Boxing’s ever-persistent performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) problem will likely never be fixed because no one wants to be responsible for cleaning things up, but at the very least, let’s increase the penalties for failed drug tests significantly. On May 11, WBA junior featherweight world titlist Erika Cruz (17-2-1, 3 KOs) fought Nazarena Romero (13-0-2, 7 KOs) to a 10-round […]
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The time has come to eliminate all sanctioning bodies and tear boxing’s power structure down because this has gotten beyond ridiculous. Boxing fans waited 25 years for a new undisputed heavyweight champion to be crowned, and Oleksandr Usyk got the job done. Not only did he win, but he also dominated down the stretch and
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Jackie Kallen has received honors and accolades throughout her 78 years, but one that has often eluded her will finally join the illustrious collection next month. Kallen, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The 35th-anniversary celebration takes place June 6-9 in “Boxing’s Hometown” of Canastota, New York.
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The King is back. Vasiliy Lomachenko earned a spot back on the lightweight throne on Saturday with a masterful performance in an 11th-round TKO of former titleholder George Kambosos to win the vacant IBF 135-pound world title before a sellout crowd of 14,147 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, a record for any sports event
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LAS VEGAS — Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez wouldn’t commit to fight David Benavidez in the fall, but boxing’s top star confirmed his interest in a revenge bout. Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs), the current undisputed super middleweight world champion, is coming off a 12-round unanimous decision over former junior middleweight world titleholder Jaime Munguia Saturday night. The
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Former pipeline worker and outdoorsman Tristan HAMM is on a mission to make crossover boxing more mainstream. “Misfits is a promotional company owned by KSI, and what they’re doing is legitimizing crossover boxing,” Hamm told FightsATW. I know they have plans to start a pro division as well. “It’s going to allow a lot of
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Michael Moorer is thrilled about his upcoming induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2024, but he is also calling for significant reform to a sport he says is “manipulated.” “There are no benefits for boxers; none. There are no benefits,” Moorer (52-4-1, 40 knockouts) told FightsATW from
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Just a month shy of his 27th birthday, Avious Griffin was a convicted murderer, his hands shackled to a thick leather belt at a court hearing in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Griffin was one of four men indicted for the shooting death of a pregnant woman who was shot at point-blank range as she sat in the
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LAS VEGAS – From the agony of defeat to champion of the world. The resurgence of Sebastian Fundora came full circle on Saturday night when he scored a massive upset over previously unbeaten Tim Tszyu to become the unified WBO and WBC junior middleweight world champion at T-Mobile Arena. One judge scored the fight 116-112
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Jake Paul is setting himself up for a big payday. On Saturday, “The Problem Child” recorded his second straight first-round knockout when he turned out the lights on North Dakota-based Ryan Bourland at Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Although most of his fights have come against former MMA fighters, Paul has
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