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Dominant Gassiev TKOs Kadiru in 6th, retains WBA heavyweight title
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (166+ words) WBA heavyweight titlist Murat Gassiev won every round with ease before the corner of late-replacement challenger Peter Kadiru threw in the towel in the sixth round of the main event of an IBA Pro card on Saturday at VTB Arena…...
140 champion Shakur Stevenson signs multi-fight deal with Zuffa
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (526+ words) Lineal and WBO junior welterweight champion Shakur Stevenson, one of boxing’s elite pound-for-pound fighters, has signed a multi-fight promotional contract with Zuffa Boxing, it was announced on Thursday, confirming a recent Fight Freaks Unite report. Stevenson is the highest-profile signee…...
Former heavyweight titleholder Andy Ruiz signs with Matchroom
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (642+ words) Former unified heavyweight titleholder Andy Ruiz Jr., who has boxed just three times this decade, will return to the ring to fight on DAZN after signing a multi-fight promotional contract with Matchroom Boxing, the company announced on Wednesday. “I’m so…...
Notebook: 'Put Up or Shut Up' as Rolly set to defend against Teofimo
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (185+ words) WBA welterweight titlist Rolando “Rolly” Romero and Teofimo Lopez, the former junior welterweight and lightweight champion, are set to fight. They will square off on Aug. 22 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in the headliner of a PBC pay-per-view card…...
Gassiev to defend WBA heavyweight title vs. late replacement Kadiru
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (641+ words) WBA heavyweight titlist Murat Gassiev will make his first defense against Peter Kadiru, who signed as a late replacement on Monday. The fight will headline an IBA Pro card on Saturday (IBF Boxing YouTube, 4 a.m. ET) at VTB Arena in Moscow....
Notebook: 135 titlist Mason, Bell embrace short-notice pairing
1+ week, 2+ day ago (186+ words) WBO lightweight titlist Abdullah Mason and contender Albert Bell, fellow Ohio fighters who have known each other through the years, have unexpectedly been matched with each other. Initially, Mason was scheduled to make his first defense in a Cleveland homecoming…...
Notebook: Floyd-Zambidis off, updates on Tyson, Pacquiao events
2+ week, 2+ day ago (250+ words) Floyd Mayweather’s six-round exhibition boxing match against retired championship kickboxer Mike Zambidis, which was scheduled for Saturday in Zambidis’ hometown of Athens, Greece — and the subject of litigation — was canceled on Thursday. Promoter CSI, which has Hall of Fame five-division…...
Mason to defend against Bell after Cordina denied visa to come to U.S.
2+ week, 3+ day ago (520+ words) WBO lightweight titlist Abdullah Mason has a new opponent for his first defense: fellow undefeated Ohio native Albert Bell. Mason was scheduled for a Cleveland homecoming fight against former two-time IBF junior lightweight titleholder Joe Cordina in the main event…...
Special edition podcast: Mayweather injunction court hearing
2+ week, 4+ day ago (190+ words) It’s a special edition podcast centering on the court fight between promoter CSI and Floyd Mayweather. CSI claims Mayweather is in breach of contract of his agreements to face Mike Tyson in an exhibition bout followed by an official fight…...
Jermall Charlo, Stephen Fulton headed to Australia for fights
3+ week, 2+ day ago (757+ words) Former two-division titleholders Jermall Charlo and Stephen Fulton are headed Down Under to fight on the Errol Spence Jr.-Tim Tszyu undercard, making the top three bouts of the PBC on Prime Video pay-per-view card the United States versus Australia…...