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By Scott Gilfoid: Lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury was smothering Deontay Wilder with love last Saturday night following his first round knockout win over Dominic Breazeale.  → read full story

By Kenneth Friedman: Deontay Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) put on an impressive performance in knocking out Dominic ‘Trouble’ Breazeale (20-2, 18 KOs) in the first round on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  → read full story

By Chris Williams: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) made quick work of his mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale (20-2, 18 KOs) in stopping him in the first round on Saturday night in front of a huge crowd on Showtime World Championship Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  → read full story

By Mark Eisner: WBA regular bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue stopped IBF 118-pound champion Emmanuel Rodriguez (17-1, 12 KOs) in the 2nd round in their semifinal fight.  → read full story

By Charles Bruns: Billy Joe Saunders (28-0, 13 KOs) won the vacant WBO super middleweight title on Saturday night in beating Shefat Isufi (27-4-2, 20 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision, and now he’s targeting WBA Super World champion Callum Smith (25-0, 18 KOs) for a unification fight.  → read full story

By Scott Gilfoid: Josh ‘The Tartan Tornado’ Taylor knocked Ivan Baranchyk (19-1, 12 KOs) down a couple of times in round six to go on to capture the Russian fighter’s IBF light welterweight title in winning a 12 round unanimous decision in their World Boxing Super Series semifinal fight at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.  → read full story

By Mike Smith: Billy Joe Saunders (28-0, 13 KOs) put in a rocky performance in beating #1 ranked WBO contender Shefat Isufi (27-4-2, 20 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night to capture the recently vacated World Boxing Organization super middleweight title at the Lamex Stadium in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.  → read full story

By Chris Williams: Errol Spence Jr. says he’d be willing to face middleweight champion Saul Canelo Alvarez if he’s interested in fighting him next.  → read full story

By Allan Fox: At Friday’s weigh-in, WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder let challenger Dominic Breazeale know that Saturday will be “judgement day” when the two of them meet at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  → read full story

By Sean Jones: Gennady Golovkin is making a new start with trainer Johathon Banks after splitting with former trainer Abel Sanchez.  → read full story