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By: Sean Crose Give Turki Alalshikh this – the man is passionate about boxing and is proactive in making interesting fights happen. The Saudi sports honcho’s latest project – to make a Anthony Joshua-Deontay Wider fight. While it’s true both towering heavyweights are seen as being past their best times in the ring, the fact

By Eric Bottjer JOHNNY CHESHIRE, 77, Scottish featherweight, passed in early 2024. Cheshire represented England in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, losing to American Al Robinson, the eventual silver medalist. JASMINE CLARKSON, 29, Texas lightweight, died in May. Clarkson was 4-14 from 2014-2021 – none of her wins were over fighters with a losing record.

By: Sean Crose “I’m going to make this short and sweet. I’d like to announce my retirement from boxing,” former world titlist Tyson Fury stated on social media Monday. “It’s been a blast. I have loved every single minute of it and I’m going to end with this…Dick Turpin wore a mask!” This is not

By: Sean Crose There’s been talk of Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia having a rematch of their controversial 2024 throwdown. The first – and up till now only – battle between these two ended up being a shocking affair in numerous ways. First off, Garcia’s behavior was surprising leading into the fight to say the

New York’s Premier Amateur Boxing Tournament New York, NY, January 13, 2025 — Registration is open for the 2025 Ring Masters Championships: Road to the Garden, New York’s premier amateur boxing tournament. There are 19 sanctioned events scheduled from February to April 2025, at gyms across the New York Metro region including Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan,

By Eric Bottjer SAL ALGIERI, 88, New York manager, died in November. A former pro from Mt. Vernon (strictly an opponent, was 1-6 from 1961-1965 as a bantamweight), Algieri gained his 15 minutes managing Cathy “Cat” Davis, a blonde fencer-turned-boxer who was the first woman on the cover of The Ring magazine and one of three females

NEW YORK CITY (December 18, 2024) – Last night’s “Holiday Fight Night 3” card, presented by Boxing Insider Promotions, showcased some of the best Big Apple prospects in Sony Hall’s intimate surroundings, streamed live on DAZN from historic Times Square.“There is no place like New York City for boxing,” said promoter Larry Goldberg, the 2024

By: Sean Crose “No Limit Boxing regrets to announce that Sam Goodman has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Naoya Inoue on January 24 due to a recurrence of his eye injury.” So the promoters of  25 year old super bantamweight contender Goodman posted on social media Saturday. “We wish Sam a full

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By: Sean Crose “This is my longest time away from the ring,” Devin Haney said to a crowd of British reporters on Friday. The lightweight titlist was in London discussing his ring future with Turki Al Sheikh. Speaking to the media, Haney made it clear he’s excited to get back in the ring this March.

By: Sean Crose The 10-0 David Niyka walked into the ring in Australia on Wednesday hoping to lift the IBF cruiserweight title from the highly lauded, 26-0 Jai Opetaia. It simply wasn’t meant to be. The taller Niyka started off aggressively in the first, flicking an impressive jab as well as overhand rights and lefts

By: Sean Crose “Only Boxing news,” Teofimo Lopez has posted on social media. “I am fit and ready to fight! I weigh 150 lbs and train steadily every day and every night! My principles are that when you’re at the top of the mountain, you must continue to build and chisel yourself from the Mind,

By: Sean Crose The cruiserweight division is one of the most overlooked categories of professional boxing. And while it’s true fighters like Evander Holyfield were able to blast their way to the top of the heavyweight division, more often than not, cruiserweights just don’t get the glory their heavyweight, or even light heavyweight, peers do.

By: Sean Crose One is generally a super middleweight. The other has gone up in weight to become a super welterweight. Why, then, are some so eager to see Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Terence “Bud” Crawford throw down in the ring? This wouldn’t be a novelty bout, after all. Canelo and Crawford are active fighters,

By: Sean Crose They’ve both lost to Oleksandr Usyk on two occasions. What’s more, there is little demand for either man to face the dominant Usyk again. There was a time, though, very recently in fact, when former heavyweight titlists Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury were considered the two top fighters in their division. All

By: Sean Crose While it’s often good advice not to follow the crowd, sometimes the crowd is on to something. That’s certainly the case this year, as heavyweight kingpin Oleksandr Usyk is almost universally being trumpeted as the premier professional boxer of 2024. There used to be a saying in Hollywood that script readers primarily

By: Sean Crose The first fight was terrific. The second was even better. Make no mistake about it Katie Taylor’s blistering rematch with Amanda Serrano this past November was more than just a great women’s fight – it was a great fight, period. There’s good reason why the 10 round battle is Boxing Insider’s 2024

By: Sean Crose Some shots are impressive. Others are downright frightening. The thunderbolt Anthony Joshua landed on Francis Ngannou’s temple last March was downright frightening. While it was true that Ngannou had successfully knocked heavyweight honcho Tyson Fury down on the mat in his professional debut, he would have no such moments to call his