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Galal Yafai first swapped leather with Sunny Edwards nearly nine-and-a-half years ago, back when they were both amateurs. Yafai was 22 years old; Edwards was 19. The two flyweights will fight again on November 30 at BP Pulse LIVE in Birmingham. And they’ll be at very different stages in their lives and careers.  Yafai is

Boxing trainer Bobby Benton praised his fighter, Miguel Flores, for his unanimous decision victory over the 26-year-old Ohioan Michael Chaise Nelson (21-3-1, 8 KOs) at the Bayou Event Center in Houston on Sept. 7.  Flores won with scores of 98-90, 99-89, and 97-91. Benton believes Flores (26-5-1, 12 KOs) can make a significant impact at

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez defended his WBA, WBC, and WBO super middleweight titles on Saturday night with a unanimous decision victory over the previously undefeated Edgar Berlanga in a pay-per-view bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (Photos: Rey Del Rio / Premier Boxing Champions) In the co-feature, WBA middleweight titleholder Erislandy Lara secured a ninth-round

Adam Azim was eight or nine years old, which means Ohara Davies must have been around 18 or 19 when they met in Tunde Ajayi’s Peacock Gym in London. “Adam was just one of the kids that used to come,” Davies said in an interview with Andy Scott and Barry Jones, the hosts of Sky

None of the knockout predictions ever came to pass, but on Saturday at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez did what he so often does best, picking apart a younger and larger opponent in Edgar Berlanga to earn a 12-round unanimous decision and defend his two super middleweight belts. (More fight coverage to come.)

“The greatest line of boxing commentary I ever heard was not from a professional boxing commentary.” Jim Lampley, for so long the voice of HBO Boxing and now the purveyor with BoxingScene’s Lance Pugmire of live text commentary for PPV.com, is sitting in the media center at the MGM Grand contemplating this Saturday’s super middleweight

Mexican hero Saul “Canelo” Alvarez goes head-to-head with both Edgar Berlanga and the UFC when he fights Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo is having his third consecutive fight under the PBC umbrella and aims to pick up where he left off in May, when he fended off the gallant challenge of fellow

The ongoing battle with Father Time is not a fight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is concerned about heading into his matchup against Edgar Berlanga on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Alvarez has been fighting professionally for nearly 20 years, racking up 65 fights and 496 rounds of experience. The Mexican star, who turned 34 in July,

As Anthony Joshua stood in center ring waiting for the judges to render their decision on his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, the two-time unified heavyweight champion’s expression was laced with exhaustion and tension.  Joshua had poured his heart and soul into the rematch and the announcement that he had failed to regain his titles from

Josh Kelly insists that size is the least of his concerns ahead of his middleweight fight with Liam Smith, set for Sept. 21 at London’s Wembley Stadium. After turning professional at 147 pounds, Kelly (15-1-1, 8 KOs) has spent the last two years reinventing himself at 154 but will step up to middleweight to fight

Junior middleweight Ardreal Holmes Jr. ensured that local fans got what they came for Thursday night in Flint, Michigan, schooling Hugo Noriega in a 10-round main-event fight. Holmes (16-0, 6 KOs), a Flint native, secured a 97-93 result on two judges’ scorecards and 96-94 by the other judge to record a well-deserved unanimous decision victory

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has wiped out the super middleweight division over the last four years, and not many credible contenders currently remain in the weight class for the 168-pound king.  The next man who’ll get to throw his name in the hat is Edgar Berlanga on Saturday night in what many assume will be a

Terri Harper has paid her dues. The former WBC junior lightweight titleholder was barely 21 years old when she turned professional and fought her way up from nowhere to take her place on the front line as women’s boxing exploded in popularity. On Sept. 28, Harper will challenge newly crowned WBO lightweight belt holder Rhiannon

Ardreal Holmes Jr. is set for a homecoming in Flint, Michigan, as the junior middleweight made weight ahead of his Thursday fight on DAZN. Holmes will headline Salita Promotions’ “Big Time Boxing USA” card at the Dort Federal Event Center. Holmes, the favorite, weighed in Wednesday at 153.4 pounds, while his opponent, Hugo Noriega, came

After spending months entangled in boxing politics with Dalton Smith and then a prolonged period on the treatment table, unable to nail down a date with Harlem Eubank, Adam Azim will instead return to action against Ohara Davies on October 19th.  Azim, 11-0 (8 KOs), will be relieved to finally have a fight over the

Artur Beterbiev kept things predictably simple when he was asked to describe Dmitry Bivol in three words. “He’s a boxer. A good boxer. And he’s my challenge,” the WBC,WBO and IBF light heavyweight champion told Queensberry. “I don’t know,” he expanded slightly when asked if he expects Bivol, the WBA title holder, to provide him

LAS VEGAS – Without doing it intentionally, Caleb Plant has repeatedly infiltrated the minds and caught the attention of men he may ultimately meet in the ring, sharply boosting interest in a string of potential showdowns. Last year, Nashville’s Plant was walking through the bowels of T-Mobile Arena before the Terence Crawford-Errol Spence Jr. fight

There has been more said and written about who Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is not fighting this weekend than who he is. The Mexican superstar has fended off repeated calls to meet David Benavidez, who has subsequently risen to light heavyweight, such was his frustration at failing to land a title shot at then-undisputed 168lbs king