Fighting

Top Rank’s October 23rd ESPN card, headlined by Jamel Herring’s super featherweight title defense against Shakur Stevenson, is officially a tripleheader. 19-year-old Puerto Rican prospect Xander Zayas takes on Dan Karpency in the co-feature, while Nico Ali Walsh opens the show against James Westley II. Now two years into his professional career, Zayas (10-0, 7
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Manny Pacquiao has retired from boxing at the age of 42. The legendary fighter announced the decision in a 14 minute Facebook video titled “Good bye boxing.” To the greatest fans and the greatest sport in the world, thank you! Thank you for all the wonderful memories. This is the hardest decision I’ve ever made,
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John Riel Casimero and his team aren’t doing too great at negotiating this year. At the request of mandatory challenger Paul Butler, the WBO has scheduled an October 7th purse bid for “Quadro Alas’” next defense. The minimum bid is $100,000. Casimero (31-4, 21 KO) saw a big-money fight with countryman Nonito Donaire fall through
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The WBC’s long-suffering inaugural bridgerweight title fight has taken yet another blow. Yvon Michel, who promotes top-rated Oscar Rivas, announced that foe Bryant Jennings has refused to get vaccinated or follow Canada’s mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated travelers despite a contractual mandate. He’s thus been pulled from his October 22nd rematch with Rivas in favor of
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No other way to put this, after a week where we finally had a true big fight again, the boxing schedule goes right back in the mud for one more week before the schedule finally picks up consistently — knock on wood! — the following week. DAZN, 1:00 pm ET, Daniele Scardina vs Juergen Doberstein,
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