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Bob Arum apparently has several attractive offers to keep lightweight champion Devin Haney part of his promotional orbit. The head of Top Rank Inc. outlined three fights for the 24-year-old Haney, who retained his undisputed distinction last month with a unanimous decision over Vasiliy Lomachenko.
Teofimo Lopez is standing his ground when it comes to his disturbing rhetoric. The former unified lightweight champion and current 140-pound contender turned heads recently when he described wanting “to kill” Josh Taylor, the WBO 140-pound titlist, ahead of their title fight this Saturday at The Theater at Madison
Boxing fans can apparently forget about seeing an undisputed light heavyweight title fight between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev anytime soon—or so long as Russia’s onslaught against Ukraine persists.
Teofimo Lopez appears to have no intention of scaling down his animus for ESPN commentators Timothy Bradley and Andre Ward. Lopez attracted controversy a few months ago when he lambasted Bradley and Ward—both Hall of Fame fighters—for being biased against him during an ESPN telecast of his last fight against Spaniard Sandor Martin in December. Lopez
Chris Eubank Jr. desperately wants to correct the public’s perception of himself. The veteran middleweight from Brighton, England, took a reputational hit earlier this year when he suffered a fourth-round stoppage loss to Liam Smith at AO Arena in Manchester.
Veteran referee Tony Weeks has finally spoken up. In an interview conducted with Michael Woods of NY Fights, Weeks was asked to respond to widespread condemnation for the way he presided over the junior welterweight title bout between Rolando Romero and Ismael Barroso last month.
Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jr. is hoping to turn over a new leaf. In a series of candid tweets over the past weekend, the former featherweight titlist and current lightweight contender from Southern California admitted he has struggled with alcoholism and other drugs for the past few years. Apologizing to his fans, Diaz promised he would rebound, noting that while he has kicked his drug habit, he has yet to conquer his battle being on the bottle.
Keith Thurman is confident he will have a fight lined up for him this summer after Errol Spence Jr. decided to go a different direction. Last week saw the highly anticipated announcement of the undisputed welterweight championship between WBA, WBC, IBF champion Spence and WBO titlist Terence Crawford. That fight is set for July 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Showtime Pay-Per-View.
Oleksandr Usyk was apparently as outraged as many other viewers who tuned into the recent undisputed light heavyweight championship between Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko.
The duel between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Devin Haney only bolstered Terence Crawford’s belief in Shakur Stevenson. Haney, the undisputed lightweight champion, retained his four 135-pound titles with a spirited effort against Vasiliy Lomachenko this past weekend at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.