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Quotes: Terence Crawford Face-To-Face with Mean Machine
Crawford to defend WBO welterweight title LIVE on ESPN against Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas Saturday evening (9 p.m. → read full story
Terence Crawford: I don’t need Thurman, Spence, Porter or Garcia
By Chris Williams: A bitter sounding Terence Crawford insists that he’s accomplished much more in his career than PBC fighters Errol Spence Jr., Keith Thurman, Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia, and that he doesn’t need them. → read full story
Tyson Fury sends message to Deontay Wilder
By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury posted a message on his Instagram site on Wednesday to Deontay Wilder ahead of their scheduled February 22 rematch. → read full story
Frampton beats McCreary; Valdez stops Lopez
By Robert Addams: The popular former two-division world champion Carl Frampton came into his fight last Saturday night against Tyler McCreary needing a victory over him to earn a title shot against WBO super featherweight champion Jamel Herring. → read full story
Oscar Valdez 129.8 lbs vs. Adam Lopez – weigh-in results
By Chris Williams: Oscar Valdez will be facing replacement opponent Adam Lopez (13-1, 6 KOs) in the headliner bout this Saturday on ESPN at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, in Las Vegas. → read full story
Naoya Inoue inks with Top Rank Boxing
By Chris Williams: Following his victory over Nonito Donaire on Thursday night, IBF/ABA bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue signed a multi-year contract with Top Rank Boxing to have his fights shown in the U.S. → read full story
Arum says Shakur Stevenson reminds him of Floyd Mayweather
By Chris Williams: Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs) captured the vacant WBO featherweight title last Saturday night in beating previously unbeaten #2 WBO Joet Gonzalez (23-1, 14 KOs) by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, in Reno, Nevada. → read full story
Sulaiman says Lomachenko CAN become undisputed as ‘Franchise’ champion
By Chris Williams: WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman was grilled by the media on Thursday about how Vasiliy Lomachenko can become the undisputed lightweight champion now that he’s been elevated to ‘Franchise’ champion by the sanctioning body. → read full story
Artur Beterbiev: “I don’t care about judges”
By Kenneth Friedman: IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (15-0, 15 KOs) made sure that the judges had no say in the final results of his fight last Friday night in stopping WBC champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (17-1, 14 KOs) in the 10th round at the Liacouras Center, in Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. → read full story
Bivol wants to face Beterbiev in unification match
By Sean Jones: WBA 175-pound belt holder Dmitry Bivol is reportedly ready to battle IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev in 2020 in a unification match, according to @Tass_Agency. → read full story