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By Allen Fox: WBA Super World bantamweight champion Ryan Burnett (19-0, 9 KOs) has picked former four division world champion Nonito Donaire (38-5, 24 KOs) for his quarter-finals match in the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) tournament in September or October. Read the rest of this entry »

By Allan Fox: On Friday, the World Boxing Super Series announced the quarter-finals match-ups of the 118 and 140-lb tourneys with interim WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis defending against former WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan, and unbeaten Josh Taylor facing undefeated Ryan Martin getting a lot of attention. The fights will be in September or October. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dan Ambrose: WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) weighed in at 153.8 pounds on Friday for his maiden title defense against former WBO champion Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (29-1-1, 14 KOs) in the main event on Saturday night on HBO Boxing After Dark at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Smith weighed in at 153.8 lbs. as well. The HBO telecast starts this Saturday night at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT. Read the rest of this entry »

By Chris Williams: Jerwin Ancajas (30-1-1, 20 KOs) will be making a defense of his International Boxing Federation super flyweight title against an opponent still to be determined on ESPN on September 14 on the undercard of WBC light welterweight champion Jose Ramirez vs. Antonio Orozco at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California. Read the rest of this entry »

By Allan Fox: WBA World light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (13-0, 11 KOs) says a unification fight between him and WBO champion Sergey Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs) will happen in the future as long as the two win their fights on August 4 against Isaac Chilemba (25-5-2, 10 KOs) and Eleider Alvarez (23-0, 11 KOs) on HBO at the Hard Rock Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Read the rest of this entry »

By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight contender Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller (21-0-1, 18 KOs) will be working the Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte vs. Joseph Parker fight as of the commentating team for the Sky Sports Box Office PPV fight from the O2 Arena in London, England. Miller, 30, is being groomed by Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn as an opponent for him to stick inside the ring with Anthony Joshua for April 13 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jeff Aranow: IBF/WBA cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev weighed in at 198 ¼ pounds on Friday afternoon for his unification fight against unbeaten WBA/WBO champion Oleksander Usyk in their fight this Saturday night (live on KlowdTV in the US) at the Olimpiyskiy, in Moscow, Russia. Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs) also weighed in at 198 ¼ lbs. Gassiev looked a little bigger in terms of size when the two of them stood for a face off. Read the rest of this entry »

By Scott Gilfoid: Still trying to mess with former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker’s mind, #1 WBC Dillian Whyte (23-1, 17 KOs) says he fought in a cowardly manner in his recent 12 round unanimous decision loss to IBF/WBA champion Anthony Joshua earlier this year on March 31 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Read the rest of this entry »

Usyk and Gassiev hit the scales in Moscow Aleksandr Usyk (89,9 kg) and Murat Gassiev (89,9 kg) made weight ahead of Saturday’s Ali Trophy Final at the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex in Moscow. Read the rest of this entry »

By Scott Gilfoid: Sam Eggington (23-4, 15 KOs) will step in to replace injured former IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook against junior middleweight contender Brandon Cook (20-1, 13 KOs) on July 28 in the co-feature bout on the Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker card on Sky Box Office at the O2 Arena in London, England. Brook suffered an ankle injury and had to pull out of the Cook fight. Read the rest of this entry »