Jai Opetaia (31-0, 24 KOs) and David Benavidez (32-0, 26 KOs) have verbally agreed to fight in 2027, with the Cinco de Mayo weekend in May as the target. Boxing trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas, however, has a word of advice for Opetaia: ‘WATCH YOUR BACK!!!!’ Talking at THE FIGHT, Atlas analyzed each fighter’s skill
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Post his recent showdown, Ryan Garcia’s (26-2, 21 KOs) beef with Terence Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) seems to have picked up some newfound steam. And with what went down on X recently, neither of them seems to be backing down. Being his usual incendiary self, Crawford took to X to accuse Garcia of apparently trying
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Eddie Hearn has been a major supporter of Conor Benn (25-2, 14 KOs), a fighter whom he promoted for a considerable amount of time. But with his recent loss against Ryan Garcia (26-2, 21 KOs), Hearn just isn’t as sure anymore. Talking to iFL TV, Hearn admitted that Benn didn’t seem like himself on fight
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Shakur Stevenson (25-0, 11 KOs) and Gervonta Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) have gone from friends to being at warring ends. But what went wrong? Stevenson is just as confused as everybody else. In a conversation with FightHype, Stevenson said he was unsure why he was on the receiving end of all the hatred. “There’s so
The former doping fiasco seems to show no sign of leaving Ryan Garcia’s (25-2, 20 KOs) shadow. But that certainly doesn’t seem to raise any alarms for his upcoming opponent, Conor Benn (25-1, 14 KOs). Talking to The Ring’s Vince Bonilla, Benn remained confident about facing any version that Garcia wished to bring about on
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Ryan Garcia (25-2, 20 KOs) will soon have the first defence of his WBC welterweight title against Conor Benn (25-1, 14 KOs). Calling him confident ahead of fight night would be an understatement. Talking to Adam Catterall and Gareth A Davies in Las Vegas, he opened up about those “bumps and bruises” that molded his
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Ryan Garcia (25-2, 20 KOs) recently raised concerns by not showing up for his face-off against Conor Benn (25-1, 14 KOs). While the former might have found it funny, Benn wasn’t one to let him live it down Garcia posted an Instagram story as Benn arrived at the face-off, showing him apparently relaxing instead of
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Ryan Garcia (25-2, 20 KOs) will soon defend his WBC welterweight title against mandatory challenger Conor Benn (25-1, 14 KOs) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. As fight night draws closer, he looked back at a career that not only brought him a lot of glory, but also a few painful lessons. Talking
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With her Saturday night showdown against Flora Pili (12-0, 2 KOs), Katie Taylor (25-1, 6 KOs) will bid adieu to a professional boxing career that lasted almost 10 days. And as she prepares for her final fight, Taylor has one thing to say: she is not taking it lightly at all. Talking right after their
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Eddie Hearn has long been pushing for Anthony Joshua (30-4, 27 KOs) vs Tyson Fury (36-2-1, 25 KOs) to take place at Wembley Stadium in the UK. And it finally looks like there might be light at the end of the tunnel. Posting on Instagram, Hearn couldn’t contain his excitement while talking about making the
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