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Josh Padley faces Serbian Marko Cvetanovic in a 10-round undercard contest for the WBA International Lightweight Title on April 19th, live on DAZN at the Park Community Arena in Sheffield, England. Padley-Cvetanovic will be battling on the Dalton Smith vs. Mathieu Germain undercard for this event. Given the lower placement, it’s not expected to be…

Trainer Mickey Bey says Terence Crawford shouldn’t come in heavy for his title challenge against unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez in September. (Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom) Bey thinks it’s smarter for Bud to come in lighter at 165 to 168 on the night of the fight. He says Crawford should fight at roughly the same…

Promoter Eddie Hearn predicts that the April 12th unification fight between welterweight champions Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis will be the “biggest fight in the U.S this year” when they headline at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hearn says this fight will show whether Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) is a “true…

Promoter Bob Arum says Terence Crawford’s ability to switch hit will “befuddle” Canelo Alvarez in September, and he predicts that his former fighter will defeat the Mexican superstar. Stance Switch Strategy Arum believes that changing stances is all Bud needs to defeat Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs). If Crawford is banking on winning by changing stances…

“Iron” Mike Tyson is an iconic two-time world heavyweight champion who put the boxing world on alert in the mid 1980’s when he wiped out the entire division at the age of 21. In the first 37 fights of his professional career, Tyson’s elite head movement, speed, and punching power made him look invincible. Present…

Edgar Berlanga responded to Caleb Plant on social media, saying he never received any contract from him, as he stated in an interview. Berlanga says he’s the “A-side,” and Plant is the “B-side.” Edgar would be the one sending the contract, not him. Plant’s Perspective The former IBF super middleweight champion Plant (23-2, 14 KOs)…

Caleb Plant said last Saturday night that Edgar Berlanga “doesn’t want to fight me.” He says they sent a contract to Berlanga (23-1, 18 KOs), but there’s been no response. (Credit: Melanie Pizano/Matchroom) Eddie Hearn of Matchroom hoped to put a fight together between Berlanga and WBA interim super middleweight champion Plant (23-2, 14 KOs)…

Shakur Stevenson has been strangely quiet since William Zepeda’s victory last Saturday night over Tevin Farmer in Cancun, Mexico. The WBC lightweight champion Shakur (23-0, 11 KOs) wants the Zepeda fight next, but it would be a bad move on his part to seem desperate, which would signal to Golden Boy that he views him…

WBC interim Lightweight champion William Zepeda won a 12-round majority decision over the former IBF Super Featherweight champion Tevin Farmer on Saturday night in the main event at the Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The southpaw Zepeda, 33-0 (27) won a 12-round majority decision over Farmer, 33-8-1 (8). In the first round, it was close, as…

WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. (27-0, 21 KOs) called out 147-lb champs Jaron Ennis, Eimantas Stanionis, and Mario Barrios following his third-round technical knockout of Derrieck Cuevas (27-2-1, 19 KOs) on Saturday night at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Las Vegas. Easy Mark Cuevas turned out to be an easy mark for Norman Jr, and…