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Bernard Hopkins says Vergil Ortiz Jr. will “outsmart” Israil Madrimov to defeat him in their fight in Riyadh on Saturday night. Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) will defend his WBC interim junior middleweight title against the former amateur star Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs) in a 12-round fight that many fans view as a 50-50 contest….

Gervonta Davis says he’s open to a fight against Devin Haney, even if he loses his rematch with Ryan Garcia. Davis wants the former two-division world champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) to “redeem” himself first by performing well in his second fight with Ryan. Haney will first take a tuneup against Jose Ramirez on May…