
New opponent for Marquis Taylor after Petr Khamukov pulls out
California’s Ivan Pandzic has stepped in to fight Houston’s Marquis Taylor on Friday December 13 at Houston’s Owl’s Nest after the withdrawal of Petr Khamukov.

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California’s Ivan Pandzic has stepped in to fight Houston’s Marquis Taylor on Friday December 13 at Houston’s Owl’s Nest after the withdrawal of Petr Khamukov.

Lithuania’s Genadij Krajevskij, who was based in Liverpool, England, has died at the age of 37. The “Baltic Bomber” was regularly employed as the opponent for prospects in British rings during his 76-fight career that stretched back to 2018.

WBC No. 4 super featherweight Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov, of Isfara, Tajikistan, has signed a managerial deal with Australia-based Jim Kambosos and a long-term promotional contract with Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing.

Eddie Hearn passionately defended Matchroom’s matchmaking after watching Marc Castro and Jalil Hackett so unexpectedly record their first defeats, at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Saturday evening

Kubrat Pulev won a unanimous decision over Mahmoud Charr on Saturday, picking up Charr’s WBA’s “regular” heavyweight title and putting himself in position to challenge the winner of the upcoming rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.

Jalil Hackett hopes to progress towards a potential world-title fight in 2025 when he fights Jose Roman Vazquez on the undercard of Liam Paro-Richardson Hitchins at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Saturday evening

Rising prospect Curmel Moton has taken to social media to issue an apology to the New Jersey State Athletic Commission.

The defending champion Brad Pauls and his challenger Denzel Bentley both made weight for their British and European middleweight title fight on Saturday at Wembley Arena

In this week’s mailbag, we tackle a few of the big bouts on the seven-fight extravaganza scheduled for February 22 in Riyadh, including the rematch between undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol; the fight between junior middleweight contenders Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Israil Madrimov, made all the more surprising given that Madrimov will also be facing Serhii Bohachuk just two months before then; and the clash between heavyweight contenders Zhilei Zhang and Agit Kabayel. We also remember Israel Vazquez, who died of cancer earlier this week at the age of 46.

On December 12, Boxing Hall-of-Famer and former pound-for-pound king Roy Jones Jr. will train five fighters on one card while also providing analysis from the corner for the livestream. Just for good measure, the card, at Legends Casino Hotel in Toppenish, Washington, will be promoted by Roy Jones Jr Boxing.