
Israil Madrimov fueled by challenge of battling the best in Terence Crawford
Israil Madrimov has made no secret of his admiration for Terence Crawford. But there may be one thing that rates as highly in Madrimov’s book as Crawford: beating him.

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Israil Madrimov has made no secret of his admiration for Terence Crawford. But there may be one thing that rates as highly in Madrimov’s book as Crawford: beating him.

Alberto Palmetta and Jesus Saracho both weighed in below the contracted weight limit for their welterweight main event in Plant City, Florida, on this week’s “Wednesday Night Fights” on ProBox TV.

Former unified junior-middleweight champion Jarrett Hurd will have his first fight of 2024 when he confronts the Florida-based Dominican Jeison Rosario on August 21

Terence Crawford is ready to serve a reminder as to why he tops pound-for-pound lists when he moves up to challenge WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov on Saturday.

Claressa Shields says she has yet to decide whether to stay at the heavyweight division despite recording an explosive second round knockout win over WBC women’s heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse.

Former unified heavyweight world champion Andy Ruiz has his sights set on a huge rematch with Joseph Parker if he gets past Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller in his long-awaited comeback fight at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles this Saturday August 3.

As he counts down to his rematch with Tomoki Kameda in Japan, South African contender Lerato Dlamini has re-signed with Colin Nathan’s No Doubt management company, in partnership with Boxing 5 promotions.

The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) and International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHOF) will honor super middleweight Nisa Rodriguez on Sept. 15 in New York.


“It was a good fight. I enjoyed it,” said Joe Joyce, following his gruelling 10-round decision loss to Derek Chisora at London’s O2 Arena.