Terence Crawford has weighed in on the current heavyweight scene ahead of major changes over the next twelve months. Oleksandr Usyk is the current unified champion, holding the WBC, IBF and WBA belts. His vacated WBO title was awarded to Fabio Wardley, who, at 31, still has years of intriguing fights ahead in the division […]

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This month, Oleksandr Usyk faces Rico Verhoeven at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Usyk currently holds three of the four major heavyweight world titles, and has been permitted by the WBC to defend its belt against Verhoeven, despite the challenger having just one professional boxing bout to his name alongside a decorated kickboxing career […]

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Naoya Inoue defends his undisputed super-bantamweight titles against Junto Nakatani this Saturday at the Tokyo Dome. The bout headlines a sold-out show of around 55,000 fans and is widely being billed as the biggest fight in Japanese boxing history, with both men featuring on the current pound-for-pound lists and entering the ring undefeated. Inoue puts […]

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Nonito Donaire has made his prediction for Nayoa Inoue’s next undisputed title defence against Junto Nakatani. The fight pits two pound-for-pound stars against one another. Inoue is well established as one of if not the best fighter in the world, but Nakatani – who will mark just his second appearance at super-bantamweight – is a […]

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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is due to make his ring return on September 12 in Saudi Arabia, with the only official announcement so far branding it a world title fight but naming no opponent. Canelo lost all four super-middleweight world titles to Terence Crawford in September of last year. While Crawford retired and scattered the belts, […]

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Terence Crawford has addressed some criticism levelled at him since retirement. The five-weight world champion hung up the gloves late last year following an impressive victory over Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, stepping away from the sport undefeated and with a record-breaking legacy. Despite most commending the timing of his decision to retire, some believe ‘Bud’ should […]

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Ahead of a reported rematch, Manny Pacquiao is unconvinced by Floyd Mayweather’s claims that he is the greatest fighter of all time, and has even questioned his famous 50-0 record. Back in 2015, Pacquiao became the 48th name of Mayweather’s resume, losing by unanimous decision in Las Vegas on a night where the main event […]

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Eddie Hearn believes he has a ‘giant’ on his books who can bring a heavyweight world title back to Matchroom Boxing. The announcement of Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury later this year looks set to close out a generation and welcome the new school, with the likes of Moses Itauma and Fabio Wardley poised to […]

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Oleksandr Usyk has some words of advice for Anthony Joshua ahead of the biggest fight of his career. Joshua and Fury are heading towards a Battle of Britain later this year, with the winner staking his claim as the second best heavyweight of a generation behind Usyk. The Ukrainian beat both men twice on his […]

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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez suffered the first defeat of his career thirteen years ago, falling short against the great Floyd Mayweather. The pair clashed on September 14, 2013 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, in a fight billed as ‘The One.’ Mayweather entered as the unbeaten pound-for-pound number one and the sport’s biggest draw, while […]

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Shakur Stevenson has pumped the brakes following a report that he is in preliminary talks to face Devin Haney. The two elite Americans each have a claim for pound-for-pound status, both boast undefeated records and are considered amongst the most defensively skilled operators of the modern era. A weight class or two has always separated […]

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Shakur Stevenson and Devin Haney are reportedly in talks for an all-American superfight. Stevenson scored the biggest victory of his career this year, moving up to super-lightweight to beat Teofimo Lopez and become a four-division world champion. Haney has won titles in three weight classes and was undisputed at lightweight. Most recently, he beat Brian […]

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