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By Dan Ambrose: Mikey Garcia says he wants to take on IBF welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr. in December. Three division world champion Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) says the main reason he wants to fight the 28-year-old Spence is because people don’t believe he’ll do it. Read the rest of this entry »

By Scott Gilfoid: ormer four division world champion Martin Murray says he could be at the end of his career if he loses to WBC Silver middleweight champion Roberto Garcia this Saturday night in their fight at the O2 Arena in London, England. Read the rest of this entry »

By Scott Gilfoid: Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) will challenge World Boxing Organization junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) next month on July 21 in a fight on HBO Boxing After Dark at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. This is probably Smith’s best chance of winning back his WBO 154lb title he lost two years ago to Saul Canelo Alvarez by a 9th round knockout in 2016. Read the rest of this entry »

By Trevor McIntyre: Matchroom Sport plans on announcing Amir Khan’s next fight next week for July. Promoter Eddie Hearn isn’t dropping any hints who the 31-year-old Khan (31-4, 20 KOs) will be facing, but it’s expected to be a lower level opponent that he can beat without any problems. Hearn wants to keep Khan and Kell Brook winning long enough to match them against each other in a big money fight on Sky Box Office. Read the rest of this entry »

Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs), the newly-crowned WBO Junior Middleweight World Champion of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, will make the first defense of his title against former world champion Liam “Beefy” Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) in a 12-round main event Saturday, July 21 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. The fight will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Read the rest of this entry »

By Tim Royner: Josh Taylor weighed in at 139.8 pounds for his WBC light welterweight title eliminator against former WBC 140 lb. champion Viktor Postol on Saturday night at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. The once beaten Postol (29-1, 12 KOs) weighed in at 139.8 pounds as well. Read the rest of this entry »

MARTIN MURRAY lashed out at WBC Silver Middleweight Champion Roberto Garcia ahead of their big clash on Saturday night at London’s o2. The feuding fighters clashed after both weighing in for Garcia’s title defence against the St Helens man, where the mandatory position for Gennady Golovkin’s WBC crown is at stake. Read the rest of this entry »

By Chris Williams: David Benavidez and Anthony Dirrell have agreed to a deal to face each other in September at a still to be determined venue, averting a purse bid that was scheduled for Friday in Mexico City. This will be the 21-year-old Benavidez’s second defense of his World Boxing Council 168lb title, and it’s a step up in class from his last two fights against Ronald Gavril. The venue for the fight still has to be decided. Read the rest of this entry »

By Allan Fox: A fight between past their prime former world champions Victor Ortiz and Brandon Rios is in the works on Fox on Premier Boxing Champions on August 4, according to ESPN. The 31-year-old Ortiz (32-6-3, 25 KOs) fought to a 12 round draw against Devon Alexander last February. Read the rest of this entry »

By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn is saying the rematch between Luke Campbell and Yvan Mendy is a done deal for a WBC lightweight title eliminator at a still to be determined date and venue in September. The fight will likely take place in the UK, which will put Mendy at a disadvantage. However, he’s already proven in the past that he can beat Campbell in the UK, so he should be able to do the same thing in a second fight. Read the rest of this entry »