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Fights involving former world titleholders Jessie Magdaleno and Jose Pedraza are on tap for June cards that Top Rank is in the process of putting together as it plans to bring boxing back with no spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Dan Rafael - Boxing promoters are busy making plans for bringing fights back this summer with most realizing that, at least initially, they will have to take place without spectators -- or the revenue that goes with having a live gate -- due to the coronavirus pandemic. Golden Boy Promotions is one of those companies and hopeful to put on its first show...
By Dan Rafael - Tevin Farmer has heard the chatter and seen the mock posters that junior lightweight world titlist Joseph Diaz Jr. and former three-division titleholder Abner Mares have posted on their social media pages as they try to talk up a potential showdown that surely would stoke interest among fans in Southern California, where both call home. But...
The biggest heavyweight fight in boxing – maybe the biggest fight in the sport, period – is certainly a showdown for the undisputed championship between British countrymen Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Some have speculated that perhaps the fight could take place at the end of the year, but that is unlikely for a variety of reasons.
By Dan Rafael - Talk to any boxing promoter, manager or television executive with an involvement in the sport and they will all tell you that when fights do resume they will take place in controlled environments without spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic. While that scenario will mean cards will generate less revenue due to not having any ticket-buying...
By Dan Rafael - If things were normal in boxing, former middleweight world titlist Daniel Jacobs would be a few weeks into training camp for his next bout, his second since moving up to the super middleweight division. But these are not normal times. Jacobs’ next fight, the third of his deal with DAZN, was tentatively scheduled for June 13 – site and opponent...
By Dan Rafael - Although the boxing schedule has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic it has not stopped top lightweight up-and-comer Ryan Garcia from staying in shape, working on his skills and thinking about the big fights that could loom in his future. Garcia, the 2017 ESPN prospect of the year, is hunkered down at a rented house in...
By Dan Rafael - Once the coronavirus pandemic is contained enough to allow sports to return, boxing promoters will look to put shows on as soon as possible. However, as long as the sport is shuttered amid the global crisis promoters are unable to keep their fighters busy or generate any revenue. At least the biggest promoters know that when fights...