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NEW YORK – International superstar Jake “The Problem Child” Paul and U.K. reality TV star Tommy “TNT” Fury continued their war of words at a press event Wednesday in Morecambe, England. The two professional boxers will settle their months-long rivalry in the ring when they put their undefeated records on the line in the main

Terence Crawford feels that limiting the availability of his pay-per-view fight with Shawn Porter to ESPN+ was partially responsible for its buy rate falling below expectations. Crawford expressed disappointment during his appearance on Shawn Porter’s podcast Tuesday night that their welterweight title fight wasn’t offered through traditional pay-per-view providers as well. Unlike most previous pay-per-view

Demetrius Andrade is out of the business of calling out other fighters. His promoter, however, isn’t ready to let his divisional peers off that easy. Eddie Hearn—chairman of Matchroom Boxing and Andrade’s promoter since 2017—continues to push for a showdown between the reigning WBO middleweight titlist and current unbeaten WBC middleweight title claimant Jermall Charlo

No one would blame George Kambosos Jr. if he had a few doubts in his head right about now, days ahead of his challenge for Teofimo Lopez Jr.’s lightweight belts this Saturday at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. Those doubts wouldn’t have anything to do with the Australian’s skill set, what Lopez brings to the

Teofimo Lopez Jr. and George Kambosos Jr. have waited all year and through several postponements for their fight to finally materialize. Their fathers nearly beat them to the punch—literally. Teofimo Lopez Sr. and George Kambosos Sr. had to be physically restrained during a media workout Tuesday afternoon in New York City, just five days prior

Marcus Browne could not have asked for a better time to link up with one of the top trainers in the sport today. The veteran light heavyweight contender took a leap of faith in relocating to Dallas where he is now working with Derrick James. The move from the East Coast didn’t happen in a

Last week, the World Boxing Council’s (WBC) held their annual convention in Mexico and there were plenty of headlines generated. The sanctioning body issued numerous directives – including their decision to order a super middleweight showdown between big punchers David Benavidez and David Lemieux – with the WBC’s interim-title at stake. Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez

One less hurdle remains in the path of a rematch to crown an undisputed junior middleweight champion. Lineal/WBC/WBA/IBF champion Jermell Charlo and WBO titlist Brian Castano were provided the opportunity to produce a single divisional king, only to fight to a twelve-round, split decision draw this past July at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

A battle between two former heavyweight champions could be on the horizon.  Andy Ruiz Jr. is open to fighting Deontay Wilder, he told The Last Stand with Brian Custer.  “Yes, I do, and I think that would be an amazing fight,” said Ruiz in regard to a future fight. “We’re both part of the same

Although Shawn Porter announced his retirement officially following his loss to Terence Crawford, he probably knew he was in his final moments when he hit the canvas for a second time in the fight.  Early in the tenth round, Crawford caught Porter with a left uppercut that landed flush as Porter was trying to weave

(Video by Ryan Burton) – Shakur Stevenson was ringside at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas – and watched WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) retain his title with a tenth round stoppage of two-time champion Shawn Porter (31-4-1, 17 KOs) in an action fight. Functional Cookies Disabled In order to view this

On Saturday night, Terence “Bud” Crawford became the first fighter to stop “Showtime” Shawn Porter. The end came in the 10th round, as Crawford retained his WBO welterweight world title in front of a sold-out crowd of 11,568 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) made the fifth

The power punches landed total for Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter were neck and neck 65 to 67. Crawford out-jabbed Porter, landing 33 of 159 (21%) while Porter landed 12 of 94 (13%) of his jabs. Crawford opened the 10th round by landing 5 of 12 power punches, putting Porter down twice en route to

Dan Azeez claimed the vacant British light-heavyweight title as he stopped former champion Hosea Burton in the seventh round at Wembley Arena.  The unbeaten Azeez simply battered Burton, who never got to grips with Azeez low, aggressive come forward style. Burton, who was being cheered on at ringside by his cousin, Tyson Fury, held his

LAS VEGAS – Terence Crawford doesn’t envision the longest layoff of his 13-year pro career to negatively impact his performance when he faces Shawn Porter on Saturday night. Crawford hasn’t boxed in slightly more than a year, not since he stopped former IBF welterweight champ Kell Brook in the fourth round last November 14 at

Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom is not overly surprised with Canelo Alvarez’s recent decision to make a move to the cruiserweight division to challenge WBC world champion Ilunga Makabu. Hearn promoted three of Canelo’s last four fights.  Earlier this month, Canelo became the undisputed super middleweight champion after knocked out Caleb Plant. Canelo has captured

Demetrius Andrade has spent the past several years pursuing a lucrative showdown with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. Now all he can do is wish the pound-for-pound superstar well and congratulate him—sort of—on his continued success following Alvarez’s latest win to become the first-ever undisputed super middleweight champion. “My hat goes off to Canelo,” Andrade told BoxingScene.com,

LAS VEGAS – Terence Crawford appreciates anyone who places him atop his or her pound-for-pound list. We have reached the point, however, that even the prideful Crawford considers Canelo Alvarez the number one boxer, pound-for-pound, in the sport. Crawford credited Alvarez for cleaning out the super middleweight division, in under a year no less, before