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Esparza dominates fighting 3-minute rounds

By Scott Gilfoid: Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) had his chance to fight for the heavyweight world title against WBO champion Joseph Parker (23-0, 18 KOs), but instead he backed out of the fight and sat on the sidelines as h...

Canelo and GGG are ready for their close-up

By Joey Fernandez: The fight for Mexico between Saul Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has come and gone and only one thing remains clear, Canelo is the current king of boxing. Much can be said about how the lead...

By Dan Ambrose: A weight drained looking Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. took a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision loss last Saturday night against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in their big fight on the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo ...

By Rob Blakeman: So Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin will finally meet to decide once and for all the questions that lie between them. What could be more agreeable to modern boxing fans than a rea...

Warren: Fury targeting July ring return

By Jim Dower: In a pleasant surprise on a bad night for boxing on HBO PPV, the Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs)fight was announced last Saturday night following Canelo's one-sided 12 round ...

No sooner did boxing’s biggest star Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) dispatch Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (50-3-1, 32 KOs) in a dominant shutout victory over 12 rounds at the sold-out T-Mobile Arena on presented live on HBO...

By Dan Ambrose: Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) defeated former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-3-1, 32 KOs) in an incredibly poor fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final s...

Lemieux dominates Reyes but has to go the distance

By Jim Doweer: Former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (39-3, 33 KOs) defeated Marcos Reyes (35-5, 26 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Saturday night in a tougher than expected match on HBO PPV at the T-Mo...

By Jim Dower: Former world title challenger Lucas Matthysse (38-4, 35 KOs) made an impressive welterweight debut in stopping Emanuel Taylor (20-5, 14 KOs) in the 5th round on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las V...

By Jeff Aranow: Trainer Virgil Hunter doesn't like the catchweight that Saul Canelo Alvarez is using for tonight's fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in their fight on HBO PPV. Hunter thinks that Canelo's habit of requ...

The summer of 2017 is going to get even hotter on August 19, as some of the hottest fighters in Canadian boxing return to the Powerade Centre in Brampton. On the heels of a show in front of a near-capacity crowd on March...

“What a farce!” - Francesco Patera’s split decision victory over Edis Tatli causes outrage “Those judges must have watched a different fight than I was”, commented a Finnish boxing journalist Mikko Marttinen on...

The Gatorade Fight Night event in Turku, Finland, ended in an upset as Francesco Patera (18-2) won the EBU lightweight title from Edis Tatli (29-2) by a somewhat contoversial split decision. It was an even fight with Pat...

By Chris O’Brien: As the dust settles on Anthony Joshua’s sensational heavyweight showdown with Wladimir Klitchsko, it’s clear that their eleven-round classic at Wembley was exactly the contest boxing’s heavyweig...

Infographic: Alvarez-Chavez Jr. super middleweight fight

By Jeff Aranow: Trainer Freddie Roach believes that Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. tonight in their fight on HBO PPV, and then potentially Gennady "GGG" Golovkin in September if that fight gets ma...