NEWARK, New Jersey – Robson Conceicao believes he did enough to take the WBC super featherweight title from Oscar Valdez a year ago in Tucson, Arizona. Conceicao (17-1, 8 KOs) officially lost a unanimous decision to Valdez (30-1, 23 KOs), who surrendered his WBC belt to Stevenson in his subsequent bout April 30 at MGM

One of Finland’s best fighters in the modern era, lightweight Edis Tatli, has announced his retirement. The 35-year old Tatli last fought in 2019 and then suffered a long series of shoulder- and hand injuries. That along with Covid-19 kept him out of the ring and now he’s decided to retire. Tatli, who leaves the

Montreal – Erik Bazinyan (28-0, 21 KOs), one of the featured fighters on the October 27 gala at the Théâtre du Casino du Lac-Leamy, was forced to withdraw due to family obligations following the death of his father. The featured bouts will showcase Gatineau native Alexandre Gaumont (4-0, 2 KOs), Yves Ulysse Jr. (21-2, 12

Before Gennadiy Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez swapped fists in the center of the ring this past weekend, Bob Arum had a hunch that the current unified middleweight champion was in over his head. Although both Alvarez and Golovkin fought 24 competitive rounds against one another in years past, the Mexican star proved to be several

As previously reported, EBU featherweight champion Jordan Gill (27-1-1) defends the title against veteran Kiko Martinez (43-11-2) on October 29 at the Wembley Arena in London on a Matchroom promotion. This is also an IBF eliminator, writes Espabox and if Martinez wins he might get a rematch against Josh Warrington, who stopped Martinez under controversial

The Floyd Mayweather-Mikuru Asakura pay-per-view press conference was held today in Tokyo, Japan for this Saturday night’s Super RIZIN, presented by Japanese MMA company RIZIN Fighting Federation. Integrated Sports will distribute Super RIZIN, headlined by the exhibition match between Mayweather, the International Boxing Hall of Famer and former 5-division world champion, and Japanese 2-time mixed-martial-arts

After a long and contentious trilogy against Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder took a deep breath. Though he no longer had his WBC heavyweight title, the Alabama native’s bank account was plush with generational wealth. Considering his financial success both in and outside of the ring, Wilder thought long and hard before ultimately deciding to continue

Six years ago, the campaign Shakur Stevenson was promoting in his hometown was Powerade’s “Just a Kid,” and the soon-to-be Olympian was just that, 18 years old and ready to not just take on the world, but to show his peers that dreaming big and making those dreams happen wasn’t exclusive to certain neighborhoods in

Junior lightweight Joshafat Ortiz remained undefeated with a six round unanimous decision over Mario Ezequiel Sayal Lozano in the featured bout at The Fillmore Philadelphia. The Friday night card was promoted by Hard Hitting Promotions, with the Ortiz – Lozano fight being co-promoted by DiBella Entertainment. Ortiz of Reading, PA won by shutout tallies of

LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez belittled David Benavidez’s resume early Sunday morning following another victory over a dangerous world champion. The Mexican legend seemingly took offense during his post-fight press conference to questions about boxing Benavidez next if Gilberto Ramirez upsets Dmitry Bivol on November 5. Alvarez has repeatedly stated that he wants his countryman

LAS VEGAS – The post-fight embraces between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin were genuine signs of respect from foes who’ve spent 36 rounds trying to take each other’s heads off over the past five years. Golovkin even kissed Alvarez on the cheek as they hugged right after the final bell sounded Saturday night at T-Mobile

NABA middleweight champion Connor “The Kid” Coyle and super middleweight boogeyman Yamaguchi “The Problem” Falcao of Fire Fist Boxing Promotions both scored eight round unanimous decision victories Saturday, September 17 at Alessi Fitness Center in Tampa, FL. Fighting in front of a large and vocal group of supporters, Coyle met 68 fight veteran Silverio Ortiz

LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez anticipates that surgery on his left wrist will keep him out of the ring until at least next May. Alvarez announced after his 12-round, unanimous-decision victory over rival Gennadiy Golovkin on Saturday night that he’ll take his time while recovering from the procedure on his wrist that has become increasingly