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More than three dozen retired boxers belatedly received, or are in the processing of receiving, payment from an obscure California boxing pension plan, the most in its 40-year existence, according to The Los Angeles Times
Swedish heavyweight Otto Wallin has taken his punishing loss to Anthony Joshua squarely on the chin. The New York-based southpaw refused to offer any alibis for his performance against the former heavyweight champion from London when they met last week in the main event of a card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
After more than three decades refereeing fights in the professional ranks, Kenny Bayless has decided to call it quits. Bayless, 73, wrote in a Facebook post that he has retired as a referee in Nevada, where he resides and has long been registered to officiate pro fights.
Amir Khan isn’t enamored by the potential hurdles his former opponent and one-time stablemate Terence Crawford would face in a fight against Canelo Alvarez.
Former heavyweight contender Joe Joyce is looking to rebound from the most brutal defeat of his career. The London-based heavyweight said he expects to return to the ring in March against a yet-to-be-determined opponent,
Veteran trainer Robert Garcia is looking forward to shepherding the comeback of Vergil Ortiz Jr. Garcia, who is based in Riverside, Calif., recently shared on his social media that he was back to training Ortiz, the puncher out of Grand Prairie, Texas, whose career has been derailed due to repeated health complications.
Defunct management company MTK Global, the company founded by alleged Irish crime boss Daniel Kinahan, was using the bank accounts of their signed fighters to funnel vast sums of money of up to $1 million, it was claimed in a court hearing.
Boxing star Gervonta Davis is now formally a man of faith. Videos circulating over the holiday showed the hard-hitting southpaw from Baltimore converting to Islam in a ceremony held at a mosque outside his hometown.
Don’t expect Terence Crawford to remain neutral as the boxing peanut gallery ruminates on who deserves to be the Fighter of the Year. As far as the kingpin of the welterweight division is concerned, he is the runaway favorite.
Junior welterweight titlist Subriel Matias is doing his part to whip up hard feelings toward Teofimo Lopez. Matias, the IBF 140-pound titlist from Puerto Rico, and Lopez, the WBO 140-pound titlist from Brooklyn, New York, are reportedly in talks to meet in the ring next summer for a unification of their junior welterweight belts.