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Posted on 03/25/2023 By: Sean Crose Chris Colbert battled Jose Valenzuela Saturday night on the pay per view undercard of the David Benavidez-Caleb Plant supermiddleweight throwdown. Colbert entered the ring for the scheduled 10 round lightweight battle at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with a record of 16-1 while Valenzuela answered the opening bell

Posted on 03/24/2023 By: Sean Crose “Usyk,” WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says directly to the camera, “you little shithouse.” Fury was taking an opportunity yesterday to bash would be opponent and WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk after their hoped for fight fell through. “You proper little shitbag, bug eyed,

Posted on 03/24/2023 By: Sean Crose Tomorrow night, the supermiddleweight bout between former world titlist Caleb Plant and fellow former world titlist David Benavidez will go down in Las Vegas as the main event of a Showtime pay per view card. At yesterday’s final press conference before the match, it was not only clear that

Posted on 03/23/2023 By: Sean Crose In a huge sign of everything that’s wrong with contemporary boxing, the undisputed heavyweight championship fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, which was supposed to go down April 29th at London’s Wembley Stadium, has been scratched. Chances are high that you knew this already, as the news pretty

Posted on 03/23/2023 By: Sean Crose Caleb Plant is thirty years of age. He has a professional boxing record of twenty-two wins and one loss. That single defeat came at the gloved hands of the sport’s biggest name, Canelo Alvarez. It cost Plant the IBF super welterweight world title he had held for close to

Posted on 03/22/2023 By: Sean Crose It ain’t happening. Or is it? The much hyped, much anguished over undisputed heavyweight championship fight between WBC and lineal champion Tyson Fury, and WBA, WBO, and IBF titlist Oleksandr Usyk had been called off last night. Although the fight had reportedly been set for April 29th at London’s

Posted on 03/22/2023 By: Sena Crose Let’s face it – this would make some kind of fight. Former WBC heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder, perhaps the hardest hitting fighter in history, versus the walking, talking skill set that is WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk is nothing short of an extremely intriguing proposition. Would

Posted on 03/21/2023 By: Sean Crose Sean Zittel of FightHype recently had an in-depth interview with Tim Bradley which is now online. In the interview, world titlist turned effective fight broadcaster Bradley discussed the upcoming Gervonta Davis – Ryan Garcia bout in detail. The bottom line? Bradley thinks Davis will end up winning, though he’s

Posted on 03/21/2023 By: Sean Crose A bit of bad news: Former undisputed bantamweight titlist Naoya Inoue has had to step away from his fight against WBC and WBO super bantamweight titlist Stephen Fulton on May 7th due to an injury received in training. According to ESPN, the plan is to reschedule the bout so

Posted on 03/20/2023 By: Sean Crose “This is a fight I’ve been waiting for my whole life,” David Benavidez says in an interview with ESNews, “this is a step into the pay per view. I definitely want to leave a good impression and I want to leave my mark.” This weekend, the former world titlist

Posted on 03/18/2023 By: Sean Crose Tyson Fury claims he’s training for the match, which he says will go down in April at London’s Wembley Stadium. Fury’s opponent, however, has indicated that the fight may not go down at all. “The points for (a contractual) agreement were sent to Fury’s side,” WBA, IBF and WBO

Posted on 03/19/2023 By: Sean Crose The main event of Saturday’s DAZN card from Long Beach, California, was supposed to be a light heavyweight throwdown between Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez and popular veteran Gabriel Rosado. Ramirez couldn’t make weight, however, and so that fight was cancelled. That proved to be good news for Joseph Diaz, 32-3-1,

Posted on 03/17/2023 By: Sean Crose There were more than a few people out there who were concerned about popular veteran Gabriel Rosado squaring off this weekend against Gilberto Ramirez at California’s Long Beach State University. Rosado, although thrilling to see in action, has accumulated much wear and tear over the years. It simply didn’t

Posted on 03/17/2023 By: Sean Crose “It’s a great opportunity that has not been gifted,” John Ryder said at Thursday’s press conference to kickoff the promotion of his May battle with the one and only Canelo Alvarez. “I’ve worked hard at this for years. Like you said, I’ve suffered the highs, the lows, the bottom

Posted on 03/17/2023 By: Sean Crose “The press conference in Guadalajara was an unbelievable moment for me,” Canelo Alvarez said on Thursday, “because I saw my grandma, my dad, my mom, my brothers, my family there. A lot of media guys I saw when I started boxing.” The man had good reason to be pleased,

Posted on 03/16/2023 By: Sean Crose “World’s Greatest Boxing Promoter Don King,” a press statement released Thursday declared, “Signs Exciting Superstar Bad Boy Of Boxing, Adrien Broner; Four-Time World Champion Ready To Go Back To Work.” (sic) Indeed, it’s quite a pairing. One of the most notorious promoters in boxing’s recent past aligning with one

Posted on 03/15/2023 By: Sean Crose The WBC has ordered an interesting light heavyweight title fight. The Council’s current divisional t king, 19-0 Artur Beterbiev, has been instructed to make a deal with 29-1 former world titlist Callum Smith by April 11th, lest the fight go to purse bid. Beterbiev is a wrecking machine, but

Posted on 03/15/2023 By: Sean Crose “I think it’s great that Canelo Alvarez is going back to his roots,” Oscar De La Hoya says in a recent Fight Hub video. “I think it’s special. I think it’s a great thing.” While he may seem happy that former protégé Canelo will be fighting a homecoming bout