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Five-division champion Sugar Ray Leonard did the unthinkable on April 6, 1987, un-retiring after a nearly three-year absence (35 months) and rising from 147 pounds to dethrone southpaw Marvin Hagler as 160-pound champion.
Unbeaten WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman will end a 22-month ring absence against title challenger Josesito Lopez on January 26 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Fox at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.
Long Island light heavyweight Joe Smith owns definitive first- and eighth-round stoppages of title challenger Andrzej Fonfara and two-division champion Bernard Hopkins from June and December 2016. The 6-foot Smith (24-2, 20 KOs) is coming off June’s 95-second stoppage of Melvin Russell to rebound after flooring then-once beaten title challenger Sullivan Barrera in the first round of a 10-round unanimous decision loss in July 2017.
Evander Holyfield offered a scouting report of his first glimpse of southpaw Oleksander Usyk, an impromptu review of a Youtube video on his cell phone of the 31-year-old Ukrainian undisputed cruiserweight champion overcoming a former world titleholder for the fourth time in a row.
The size disparity between defending “super” WBA bantamweight world champion Ryan Burnett and four-division title-winner Nonito Donaire was obvious to an observer 30 seconds into the first round of his recent clash at SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Philadelphia southpaw Tevin Farmer pursues his 21st consecutive victory and second straight knockout in as many IBF 130-pound title defenses against Francisco Fonseca on the undercard of Rocky Fielding’s WBA “regular” super middleweight title defense against Canelo Alvarez, who will pursue a third crown in as many divisions on December 15 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and his team have pushed a scheduled second defense against Joe Smith from December 15 to sometime in February citing too swift a turnaround – a span of 69 days -- from last month’s fourth-round stoppage victory over previously unbeaten Callum Johnson in Chicago.
Unbeaten former 168-pound champion David Benavidez could return in March from a six-month suspension for a positive drug test of benzoylecgonine -- a main ingredient for cocaine. The 21-year-old has also been declared “Champion in recess,” effectively stripped of his WBC crown, according to his promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz.
Born on Halloween and nicknamed “The Ripper,” two-division champion Badou Jack will extend trick or treating through the next few months while surveying a sizzling landscape of activity within the 175-pound division.
IBF, IBO and WBA junior middleweight champion Jarrett Hurd envisions a 154-pound clash with left-handed IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence in the distant future, but Spence doesn’t believe Hurd will get beyond a potential unification bout against WBC 154-pound counterpart Jermell Charlo, his training stablemate.