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By Chris Williams: WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez (37-0, 25 KOs) will be making his fourth defense of his title this Saturday night against unbeaten WBO #10 contender Roamer Alexis Angulo (23-0, 20 KOs) on Top Rank Boxing on ESPN at the Chesapeake Energy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.… Read

By Allan Fox: IBF/WBA unior middleweight champion Jarrett ‘Swift’ Hurd (22-0, 15 KOs) says he plans on returning to the ring soon in the next two months to start getting ready for his next fight, which he says will be a tune-up, according to Premier Boxing Champions. Hurd, 27, wants to come back slowly after […]

Kubrat Pulev is ready to face IBF No. 3 rated contender, Jarrell Miller from Brooklyn, NY. “I’m happy to welcome Jerrell “Big Baby” Miller to Bulgaria. It will be an opportunity to showcase this exciting heavyweight matchup between us in front of grateful boxing fans,” Pulev announced via Twitter.… Read

By Tim Royner: IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev will be defending his title against #8 IBF Callum ‘The One’ Johnson on October 6 in a fight that will be staged in the United States, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. … Read

By Jeff Aranow: The management for former junior middleweight title challenger Julian ‘J-Rock’ Williams (25-1, 15 KOs) and unbeaten Takeshi Inoue (13-0-1, 7 KOs) have reportedly reached a deal to avoid a purse for an International Boxing Federation purse bid. The purse bid was supposed to have taken place on Monday, according to Dan Rafal […]

By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Barry McGuigan isn’t saying whether Josh ‘The Tartan Tornado’ Taylor (13-0, 11 KOs) will enter the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) light welterweight tournament to compete against talents like interim WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis (21-0, 18 KOs) after the way he had to struggle to beat 34-year-old former WBC […]

By Dan Ambrose: In an easy title defense, World Boxing Council super featherweight champion Miguel ‘Alacran’ Berchelt (34-1, 30 KOs) defeated #9 WBC featherweight contender Jonathan Víctor “Yoni” Barros (41–6-1, 22 KOs) by a 3rd round knockout last Saturday night in a mismatch at the Poliórum Zamná in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. … Read

By Oliver McManus: Alfie Price is a man looking to capitalize on the burgeoning British super-lightweight scene and the 24 year old southpaw is already setting his sights on some titles – the Southern Area after five, he wants.… Read

By Tim Royner: Showing off his superior talent, 2016 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Tony Yoka (5-0, 5 KOs) defeated an out of shape Dave ‘White Rino’ Allen (13-4-2, 10 KOs) by a 10th round knockout on Saturday night at the Dome de Paris-Palais des Sports in Paris, France. Yoka, 26, appeared to carry Allen […]

Vergil Ortiz Jr. (10-0, 10 KOs), the rising knockout artist and pride of Dallas, Texas, scored a spectacular third-round knockout win against former world champion Juan Carlos Salgado (27-9-1, 16 KOs) in a 10-round super lightweight fight in main event of the June 23 edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at the Belasco Theater […]