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By Allan Fox: Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe doesn't like hearing the negative comments made from promoters and members of the media about the "event" between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor on August ...

McGregor 'very happy' with move to 8-oz gloves

Unbeaten rising star David Benavidez and powerful contender Ronald Gavril will battle for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight World Championship on Friday, Sept. 8 live on SHOWTIME in the headlining attraction of a Premier...

ANDRE WARD GUEST ANALYST FOR AUGUST 19 TOP RANK BOXING ON ESPN TERENCE “BUD” CRAWFORD VS. JULIUS INDONGO, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR TO ESPN’S MULTIPLATFORM NEWS AND INFORMATION COVERAGE OF AUGUST 26 FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. CO...

By Donavan Leonard: When WBA and IBF junior welterweight champion Julius “The Blue Machine” Indongo (22-0, 11 KOs) takes on fellow unbeaten WBC and WBO champion Terence “Bud” Crawford (31-0, 22 KOs) on Saturday A...

By Chris Williams: Light welterweight champion Terence Crawford fights Julius Indongo on Saturday night in front of what is expected to be a sellout crowd of 10,000 fans at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. C...

Indongo embracing newfound stardom ahead of Crawford title fight

Former world champion and top welterweight contender “Showtime” Shawn Porter has pulled out of the welterweight battle against former title challenger Thomas Dulorme that headlines the Mayweather vs. McGregor prelimi...

By Scott Gilfoid: Nathan Cleverly (30-3, 16 KOs) is hoping to use his title defense against Badou Jack (21-1-2, 12 KO) in 9 days from now on August 26 as a catapult to get him a fight against champion Andre "SOG" Ward. N...

Puerto Rico-Mexico rivalry revived as Machado takes on Morales on Friday

Lightning-quick Super-Bantamweight talent Lucien Reid insists he is ready to challenge for the British Title despite having only had six professional fights. Reid, 23, aims to take his record to 7-0 on the Billy Joe Saun...

TODD duBOEF: It is going to be an exciting night on Saturday. This will be our third event going live on ESPN and what a way to start with Pacquiao, Lomachenko and now the title unification of Terence Crawford and Julius...

Former four-division world champion Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) hosted a media workout today at the Wild Card Boxing Gym ahead of his 12-round fight against Yoshihiro “El Maestrito” Kamegai (27-3-2, 24 KOs) for the W...

By Dan Ambrose: Middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) surprisingly weighed in at 170 pounds for the World Boxing Council's 30-day weigh-in on Wednesday for his September 16 title defense against Sau...

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao isn't giving Conor McGregor much of a chance of beating Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their fight in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 26, on Showtime PPV. Pacquiao doubts that McGregor will land on...