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Posted on 03/22/2021 By: Sean Crose Although it’s 2021 and not 1997, people still can’t seem to get enough of seeing Mike Tyson facing Evander Holyfield in the ring. An anticipated third battle between the two former heavyweight champions, close to 25 years after their last match, has been widely talked about, as Tyson recently

Posted on 03/20/2021 By: Sean Crose If Anthony Joshua doesn’t get in the ring with Tyson Fury by this summer, he may not get in the ring with him at all. So Matchroom honcho Eddie Hearn informed iFL TV on a video released Saturday. The promoter was referring to the much anticipated Anthony Joshua –

Posted on 03/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode Terence Crawford was a bit stunned as he watched his stablemate Maurice Hooker succumb to a seventh-round stoppage defeat at the hands of Vergil Ortiz Jr. last night. The WBO welterweight belt holder was even more surprised by what took place soon after. Immediately following Ortiz Jr.’s win, he

Posted on 03/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode Danny Garcia has put the entire Jr middleweight division on notice. Following his most recent defeat at the hands of unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. this past December, Garcia (36-3, 21 KOs) sat back and contemplated his next move. Ultimately, the former two-division champion decided that it would

Posted on 03/20/2021 Anabel Ortiz saw her reign as the WBA minimumweight champion truncated at Dickies Arena, in Fort Worth Texas against Seneisa Estrada. Known for her aggressive nature, Estrada followed her normal game plan. Meaning, she didn’t show her opponent any respect from the very beginning. The opening frame saw Ortiz back peddling and

Posted on 03/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Despite the countless number of bodies that were piling up at the feet of Vergil Ortiz Jr., the questions remained. The hard-hitting welterweight contender needed a signature name on his resume. Someone that would allow him to point and shout that he is in

Posted on 03/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode It was viewed as a grotesque mismatch on paper and it proved to be just that. Unified light heavyweight titlist Artur Beterbiev (16-0, 16 KOs) had long been known for his concussive knockout power. However, his inability to actually step inside the ring had recently plagued him. Coming into

Posted on 03/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode At this point, Maurice Hooker has lost track. March 9, 2019; Verona, NY, USA; WBO super lightweight champion Maurice Hooker and Mikkel LesPierre during their bout at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, NY. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Boxing USA For most of his ten-year career, Hooker believes

Posted on 03/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode Normally, Dereck Chisora can be found scowling. This time around, he couldn’t stop smiling. With news of the heavyweight contender finalizing a deal to take on former WBO belt holder Joseph Parker, Chisora was happy as can be. After witnessing Parker pick up his fourth win in a row

Posted on 03/19/2021 By: Sean Crose Now that he’s a certified 21st century pop culture icon, it’s sometimes easy to forget just how SKILLED a boxer Iron Mike Tyson was back in the 80s and even into the 90s. Thirty years ago this week, Tyson battled Donovan “Razor” Ruddock in a highly controversial fight. Watching

Posted on 03/18/2021 By: Sean Crose The Puerto Rico Olympic Training Center hosted Ring City USA’s most recent card on Wednesday night. The broadcast was aired live on the NBC Sports Network. Things started off with former world title challenger Israel Gonzalez, 26-4 facing off against the 21-1-2 Jose Martinez in a scheduled 10 round

Posted on 03/18/2021 Krzysztof Glowacki says there are weaknesses in Lawrence Okolie’s game and has promised to take ‘his’ WBO Cruiserweight World Title back home with him to Poland after he beats the Hackney contender at The SSE Arena, Wembley this Saturday, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the U.S. and more than 200 countries and territories. Glowacki (31-2,

Posted on 03/18/2021 By: Sean Crose The ads for the pay per view event were incredible, even by today’s standards. There was Mike Tyson, narrating in a ponderous voice how dangerous Donovan “Razor” Ruddock was. This was accompanied by slow motion footage of Ruddock knocking former heavyweight titlist Michael Dokes out with a single shot.

Posted on 03/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson wasn’t kidding around when he said he wanted to return to the ring soon. After ending his decade and a half retirement late last year to take on future Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition matchup, Tyson announced to the

Posted on 03/17/2021 Rising welterweight star Jaron “Boots” Ennis faces his most difficult test in pursuit of a world title shot as he headlines his first SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® against former world champion Sergey Lipinets. These formidable contenders meet in a 12-round, crossroads fight with welterweight world title implications on Saturday, April 10 live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m.

Posted on 03/16/2021 By: Sean Crose First things first – there was no one like Marvelous Marvin Hagler, and there never will be. Hagler, the undisputed middleweight champion of the world from 1980-1987, was unlike any fighter in his own time, much less today. Still, there is a fine line between the mindset of the

Posted on 03/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode If Jermall Charlo gets his hands on David Benavidez, he’s as confident as ever that the outcome won’t be a pretty one for the former super middleweight belt holder. Charlo, 30, has spent the past several months calling for a showdown between the pair. Despite campaigning one weight class

Posted on 03/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode Devin Haney hasn’t signed his name to any contracts just yet, but he knows a showdown against former multiple division champion Jorge Linares is most likely next for him. Currently, both sides are locked in negotiations with May being floated around as the target date. With Haney’s resume shallow