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Nick Ball says he’ll be looking to make a “statement” with his title defense of his WBA featherweight belt against #6-ranked TJ Doheny in their main event fight this Saturday, March 15th at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England. Fans don’t understand why Ball, 28, is defending against the 38-year-old Doheny. Doheny (26-5, 20…

The WBO has ordered heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) to face interim strap holder Joseph Parker (36-3, 24 KOs) next. The two have a month [30 days] to put together a deal to average a purse bid with the sanctioning body. Usyk’s Choice It’ll be up to Usyk, 38, to determine whether he…

Naoya Inoue’s stay busy fight against #2 WBA super bantamweight contender Ramon Cardenas is official for May 4th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Inoue will defend his four 122-lb belts against Cardenas (26-1, 14 KOs). The poster of the Inoue fight does not include Cardenas’ picture, which tells you all you need to…

Jose Ramirez’s trainer, Robert Garcia, believes the Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney 2 rematch can still happen after Ramirez defeats Dev on May 2nd on the Fatal Fury card at Times Square in New York City. Controversy Factor Fans will still be interested in seeing Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) and Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs) due…

Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs) obliterated his overmatched comeback opponent Brock Jarvis (22-2, 20 KOs), knocking him out in the third round in a scheduled ten round contest on Wednesday night at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia. Thurman got the job done, dropping Jarvis a couple of times in the third round before the…

US viewers  can watch a replay of the main card, which begins at 9am ET / 6 am PT on Wednesday, March 12 on the PBC YouTube channel – In Australia, Thurman vs. Jarvis will air as a pay-per-view on Foxtel’s Main Event. Upcoming Fights: Keith Thurman vs. Brock Jarvis – Super welterweight Michael Zerafa…

Former world champion Zab Judah expects Devin Haney to be in vintage form coming back from his loss to Ryan Garcia, going up against Jose Ramirez in a tough comeback match on May 2nd at Times Square in New York City. Haney’s Comeback Judah says fans shouldn’t view the former two-division world champion Haney’s loss…

Promoter Oscar De La Hoya questions whether Devin Haney can come back from the brutal twelve rounds of punishment he sustained in his fight against Ryan Garcia last April. The 1992 Olympic gold medalist De La Hoya says that when fighters are beat up as severely as Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) was, “you don’t recover”…

Teofimo Lopez said he had no choice but to slap Arnold Barboza Jr. during yesterday’s press conference after he knocked his cowboy hat off his head during their face-off in Los Angeles. The WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo (21-1, 13 KOs) slapped Barboza Jr. (32-0, 11 KOs) hard with a left hand, causing a brief…

Devin Haney played off his being booed by the fans during the Los Angeles press conference on Monday, saying that he’s playing the “villain” role for his fight against Jose Ramirez on May 2nd at Times Square in New York City. (Credit: Golden Boy/ Cris Esqueda) During the press conference, the former two-division world champion…