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Edgar Berlanga is targeting a fight against Jaime Munguia later this year if the Mexican fighter wins his rematch with Bruno Surace on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull on May 3rd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Munguia Over Plant? Choosing the recently knocked-out Munguia as his desired opponent rather than Caleb Plant is…

Coach Greg Hackett says he thinks William Zepeda will go for an early knockout of Tevin Farmer this Saturday, March 29th, in their 12-round rematch in Cancun. Hackett feels that Zepeda (32-0, 27 KOs) knows that it would be “bad” for him if it goes the 12-round distance against Farmer (33-7-1, 8 KOs). Zepeda will…

By Frank Bay: On the 3 knockdown Rule with Mario Lopez and Steve Kim, Ring Magazine editor Dougie Fischer agreed with me about Lomaont Roach’s peformance. Now, listen, this is not to say Tank Davis won the fight or sound like the Tank Davis groupies in the comment section that claim he is the face…

Jermall Charlo will emerge from hibernation mode once again to fight at super middleweight on May 31st in a PBC event in Las Vegas. He’ll be fighting on the undercard of former IBF 168-lb champion Caleb Plant. Charlo (33-0, 22 KOs) turns 35 on May 19 and hasn’t fought in two years since beating former…

Terence Crawford’s comment about his victory over Canelo Alvarez earning him a top-three spot in the all-time pound-for-pound list has fans debating this subject, and many of them believe he’s completely ignorant about the sport’s history. (Credit: Zach Delgado/Matchroom) Historical Naivety They feel Crawford doesn’t know about the past greats, so he naively thinks a…

Strength and conditioning coach Rob Acosta believes Terence Crawford is heading for trouble, bulking up by eating his way to the 180s for his September 13th fight against Canelo Alvarez at super middleweight in Riyadh. (Credit: Melina Pizano/Matchroom) Too Big, Too Fast? Crawford ate his way to 168 because he’s put on weight rapidly since…

Mikey Garcia says Canelo Alvarez is just a “businessman” at this point in his career, fighting only for money without caring about what fans think about him taking easy fights. Garcia says Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) is like an “enterprise” now, having already made a colossal fortune and sticking around to make $400 million. Mikey…

Edwin De Los Santos revealed that he will challenge Keyshawn Davis for his WBO lightweight title on June 7th in Virginia. Keyshawn, 26, is finally showing some bravery by taking on the heavy-handed Dominican Republic native De Los Santos in his first title defense. However, he’s catching him at the perfect time, with two years…

Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says he wants to put together a fight between Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Errol Spence for the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. De La Hoya feels that the two fighters will sell out the 80,000-seat Cowboy’s Stadium. Oscar points out that Ortiz Jr. (23-0, 21 KOs) is coming off of…

Ryan Garcia says he’s not bothered about fighting Devin Haney again, and he feels he has nothing to prove after he beat him last April. He’s not consumed with fighting Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) again out of bitterness over what happened after his victory. (Credit: Michael Owens/Matchroom Boxing) The Tournament Test Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs)…