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NAOYA INOUE might not fight on Christmas Eve after all. Sam Goodman, the Australian contender who was scheduled to challenge Inoue for the Japanese superstar’s IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO 122-pound titles December 24 in Tokyo, suffered a cut during a sparring session Friday that forced him to withdraw from their 12-round title fight that

Emanuel Navarrete overwhelmed Oscar Valdez during their rematch Saturday night. An accurate, aggressive Navarrete impressed in his return to the 130-pound division by battering Valdez to this head and body in the main event of a 10-fight card at Footprint Center in Phoenix. Navarrete dropped Valdez during the first, fourth and sixth rounds and became

Robeisy Ramirez seemed as if he would be effective enough to perhaps avenge another loss Saturday night. Then he channeled his inner Roberto Duran. After absorbing a flush right hand to his damaged right eye, Ramirez turned his back on Rafael Espinoza, waved his glove and delivered a “no mas” moment in the sixth round

LAWRENCE OKOLIE has been impressed with one of his new promotional stable-mates in recent months. The former WBO cruiserweight and WBC bridgerweight champion debuts at heavyweight tomorrow night in Birmingham against Hussein Muhamed, 18-1 (14 KOs). This year there have been a number of firsts for Okolie, 20-1 (15 KOs). Signing with Queensberry, joining Joe

FRANK WARREN only has his eye on one rematch for Tyson Fury at the moment. On December 21, ‘The Gypsy King’ returns to Riyadh seven months after suffering his first defeat. On May 18, Fury, 34-1-1 (24 KOs), lost a chance to become undisputed heavyweight champion after being beat on a split decision by Oleksandr

LIAM PARO expects a much better version of Richardson Hitchins to challenge him Saturday night than the fighter Gustavo Lemos almost upset April 6 in Las Vegas. That said, Paro, 25-0 (15 KOs) doesn’t think Hitchins, 18-0 (7 KOs), deserves this shot at the Australian southpaw’s IBF junior welterweight title. Paro feels Lemos should’ve won

by Keith Idec THE lopsided odds on his fight with Gervonta “Tank” Davis have motivated Lamont Roach even more than usual. Handicappers have installed Davis as an unsightly 16-1 favorite to beat Roach in their WBA lightweight championship match March 1 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Roach realizes plenty of people will be surprised if

BEN WHITTAKER has vowed to “right that wrong” after what took place against Liam Cameron back in October. Their light heavyweight bout on the Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol undercard made its own headlines because of how the fight finished. After five competitive rounds the fight was over in the sixth when both men fell over the

BIG TIME boxing hits Waterford on Saturday, December 7, as Tyrone McKenna and Dylan Moran headline a bumper 16-fight card. That number might gently diminish as the week rolls on, but hopefully, most of the main protagonists get a runout. It’s been a while since a show of this magnitude has rolled into the unconventional

TURKI ALALSHIKH has spoken of some plans for more Riyadh Season events in 2025 including a potentially historic world heavyweight title fight. The Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority has already signed off on a huge seven-fight card on February 22 headlined by the undisputed light heavyweight title rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.

ADAM AZIM will kick off his 2025 with a chance of winning a fringe world level belt. The unbeaten super lightweight takes on Kazakh veteran Sergey Lipinets, 18-3-1 (13 KOs), on February 1 at The OVO Arena. And up for grabs is the IBO title at 140lbs which Ricky Hatton defended three times between June

by Keith Idec ISAAC CRUZ remains confident that public demand for his second fight against Gervonta Davis will eventually become more important than his close loss to Jose Valenzuela in Cruz’s most recent action. That process will begin for Cruz on February 1, when the ferocious fighter nicknamed “Pitbull” will meet countryman Angel Fierro in

EMANUEL Navarrete believes more than just his WBO super-featherweight will be on the line in his title defence against Oscar Valdez. The pair clash in the Footprint Arena, Arizona, on Saturday evening (December 7) as part of an intriguing ESPN double-header that sees Ricardo Espinoza defend his WBO featherweight title against the man he snatched

FORMER three-time super-bantamweight world champion Israel Vazquez has died, aged 46. At the beginning of November, it was announced that Vazquez was facing the biggest fight of his life, battling Stage 4 Sarcoma, a malignant cancer tumour. Fundraisers were in place, but it is a final fight that the Mexican warrior has been unable to

AFTER much speculation the first Riyadh Season card of 2025 is now official and it promises to be a very special night of boxing. The announcement was made tonight by Turki Alalshikh on social media platform X with promoters Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn following suit. On February 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia the undisputed

A PROPOSED card in Riyadh on February 22 continues to be the subject of online speculation but one fight is a done deal according to a promoter. It’s no secret that Turki Alalshikh had planned on having Matchroom’s WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson, 22-0 (10 KOs), on the first Riyadh Season card of 2025. The

CALLUM SMITH still carries the ambition of becoming a two-weight world champion and knows one fight which can take him closer to that goal. Last week promoter Eddie Hearn said he’s keen to make a big domestic fight for ‘Mundo’ early in 2025. And one name that keeps coming into conversations is that of 2016

Prior to his knockout win over Pedro Guevara, pint-sized puncher ‘Bam’ spoke to Rob Tebbutt… JESSE RODRIGUEZ has established himself as one of the best fighters on the planet. The 24-year-old has been tearing through the lower weights since capturing his first world title back in February 2022 and, with a destructive seventh round stoppage