


Veteran promoter Don King on Tuesday delivered a cease-and-desist letter to Zuffa Boxing and parent company TKO Group Holdings attempting to stop King-promoted WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian from fighting in Saturday’s co-main event bout versus former IBF champion Jai Opetaia.

Chris Algieri, a former foe of Conor Benn and a qualified nutritionist, believes images released of Benn ahead of his WBC welterweight title fight with Ryan Garcia are concerning.

Both WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara and former undisputed junior-middleweight champion Jermell Charlo are in consideration for middleweight bouts against former 154lbs champion Tim Tszyu and current WBC interim junior-middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jnr, BoxingScene learned Tuesday.

Unsurprisingly, Tyson Fury’s plan to fight Oleksandr Usyk and not Anthony Joshua in November has been dismissed by the Ukrainian’s manager.