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JOSH TAYLOR is backing Devin Haney to retain the WBC super-lightweight title on Saturday night (April 20) against Ryan Garcia but is refusing to entertain any thought of a possible fight against the American in the future. There is good reason for that, however. Having become undisputed super-lightweight champion after beating Jose Carlos Ramirez in

WIDESPREAD concern regarding Ryan Garcia making weight was validated late Friday morning when the troubled contender came in 3.2 pounds too heavy for his 140-pound title fight against Devin Haney. Garcia officially weighed 143.2 pounds behind closed doors when he stepped on the New York State Athletic Commission’s scale. Haney met his contractual obligation by

LISTENING to Xander Zayas you would be forgiven for thinking he had twice the number of pro fights and half the amount of pressure on his shoulders. At 21, his maturity belies his inexperience and his blissful ignorance allows him to disregard what will arrive at his door if, as expected, he lives up to

NEW YORK – Bill Haney mockingly presented Ryan Garcia with a gift Thursday during the final press conference for Garcia’s 140-pound title fight with his son. Garcia grabbed the copy of “Psychology For Dummies” and immediately tossed it off the stage at Barclays Center. Haney’s father and trainer nonetheless noted that he isn’t buying Garcia’s

(Interview by Declan Warrington) BN: Ahead of your victory in December over Regis Prograis it was still being said that you didn’t deserve the decision over Vasyl Lomachenko. Heading into Saturday’s fight, it’s instead being said how superbly you performed against Prograis. How has that change influenced your build-up to this fight? DH: It doesn’t

1) April 14: “I’ve seen the worst things in life and yall don’t care, at all. It’s sad to see what people do to people that are going thru a situation where it’s unmatched. You wouldn’t be the same if you saw what I saw I’m crying.” 2) April 14: “I never kissed a man

Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia: What time is the fight? What channel is it on? The heated rivalry between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia will finally be settled this Saturday night (April 20) at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York. What TV channel is Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia on? The DAZN pay-per-view begins

FLOYD MAYWEATHER once said, “I won’t get my dues as an active fighter. It will be when I’ve been retired for 20 years when you will all look back and realise how great I am.” Not quite as poetic – or humble – as Joni Mitchell’s timeless Big Yellow Taxi, but the point is the

Gary Lockett (Trainer) I’d love to see Ryan Garcia do it. I don’t like some of Devin Haney’s comments. He’s brash and arrogant. But I do think Haney is the closest thing I’ve seen to [Floyd] Mayweather. He fights very much like him. He’s got that shoulder roll style, not the biggest puncher but he’s

FILIP HRGOVIC expects to face Daniel Dubois for the vacant IBF heavyweight title on June 1 – with a Wembley superfight against Anthony Joshua also awaiting the winner. Hrgovic is part of Team Matchroom for the 5 vs 5 event against Queensberry, with Frank Warren’s heavyweight hope Dubois the man selected to face the Croatian.

LET ME take you on a little journey from the back of York Hall, where there are always dead pigeons and discarded vapes on the floor, to the ring at the Olympics this summer in Paris. It is, I admit, not a direct journey, but stick with me because there will be stops for dream

Mark Butcher attends the Beterbiev vs Bivol and Matchroom vs Queensberry 5 vs 5 press launch and witnesses boxing finally marketing itself as an elite sport. Boxing’s greatest opponent has always been boxing. The sport has a tendency to self-harm rather than sell itself. You know the drill well enough by now, the best swerving

AS if announcing a long-anticipated light-heavyweight showdown between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol this afternoon (April 15) in London wasn’t enough, what then followed this announcement was confirmation of an undercard as good as we have seen in the sport for some time. All part of the Queensberry vs. Matchroom concept first proposed by Turki

A fight between Russian light-heavyweights Dmtitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev was this afternoon (April 15) confirmed at a press conference in London, England. Bivol, 22-0 (11), is the current WBA light-heavyweight champion and a fine technician last seen outpointing Lyndon Arthur over 12 rounds in December. Meanwhile, Beterbiev, 20-0 (20) and considered the puncher of

BETHNAL GREEN’S York Hall is London’s last surviving example of the old-fashioned small halls that predominated throughout the capital for more than 100 years. Although the hall did not stage its first professional tournament until 1967, it has since become the most iconic venue within the sport in the UK, the place where dreams start

SUNNY EDWARDS will return to America for his next fight on June 29. The 28-year-old Brit faces Mexico’s Adrian Curiel at flyweight with both men looking to get back to winning ways. Edwards vs. Curiel lands in the chief support slot to the Jesse Rodriguez-Juan Francisco Estrada main event at the Footprint Centre in Phoenix,

SUCH was the steadiness and consistency of Jordan Gill tonight (April 13) in Manchester, it appeared only a bolt from the blue or, more accurately, the kind of the punch from which there is no coming back would see Zelfa Barrett turn things around and reduce a narrow deficit on the scorecards. Typically, when in

Jordan Gill faces Zelfa Barrett in a career defining super-featherweight clash for the WBA International Super-Featherweight Title at the Manchester Arena. Undercard action begins on the Matchroom Boxing YouTube channel from 5pm UK, noon ET, and 10am PT. [embedded content] Gill vs Barrett Weights and Running Order 6 x 3 mins International Bantamweight contestBRANDON SCOTT (125