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The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame regretfully announces the postponement of its 2020 induction Weekend until summer of 2021. The severity of the Coronavirus Pandemic and the subsequent uncertainty resulting from it, caused NVBHOF President and CEO Michelle Corrales-Lewis to make the announcement. The 8th annual weekend spectacular had been scheduled for August 7-8 at Red Rock Hotel in Las ...

Hall of Fame trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain does not believe world champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is capable of becoming one of the best fighters to ever come out of Mexico. Canelo is recognized by many as the biggest star in the sport, certainly in the United States, and is currently the biggest star to fight out of Mexico. He captured world ...

There are few men on this earth who have had a sample of what both UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and heavyweight knockout artist Francis Ngannou have to offer in the cage. Alistair Overeem is one of the said unlucky few, having fought Ngannou in the UFC’s Octagon and being a former training partner of Jones. And as talk ...

Bob Arum offered Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez interim bouts recently. Lomachenko could’ve fought an opponent other than Lopez in June. Lopez would’ve been able to face someone other than Lomachenko in July. Neither lightweight champion was interested in any bout but theirs, thus their promoter hopes to put it together for September. “We wanted to stall for time, until ...

Cecilia Braekhus wants to continue to tread new ground and break down more barriers as she talks to Chris Lloyd in the latest episode of Matchroom Boxing’s Podcast ‘The Lockdown Tapes’. Braekhus (36-0 9 KOs) has dominated the welterweight division for 11 years now, and should her proposed clash with Jessica McCaskill (8-2 3 KOs) go ahead when boxing returns, ...

SHOWTIME has released the official trailer and poster for its upcoming award-winning documentary RINGSIDE, premiering on Friday, June 12 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. Filmed over the course of nine years by award-winning director Andre Hörmann, RINGSIDE chronicles the dramatic upbringing of two boxing prodigies and follows the divergent paths they take as they navigate life’s uncertainties on the South Side ...

Paulie Malignaggi completely understands the psychological impact boxing before very few people will have on fighters that feed off crowds. The retired two-division champion remembers how important fans were to him on fight night – whether they cheered or booed him. That’s why the Showtime analyst acknowledges how eliminating fans will worsen atmospheres in a post-pandemic boxing world. In most ...

With their superfight in development for more than a year, Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor have been given more than enough time to learn all the secrets about the other. The pair of boxing royalty continue to work feverishly for their forthcoming superfight. The two were due to vie for Taylor’s undisputed lightweight championship on May 2 at Manchester Arena ...

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, 31-years-old, has vowed to dominate the division in the same manner as Wladimir Klitschko. Fury catapulted his standing in the world scene in November fo 2015, after traveling to Germany to shock Klitschko by way of a twelve round unanimous decision to capture the unified crown. For Klitschko, it was his first defeat in over a ...

DDP Sports Paul Keegan, promoter for junior middleweight contender Dennis Hogan, believes his boxer would take down and retire former world champion Kell Brook. Brook returned to the ring back in February 8 in Sheffield, when he demolished overmatched Mark DeLuca. It was Brook's first bout after 14 months of inactivity. The Sheffield fighter's trainer, Dominic Ingle, had named Hogan as one ...