Fighting

After eight months and two separate deals, Mike Coppinger reports that Sebastian Fundora vs Errol Spence Jr is officially dead. The euthanasia is long overdue. As WBO president Gustavo Olivieri points out in his reasoning for not sanctioning the bout as a title defense, Spence (28-1, 22 KO) is coming off a one-sided loss, hasn’t
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Having surrendered his pound of flesh to Japan in last May’s violent knockout loss to Naoya Inoue, super bantamweight contender Luis Nery has his sights on some revenge in his backyard, as Julius Julianis reports that “Pantera” will move up to 126 to face Kyonosuke Kameda on February 22nd in Mexico. Jake Donovan confirms the
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In another case of “good fight in bizarre circumstances,” WBA “bridgerweight” champ Muslim Gadzhimagomedov will meet former cruiserweight standout Thabiso Mchunu in a January 31st IBA Champions’ Night main event. These shows generally air live on the IBA’s YouTube page. Gadzhimagomedov (5-0, 3 KO) was supposed to fight former Olympic rival Julio Cesar La Cruz
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ESPN reports that former super featherweight champion Jamel Herring “was arrested Thursday evening in Ohio on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence and assault.” TMZ acquired a copy of the incident report, in which his wife alleges that an “intoxicated” Herring “attacked her by punching her body, pulling her hair, choking and throwing her.” Disturbingly, the
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With Teofimo Lopez taking his ball and going home, former IBF super lightweight champion Subriel Matias is looking to challenge for his former title instead, and the sanctioning body has ordered him to battle Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela for a crack at it Gollaz (30-3-1, 17 KO) has reportedly already accepted. The 30-year-old is 27-1-1 since
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