When unified lightweight world champion Teofimo Lopez Jr. and mandatory challenger George Kambosos Jr. square off for the title it won’t be the first time they will have come face to face. They are penciled in to fight on June 5 in Miami, although th...
The Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov and Kenichi Ogawa teams have come to terms for the vacant IBF junior lightweight world title fight. The bout is slated to take place on either July 10 or July 17 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the IBF told BoxingScene on Tu...
Junior lightweight Chris Colbert is close to a deal to make the next defense of his WBA interim title against former unified featherweight world titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa, multiple sources with knowledge of the discussions told BoxingScene on Friday.
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Promoter Lou DiBella has sued junior lightweight contender O’Shaquie Foster for breach of contract. In an 11-page lawsuit filed by attorney John Wirt with United States federal court for the Southern District of New York—a copy of which has been obta...
The first six fight cards of the upstart Ring City USA series have generally featured competitive bouts on paper with several of them delivering on that promise. The series, which airs on NBC Sports Net (9 p.m. ET), will have two more events in April...
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The fight between former unified heavyweight world titlist Andy Ruiz and former three-time world title challenger Chris Arreola, who are both from Southern California and due to meet this spring, have had their bout moved from April 24 to May 1 at a...
Former junior welterweight world titlist Maurice Hooker is going to be sidelined for at least two months but he will have the opportunity for another meaningful fight when he is ready to return, according to Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez...
By Dan Rafael - Of all the legendary fighters Top Rank chairman Bob Arum has promoted in his 55 years in the boxing business, there were few that he admired and respected as much as Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the legendary middleweight champion, who di...
Top Rank chairman Bob Arum on Saturday chalked up heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s recent comments that downplayed there being a deal agreed to for an undisputed title fight with unified titlist Anthony Joshua as being due to his frustration.
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the middleweight legend and one of the greatest fighters in boxing history, died on Saturday in New Hampshire. He was 66. Hagler’s death was announced on the verified Marvelous Marvin Hagler Facebook Fan Club page with a mess...
When lightweight contender George Kambosos got the phone call he was waiting for from manager Peter Kahn to tell him the results of the purse bid for his mandatory title shot against unified world champion Teofimo Lopez, he had a distinct reaction.
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