Oscar Collazo overcame a rough second-round onslaught to make the third defense of his WBO strawweight title against Gerardo Zapata. Collazo won a one-sided unanimous decision in an all-southpaw showdown but was caught by a heavy shot in the second round. He quickly turned things around back in his direction and made it look easy. The
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For the last ten months, Filip Hrgović (17-1, 14 KOs) seemed destined to become a heavyweight champion until Daniel Dubois cut a knife through his master plan. The heavy-handed Brit won the interim IBF title with an upset eighth-round technical knockout of Filip Hrgović, who became the latest fighter to get stung by the complacency
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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs) deserves all the credit in the world for vacating the IBF super middleweight title and flexing his muscle to the organization that attempted to force a terrible mandatory fight down our throats. The Mexican superstar was ordered to fight the unheralded William Scull on May 13, but the negotiation
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Jack Catterall has rewritten the script. Two years after he was arguably robbed of winning the undisputed junior welterweight championship against Josh Taylor, Catterall got his revenge, albeit without belts around his waist. Catterall outboxed Taylor for most of their 12-round, non-title bout, but this time, he had his hand raised as he defeated his
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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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