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Interview
Rick Ramos says Mikaela Mayer is focused on all the wrong things ahead of Sandy Ryan fight
I’m not above causing a little trouble. So after asking Rick Ramos if his wife, Jessica McCaskill, might get the itch to break off her retirement after watching this Friday’s bout between Sandy Ryan and Mikaela Mayer, he told me to repeat the questio...
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Sandy Ryan and Mikaela Mayer make weight ahead of title fight
Tensions threatened to flare as WBO women’s welterweight champion Sandy Ryan and former junior lightweight titleholder Mikaela Mayer both successfully made weight, setting the stage for their clash Friday night at Madison Square Garden’s Theater.
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Interview
Alycia Baumgardner reflects on life’s rollercoaster: ‘I made it through the chaos’
The last year and a half of undisputed junior lightweight champion Alycia Baumgardner’s life can be best described as being filled with disorder, disarray and disruption, and she can’t help but get emotional when discussing the details of it.
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News
Jai Opetaia-Jack Massey: IBF grants exception, orders winner to face mandatory by January
The upcoming fight between Jai Opetaia and Jack Massey will indeed be allowed to be competed for the IBF cruiserweight title – in addition to Opetaia’s lineal championship – but the winner will have to defend next against the sanctioning body’s manda...
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Interview
Alycia Baumgardner tells Claressa Shields it’s 147 pounds or bust for a fight
Undisputed junior lightweight champion Alycia Baumgardner will return from a lengthy layoff Friday when she defends her titles against mandatory challenger Delfine Persoon. The fight will headline an all-female Global Combat Collective card at Lux St...
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BoxingScene’s Midweek Mailbag: Your Anthony Joshua-Daniel Dubois post-fight thoughts (and ours)
In this week’s mailbag, we tackle your thoughts on Daniel Dubois’ demolition of Anthony Joshua, including how much praise Joshua does or doesn’t deserve, who Dubois should face next, and the idea of a rematch between Dubois and Joshua. We also return...
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Breaking News
Golden Boy welterweights Alexis Rocha, Raul Curiel head Dec. 14 DAZN card
Alexis Rocha seeks to extend his climb up the welterweight ratings by taking on Raul Curiel, an undefeated product of Mexico, in a bout pitting Golden Boy Promotions roster mates Dec. 14 at Toyota Center in Ontario, California, BoxingScene learned We...
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Jai Opetaia and Jack Massey make their battle cries while Skye Nicolson and Raven Chapman ‘make history’
Though Jai Opetaia, 25-0 (19 KOs), unquestionably wanted a bigger fight than Jack Massey, his opponent on the October 12 Riyadh Season card in Saudi Arabia, the IBF cruiserweight belt-holder insists that he won’t overlook his next challenger.
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Dmitry Bivol: Artur Beterbiev is the final step; I have to make sure the sacrifices were worth it
With Artur Beterbiev sitting approximately 10 meters away from him at the top table in London, Dmitry Bivol was typically respectful about the task ahead. On Oct. 12 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the pair will meet for light heavyweight supremacy in a con...
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Claressa Shields, ‘The Fire Inside’ should clear things up
Whether the listener wanted to hear it, whether the principled message was being delivered correctly, or whether Shields was saying things that made the status quo uncomfortable, there has remained a divide keeping the masses from comprehending the g...
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Mikaela Mayer calls on networks and promoters to work to grow women’s boxing
Mikaela Mayer has urged networks and promoters to do more to help grow women’s boxing. The 34-year-old is one of the sport’s most established stars and tops the bill at the Madison Square Garden Theater on Friday in a grudge match with bitter rival...
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In Hamzah Sheeraz, middleweight division has its new ‘giant’
Hamzah Sheeraz’s second-round TKO of Tyler Denny Saturday clinches his position as the “nightmare” and “big giant” of the middleweight division, a gathering of fighters that has lacked star power since Gennadiy Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez moved on.
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Daniel Dubois is the latest to prove that fighters deserve second (and third) chances
After stopping Daniel Dubois in the ninth round via a sharp right-hand jab – a punch of incredible accuracy but also enough innocence to reawaken questions about Dubois’ resilience – Oleksandr Usyk took pity on his defeated foe. He spoke to Dubois li...
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Raymond Ford, Khalil Coe and Ernesto Mercado added to Philadelphia bill
The Philadelphia card co-headlined by Jarron “Boots” Ennis and Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez will also feature Raymond Ford, Khalil Coe and Ernesto Mercado. The Saturday, November 9, bill at the Wells Fargo Center will see Ford return for the first time s...
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Interview
Ahmed Seddiqi’s mission to grow boxing in the Middle East
Ahmed Seddiqi has been a driving force in promoting professional boxing in the Middle East for over a decade, serving as a gym owner, promoter, and manager. He now runs Rising Stars Arabia, a promotional entity aimed at giving fighters from the regio...
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Daniel Dubois next fight: He welcomes Anthony Joshua rematch but also targets winner of Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury
Daniel Dubois would welcome a rematch with Anthony Joshua, the man he conquered so emphatically on Saturday night, but he'll be watching closely on December 21st when Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury meet in a rematch.