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By Mark Eisner: It’s official that WBC light heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (17-0, 14 KOs) and IBF 175 pound champion Artur Beterbiev (14-0, 14 KOs) will be facing each other in a unification fight on October 18 on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  → read full story

Two very bad men are set for an old-fashioned Philadelphia throwdown.  → read full story

In light of the recent news that there will be a light heavyweight world title unification fight between Ukraine’s Oleksandr Gvozdyk (17-0, 14 KOs) and Russia’s Artur Beterbiev (14-0, 14 KOs) in October, Roc Nation Sports boxer Meng Fanlong (15-0, 9 KOs) is looking forward to a timely fight versus the winner of that bout […]

By Jeff Aranow: Artur Beterbiev says he’s now signed a contract to face Oleksandr Gvozdyk in a unification fight with their IBF and WBC light heavyweight titles on the line on October 18.  → read full story

By Dan Ambrose: Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez says he wants to fight for a world title in 2019 against either IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev or WBC champion Oleksander Gvozdyk.  → read full story

By Mark Eisner: Top Rank is working on finalizing a unification fight between IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and WBC champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk for the fall on ESPN, according to Mike Coppinger.  → read full story

By Allan Fox: Sergey Kovalaev states that he’s currently in negotiations to compete in a light heavyweight tournament that would include 175-pound champions Artur Beterbiev, Dmitry Bivol and Oleksandr Gvozdyk.  → read full story

Roc Nation Sports light heavyweight boxer Meng Fanlong (15-0, 9 KOs) dominated in his return to the ring Saturday night after toppling Adam Deines (17-1, 8 KOs) of Germany via unanimous decision in the IBF Light Heavyweight World Title Mandatory Eliminator bout at the Wynn Palace in Macau, China.  → read full story

The knockout streak continues. Artur Beterbiev, — boxing’s only world champion with a 100 percent KO ratio — knocked out the hard-hitting Radivoje “Hot Rod” Kalajdzic in the fifth round in front of 10,105 fans at Stockton Arena.  → read full story

Boxing’s only world champion with a 100 percent knockout ratio (Artur Beterbiev), the longest-reigning junior bantamweight world champion (Jerwin Ancajas) and the sport’s youngest ticket-seller (Gabriel Flores Jr.) took center stage Thursday at the final press conference for Saturday’s ESPN-televised card at Stockton Arena (10 p.m.  → read full story