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Josh Taylor does not see why he needs to give up his lofty perch in the 140-pound division anytime soon – or ever, for that matter. The undisputed junior welterweight champion from Scotland may have accomplished all that can be done in his current weight class, but that does not mean he is necessarily looking to leave it permanently.
Jake Paul apparently has other plans in boxing that don’t necessarily involve throwing right hands. The YouTube phenom recently revealed that he will be helping his friend and training mate Amanda Serrano navigate the business end of her boxing career. In fact, Paul says he is currently involved in talks with promoter Eddie Hearn to stage a title bout between Serrano and Hearn’s client, Ireland’s Katie Taylor, the undisputed women’s lightweight world champion. Paul founded his own promotional company – MVP – earlier this summer.
Marc Ramsay is on the ascent. The respected trainer and longtime fixture on the Montreal boxing scene will head the boxing department for the promotional company Eye of the Tiger Management, according to a press release sent out by the company Monday.
Stephen Fulton does not understand the hype behind Brandon Figueroa’s title-winning stoppage of Luis Nery last May. Fulton, the WBO junior featherweight titleholder from Philadelphia, will face off against Weslaco, Texas’ Figueora, the WBC titleholder, in a unification bout on Sept. 18 at the Park Theater in Las Vegas on a Showtime-televised card.
Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, the 18-year-old female Mexican boxer who died of traumatic brain injuries last week after participating on a fight card in Montreal, was ready to face any fatal outcomes inside the ring and, what’s more, was apparently warned by doctors after her previous knockout loss in May that she would need surgery, according to her father.
Boxing's latest scandal has left Timothy Bradley with smoke coming out of his ears. The retired welterweight champion and current ESPN commentator had some harsh words for Oscar Valdez, the WBC junior lightweight titleholder who will make the first defense of his title against Robson Conceicao on Sept.10 in Tucson, Arizona, during a recent episode of the ESPN+ show State of Boxing.
The boxing world may soon have some concrete answers regarding the recent untimely death of Jeanette Zacarias Zapata. The coroner’s office of Quebec will launch a formal investigation into the death of the 18-year-old Mexican boxer, who passed away Thursday afternoon at a hospital in Montreal after sustaining head injuries five days earlier Saturday night, Aug. 28, during a boxing match on a card topped by the Kim Clavel-Maria Soledad Vargas main event.
Claressa Shields will need to dust off her passport for the next phase of her career. The two-time Olympian and three-division world champion from Flint, Michigan has agreed to a multi-fight deal with UK broadcasting giant Sky Sports. Per the arrangement, Shields will appear on cards promoted by Boxxer, a British promotional company that has an output deal with Sky Sports.
If Caleb Plant approaches his fight in the ring against Canelo Alvarez the same way he did at the negotiating table, he may end up surprising more than a few viewers. The Nashville-born IBF super middleweight titleholder will put his belt on the line against Alvarez, the WBC/WBO/WBA champion, in a full unification title fight on Nov. 6 in Las Vegas. Alvarez announced the fight on his social media in late August.
Tyron Woodley can still hear the till ringing. The former UFC star and boxing newbie may not have achieved the result he hoped for against YouTube star Jake Paul in their ballyhooed eight-round cruiserweight matchup that took place at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio on Aug. 28, which Paul won by split decision, but the size of his paycheck has nevertheless left him grinning from ear to ear.