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Jaron Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis met for their first face-off today to promote their welterweight unification clash in two months on April 12th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. You could tell from listening to them that they’re not used to trash-talking and are uncomfortable with it. If Boots (33-0, 29 KOs)…

Dmitry Bivol downplays Artur Beterbiev’s punching power, saying it wasn’t harder than some of the other fighters he’s faced during his career. Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) says Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) doesn’t load up on his shots and only focuses on landing them. The former WBA light heavyweight champion Bivol, 34, was clearly bothered by…

Vergil Ortiz Jr. believes Israil Madrimov will be desperate to win their fight on Saturday night because he’s coming off a loss. He says he wants to “prove he’s still in the mix.” In truth, both fighters are coming off losses. Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) was gifted a decision in his fight against Serhii…

On Valentine’s Day inside The Theater at Madison Square Garden, Keyshawn Davis (13-0, 9 KO, 1 NC) earned a gift he has worked for his entire life: world championship gold. A few weeks before his 26th birthday, Davis won the WBO lightweight championship by knocking out the previously unbeaten Denys Berinchyk (19-1, 9 KO) in…

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…