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Posted on 03/09/2021 By: Hans Themistode Dereck Chisora wasn’t particularly amused when he flipped on his television roughly two weeks ago. The former heavyweight title challenger watched as Junior Fa and former WBO belt holder Joseph Parker threw punches lethargically at one another across his screen. In no time at all, Chisora found himself uninterested

Posted on 03/09/2021 By: Hans Themistode Manny Pacquiao hasn’t officially named his next opponent but the eight-division world champion has a strong idea as to who he will be facing next. “We’re leaning towards Mikey Garcia,” Pacquiao told Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN. Like most fighters at 147 pounds, Garcia has spent several years in an

Posted on 03/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode The throne always belonged to Muhammad Ali. He had just been unjustly and temporarily removed from it. In the 1960s there wasn’t a soul alive that didn’t believe Ali was the best fighter in the world. Unless you were Joe Frazier of course. With Ali forced to spend three

Posted on 03/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode In what fans have grown accustomed to hearing from Gary Russell Jr., the WBC featherweight titlist will face a mandatory challenger. This time, in the form of Rey Vargas, the former super bantamweight world champion. Both sides have agreed to a deal and have avoided a purse bid. Presently,

Posted on 03/08/2021 By: Sean Crose The April 17’th Triller Fight Club card featuring Jake Paul and Ben Askren has found a home – Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. “Mercedes-Benz Stadium will continue to be the place where sports and entertainment’s biggest events are held, and we welcome Triller Fight Club for this special event,” said AMB

Posted on 03/07/2021 By: Hans Themistode Two division world champion Gervonta Davis took offense to a poll that was posted on Twitter. The survey asked viewers to vote on a dream match of sorts between Davis and former 140-pound champion Regis Prograis. Not amused in the slightest, the Baltimore native took the time to express

Posted on 03/07/2021 By: Sean Crose “You think you can get me to eat flapjacks without my Blue Bonnet?” asks the man in the green sweatshirt. “Try,” he says, smiling as he slowly shakes that fist at the camera. The man, who is wearing a literal blue bonnet, is sitting before a setting of pancakes

Posted on 03/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode Nothing is official just yet, but according to former four-division world champion Mikey Garcia, his contest against Manny Pacquiao is reaching the home stretch. Earlier this week, Garcia announced that after spending years chasing the future Hall of Famer, their showdown is just about complete. In the eyes of

Posted on 03/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode Rolando “Rolly” Romero was taken aback when he first heard the news. The WBA “Regular” 135-pound belt holder had no idea that Gervonta “Tank” Davis was considering a move up, let alone on his way to finalizing a deal to face WBA “Regular” Jr welterweight champion, Mario Barrios. There

Posted on 03/06/2021 By: Sean Crose Edwin Rosario was riding high. Not only had the Puerto Rican fighter nearly humbled Hector Camacho, he had upset Livingstone Bramble for the WBA lightweight title just a year earlier. Now the twenty four year old Rosario was getting an extensive write up in the New York Times on

Posted on 03/05/2021 By: Sean Crose Claressa Shields returns to action this evening on a pay per view broadcast fight against Marie-Eve Dicaire for the undisputed women’s super welterweight title. The entire card will be broadcast live from the Dort Federal Event Center in Shield’s hometown of Flint, Michigan starting at 9PM, eastern time. The

Posted on 03/06/2021 By: Sean Crose Claressa Shields attempted to make history on Friday night in her home town of Flint, Michigan, as she battled to become the first fighter ever to become a two division undisputed champion. The card started off, however, with a scheduled 6 round bantamweight affair, where the 4-3-2 Shelly Barnett

Posted on 03/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode At this point, Ahmet Oner believes it doesn’t make any sense to even try. Less than one week ago, the manager of super middleweight contender Avni Yildirim sat back with his jaw glued to the ground as he witnessed his man receive a one-sided beating at the hands of

Posted on 03/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode It isn’t easy walking the path you feel destined to. It’s even more difficult doing it alone. For super middleweight prospect Nadim Salloum, he’s grown accustomed to traveling an arduous road in order to accomplish his lofty goals. Even if that means packing up his bags and traveling halfway

Posted on 03/04/2021 By: Hans Themistode The date is set and the time is also locked in. The only thing remaining is the venue. Yet, according to reports, that appears to be on the verge of being settled upon as well. As first reported by Mike Coppinger of The Athletic, Canelo Alvarez vs Billy Joe

Posted on 03/04/2021 By: Hans Themistode No matter how he tried, Caleb Plant just couldn’t end his night early. When the current IBF super middleweight titlist took on former belt holder Caleb Truax on January 30th, Plant promised that he would deliver a knockout on the night. While that proved to be false, he did

Posted on 03/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode Oscar Valdez was good, maybe even great but few, if any, believed he would be able to get the job done against Miguel Berchelt. The two fought in the main event slot at “The Bubble” in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada just a few weeks ago. On

Posted on 03/03/2021 By: Hans Themistode For his past two fights, Gervonta Davis has fought at 130 and 135 pounds. Historically though, the two-division knockout artist has had issues making weight in both divisions. With that said, he should have no problem with the scale for his next contest. As first reported by Mike Coppinger