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It has been confirmed, after being reported by BoxingScene two weeks ago, that Lamont Roach Jnr and William Zepeda will do battle for the vacant WBC lightweight championship on August 1 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas

Rico Verhoeven, despite not winning a boxing match since 2012, is ranked by the WBC above the likes of Efe Ajagba, Richard Riakporhe, Martin Bakole and Bakhodir Jalolov

O’Shaquie Foster believes Shakur Stevenson’s reported switch to Zuffa Boxing represents a ‘duck move’ after the pair confronted each other in the ring on Saturday night

WBO welterweight champion Devin Haney is challenging Keyshawn Davis on social media now that Davis has been promoted to his mandatory challenger.

One of the easiest ways to criticize boxing’s sanctioning bodies is over the abundance of world champions and the fees being charged to fighters whose purses, in many cases, fall far below the sport’s biggest names.