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When George Kambosos Jnr steps through the ropes this Saturday in Sydney, he will know that he will have to put in a tremendous performance in the ring and he will have to be at his ferocious best to conquer the grizzled Indonesian puncher Daud Yordan. Anything less and it’s over. Through the years, Kambosos…

On Saturday night March 15th in the co-feature bout of the evening, Edgar “The Chosen One” Berlanga makes his return to the squared circle as he will face Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz (20-0-1, 16 KOs) at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida, streaming live on DAZN. (Credit: Melina Pizano/Matchroom) Six months ago, Berlanga was the headliner in…

Edgar Berlanga failed to make weight today, coming in at 169 1/2 pounds at the weigh-in for his ten-round co-feature fight against Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz for this Saturday night on March 15th at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. (Credit: Melina Pizano/Matchroom) Light Heavy? This is a clear sign that Berlanga needs to move up to…

Promoter Eddie Hearn fired back in response to Edgar Berlanga blaming him for not delivering the money to line him up for a title shot against IBF super middleweight champion William Scull, which he believed would open the door for a lucrative rematch with Canelo Alvarez. (Credit: Melina Pizano/Matchroom Boxing) Hearn says Scull wanted more…

Shakur Stevenson says he’s been believing that Terence Crawford had the style to beat Canelo Alvarez even before Dmitry Bivol did it several years ago. Stevenson says he watched Crawford hurt heavyweights, and he doesn’t believe Canelo can walk forward against him with his power. Stevenson says he started believing Crawford would beat Canelo in…

Promoter Eddie Hearn wants to position Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams for a title shot at middleweight, but he must win his headliner against Patrice Volny this Saturday, March 15th. Williams (17-1, 12 KOs) and Volny (19-1, 13 KOs) meet in the 12-round main event at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. The event will be shown…

WBC World Flyweight champion Kenshiro ‘The Amazing Boy’ Teraji came from behind to stop WBA champ Seigo Yuri Akui in the twelfth and final round in the main event in a unification bout on Thursday night at the Kokugikan, in Tokyo, Japan. Teraji, 25-1 (16) knocked out Akui, 21-3-1 (11) at 1:31 of the 12th…

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…