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By Jim Maltzman: Shawn Porter is cautioning IBF/WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. to stay away from him and Terence Crawford for his comeback fight in 2020. Porter is uneasy about Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) coming back too soon against an elite level 147-pound fighter after his car accident from last October. Porter isn’t the only one that has warned ...

A rough week for Devin Haney just became much brighter. The 21-year old lightweight was successful in his filed appeal to have his World Boxing Council (WBC) title reign restored. The news was confirmed by the sanctioning body, whose Board of Governors voted in favor to reinstate Haney as its champion. “The WBC Rules & Regulations give the WBC the ...

By Jim Maltzman: Danny Garcia (36-2, 21 KOs) is targeting Errol Spence, Manny Pacquiao, Mikey Garcia, Keith Thurman, and Shawn Porter when the sport starts up again. The former two-division world champion Danny, 31, wants the biggest names at this point in his career. Danny believes he’s got the style to defeat all the top 147-pound big names on his ...

MIAMI, FLA - Saturday night was supposed to be make or break for Sullivan Barrera.  The former world title challenger was supposed to face Sergey Kovalev on April 25th in a DAZN streamed main event that would have been contested at a catchweight of 180 pounds. Of course the coronavirus halted all professional sports in the United States from the ...

By Chris Williams: Promoter Bob Arum spoke this week on the verbal clash between his fighter Terence Crawford and Jermell Charlo, and he says he’s “in favor” of putting that match together. Arum is leaving it up to Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) if he wants to move up to 154 to take on WBC champion Charlo (33-1, 17 KOs). Crawford, ...

IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington (30-0 7 KOs) is still very much interested in a showdown with WBA champion Xu Can (18-2 3 KOs) of China. Their contest was on the verge of being announced, and then the entire sport of boxing was shelved due to the coronavirus pandemic. Warrington had recently parted ways with promoter Frank Warren and reunited with Eddie Hearn, who ...

Bob Arum can envision a short-term solution which will allow for a steady stream of summertime boxing. What the Hall of Fame promoter hasn’t yet been able to explore, however, is a plan to bring his higher profile clients or those currently outside of the United States back to the ring anytime soon. “There’s a limit to what we can ...

Carl Frampton could be dealt a blow before he gets the opportunity to become a three-weight world champion. The Belfast boxer has agreed to terms to challenge Jamel Herring for the WBO super-featherweight world title before the coronavirus pandemic hit, with his promoter Frank Warren stating that a date and venue for the fight to be revealed soon. Frampton, who ...

Danny Garcia wants to add another welterweight title to his resume as soon as possible. The two-division champion from Philadelphia is willing to fight any elite welterweight whenever the COVID-19 pandemic ends, and the boxing business returns to normal. Eventually, however, Garcia will move up to the junior middleweight division. It always was part of Garcia’s plan to compete at ...

Last week, the UFC announced plans of running a bumper fight card from an undisclosed location on 9 May. Said fight card included three title bouts: one for the interim UFC lightweight championship between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje, Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz for the UFC bantamweight strap, and the UFC women’s featherweight title being fought over by champion ...