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Claressa Shields may call herself the Greatest Woman Of All Time, but she has no problem conceding that the biggest fight in women’s boxing currently does not include her participation.
Canelo Alvarez still has a ways to go before he can merit a spot on the shortlist of Mexico’s greatest boxers, according to one educated observer’s opinion.
Alexander Krassyuk thinks it would make a lot of sense for Anthony Joshua to take a step aside fee. Krassyuk, the longtime promoter of WBO/WBA/IBF titlist Oleksandr Usyk, believes London’s Joshua should seriously consider taking financial compensation in return for relinquishing his immediate rematch rights with the Ukrainian in order to make way for an undisputed title match between Usyk and WBC beltholder Tyson Fury, however slim the possibility might be, and provided a legitimate offer – one in which all parties have signed off on – is actually on the table.
Frank Warren just wants Eddie Hearn to call a spade a spade. The veteran British promoters are no strangers to feuding. One of their latest involves rising contender Conor Benn, Hearn’s fighter, and veteran David Avanesyan,
Artur Beterbiev is on the same page as Joe Smith Jr. Beterbiev, the WBC/IBF light heavyweight titleholder from Russia, wants to unify the belts in the division as much as Smith, the WBO light heavyweight titleholder from Mastic, New York, does, according to Marc Ramsay, Beterbiev’s longtime trainer.
Ryan Garcia's biggest win of his life may have been the one he earned from outside the confines of a boxing ring. In a profile by Dan Rafael published in the Jan. 13 issue of Boxing News, the popular Garcia offered what is probably his most elaborate account thus far on the much-publicized psychic turmoil he faced last year and which abruptly ground his burgeoning career to a halt.
Cameron Dunkin has long thought that his top client, Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, can beat Terence Crawford, the fighter many currently believe to be non pareil of the sport, were they to fight today, but for a time that was strictly a minority opinion. After the breakout year that Ennis had, Dunkin has a few more like-minded observers on his side.
Eddie Hearn thinks that some of the speculation about his promotional client Anthony Joshua and the impending overhaul of his corner is overblown.
Gary Russell Jr. doesn’t see why he can’t jump into the ring no less than three times this year. The quick-fisted featherweight champion (WBC) from Washington D.C. has had something of an underwhelming career, mostly due to his inconsistent fighting schedule. He has fought essentially once a year since 2015.
Frank Warren sniffs a whiff of desperation from Eddie Hearn’s latest matchmaking proposal. The Queensberry Promotions head gave this thoughts on Hearn’s recent claim that he “made a very big offer” to light heavyweight contender and Warren client Anthony Yarde to face Hearn’s Joshua Buatsi in what would be an attractive all-British dust-up.