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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…

Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney verbally argued on stage today at the press conference in Los Angeles to promote their respective fights against Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero and Jose Ramirez. Kingry had been playing it cool, focusing on talking about his monosyllabic opponent, Rolly (16-2, 13 KOs), who appeared mentally disengaged on stage. Haney took offense…

Gervonta Davis’ draw against Lamont Roach this month has resulted in him being pulled from The Ring’s top 10 pound-for-pound list. Fans are up in arms, seeing the ‘Face of Boxing’ Tank Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) dropped from the pound-for-pound list when he wasn’t even beaten. The list needs to be fixed up. How does Tank…

Commentator Shawn Porter says Wednesday’s comeback fight on March 12th for former unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman and Brock Jarvis is a “60-40″ one in his eyes in their 10-round headliner at the Hordern Pavilion, in Sydney, Australia. Porter is giving the 36-year-old Thurman (30-1, 22 KOs) the edge based on his experience, skills and…

Edgar Berlanga only has himself to blame for him being stuck on an undercard against Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz this Saturday, March 15th at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. The “Comeback” Clause Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn says Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) wanted a “comeback fight” that “wasn’t a headline event” in case he lost to…

Two Coatesville, PA. boxers are dealing with injuries from boxing mentally. Former IBF Featherweight champion Calvin ‘Silky Smooth’ Grove and once-beaten heavyweight Jimmy Clark are both in Nursing facilities suffering from Dementia. Grove is at the Phoenix Center in Phoenixville, PA, and though his appearance is good considering he is about forty pounds heavier, while…

Terence Crawford claims he has a better resume than Gervont Davis and that he couldn’t “even tie my shoestrings” with the names he has on his twelve-year career. The two fighters have been trading trash talk lately, and Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) is still at it, trying to artificially inflate himself in the eyes of…

Promoter Eddie Hearn says he hopes super middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) will stay with Matchroom Boxing after he completes his final fight of his contract this Saturday, March 15th against Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz (20-0-1, 16 KOs) in their fight at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Berlanga’s bout against Gonzalez-Ortiz, 35, is…

Trainer Abel Sanchez says Jose Ramirez will show fans that Devin Haney “isn’t where he thinks he is” talent-wise when they fight on May 2nd in a welterweight bout on superstar Ryan Garcia’s undercard at Times Square in New York City. Sanchez predicts that the former WBC and WBO light welterweight champion Ramirez (29-2, 18…