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Raymond Ford’s trainer Tarae Stevenson has played down how “personal” Saturday’s fight with O’Shaquie Foster has become to them – and he also insists that he is unconcerned that his fighter has become emotional on the eve of his biggest fight
Among those rooting on Texas’ O’Shaquie Foster in his Saturday night WBC super-featherweight title defense in Houston is a former foe: two-division champion Oscar Valdez.
It could be argued that Verhoeven’s success against Usyk – both in landing the fight, then nearly winning it – is, for the purist, as much a cautionary tale as a cause for celebration, writes Elliot Worsell
Unbeaten Zuffa Boxing champion Jai Opetaia and WBC titlist Noel Mikaelian are finalizing a deal to stage a cruiserweight bout on an upcoming The Ring Magazine card later this year, BoxingScene learned Friday.