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Heavyweight contender Junior Fa believes that he exposed former WBO world champion Joseph Parker in their long-awaited showdown, which took place on Saturday night at Auckland’s Spark Arena. Parker was a very big favorite to win the fight, but the contest had a lot of close rounds and there were many who felt the contest

Two-time super middleweight champion Anthony “The Dog’’ Dirrell and tough contender Kyrone “Shut It Down’’ Davis battled to a hard-fought 12-round split draw in a WBC Super Middleweight title elimination match in the main event of FOX PBC Fight Night Saturday night from the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. (photos by Sean

Promoter Eddie Hearn expects a very competitive fight when WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders steps in the ring with WBC, WBA champion Canelo Alvarez. Their fight was officially announced on Saturday night and takes place on May 8th, as part of Cinco De Mayo weekend, at a location to be determined. Canelo sealed the

MIAMI GARDENS, Florida – Marc Castro continued making up for lost time Saturday night. The promising prospect from Fresno, California, knocked John Moraga to the canvas once in the first round and twice during the second round. Referee Frank Gentile halted the action at 2:29 of the second round, as soon as Moraga went down

Anthony Dirrell isn’t buying into the logic that bigger is better for his next opponent. Kyrone Davis has bulked up his middleweight frame in order to prepare for this weekend’s semifinal title elimination bout with Dirrell, a former two-time WBC super middleweight who is eager to reclaim his old crown. At first glance, it appears

December 11th was the original date for the long awaited Joseph Parker versus Junior Fa (19-0) heavy showdown.  The fight ended up having to be delayed until February 27th when Fa had to undergo surgery for a medical issue. Fans in the United States and other countries can watch the action that will stream on

MIAMI – Under normal circumstances, Eddie Hearn would hope to draw a sizable crowd for Demetrius Andrade’s next hometown fight. The unbeaten WBO middleweight champion’s promoter would settle for whichever reasonable number of fans government officials in Rhode Island will allow for his upcoming title defense. Hearn informed BoxingScene.com that he intends to bring Andrade’s

Anthony Dirrell believes there’s too much left to accomplish to begin living in the past, never mind try to change anything about it. With that, it didn’t take very long for the former two-time WBC super middleweight titlist to come to grips with the result of his last fight. Dirrell relinquished his piece of the

Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. is ready for more exhibition fights in the near future. Back in November the 52-year-old Jones returned to the ring and fought to an eight round split draw with 54-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who retired from the sport in 2005. Jones has interest in a

MIAMI – Julio Cesar Martinez has withdrawn again from his mandated title defense against McWilliams Arroyo, this time two days before they were supposed to fight. Martinez pulled out of their 12-round, 112-pound title fight Thursday afternoon due to an injury to his right hand, which he revealed in photos posted through his Instagram account.

Canelo Alvarez recently was granted a promotional license, and although Eddie Hearn is doing the heavy lifting as the promoter Saturday night, the Mexican-born star still has to pump up his underqualified adversary in Avni Yildirim to make sure the public doesn’t believe he’s fighting a pushover. The Turkish fighter is a 50-to-1 underdog who

Main events, especially featuring superstars like Saul Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KO), often take up all the oxygen during fight week. This week is no different. The reigning WBC/WBA super middleweight titlist is expected to win big on Saturday night (DAZN, 7 PM EST) in a mandatory defense against Avni Yildirim (21-2, 12 KO). The intrigue,

WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says he is ready for battle with Tyson Fury, who holds the WBC world titles. Their respective teams are currently engaged in serious negotiations to finalize a fight for the summer. The location, due to COVID restrictions, is still up in the air – but Joshua is

Josh Warrington say he does not remember the punches that knocked him down against Mauricio Lara, but says that he felt clear-headed when he was allowed to continue in the fight.  The former IBF featherweight champion was knocked out by Lara, a little-known Mexican, in the ninth round at Wembley this month. He had been

MTK Global and Rick Mirigian have announced the signing of world-ranked Kazakhstan superstar Batyrzhan Jukembayev. The highly-rated super-lightweight fighter will be advised by MTK Global and managed by Mirigian, as he looks to build on the incredible success that has led to him being ranked #8 with the IBF and the WBC, #14 with the

Adrien Broner brought more viewers to Showtime than other boxers once again Saturday night. Nielsen Media Research statistics released Tuesday indicated Showtime’s tripleheader that featured Broner and Jovanie Santiago produced higher viewership than any of the premium cable network’s first seven telecasts on Saturday nights since it brought boxing back to its airwaves August 1.

Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who promotes WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford, is going to explore two potential opponents for his fighter. Former champions Manny Pacquiao and Shawn Porter are the names being mentioned by Arum, who wants to secure one of them for Crawford’s next fight. Pacquiao, 42-years-old, has been out of the ring since

Steven Ortiz didn’t get the hometown rivalry showdown he wanted. What he does get, is the chance to still fight on Showtime. The Philadelphia-bred prospect will remain on the March 10 edition of Showtime’s ShoBox series, as he will face New Orelans’ Jeremy Hill (14-0, 9KOs) in a battle of unbeaten lightweights. Both camps have