Babich and Molina passed the weigh-in
Andrew Karlov
Oct. 29, 2021, 3:18 p.m.

Alen Babic (8-0, 8 KOs) was much lighter than Eric Molina (28-7, 20 KOs) at the official weigh-in ceremony before the Matchroom Boxing evening in London. The Croatian weighed 97.2 kg, while the American weighed 116.6 kg. This is the second heaviest weight for Babic in the professional ...

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Hearn: "Fury-Whyte to go on bids most likely"
Andrew Karlov
Oct. 29, 2021, 7 a.m.

Eddie Hearn is already considering a fight next year between WBC champion Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KO) and interim titleholder Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KO). The British promoter says the most likely scenario for negotiations between the two camps could end up being a bid tender.

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Boxing federations to set new rules for unification fights
Andrew Karlov
Oct. 29, 2021, 6:02 a.m.

The presidents of the four major boxing sanctioning bodies met. It was attended by Mauricio Suleiman (WBC), Gilberto Jesus Mendoza (WBA), Daryl Peoples (IBF) and Francisco Valcarcel (WBO). The topics of talks included unification bouts, among others.

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Canelo plans four fights next year
Andrew Karlov
Oct. 29, 2021, 5:41 a.m.

Saul Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) said he will fight four professional fights next year. The fighter had a similar plan this year but a protracted negotiations with Caleb Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) led to the postponement of the fights from early September to November 6.

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Saul Alvarez: "Ryan Garcia is wasting his talent"
Andrew Karlov
Oct. 28, 2021, 3:40 p.m.

WBC, WBA and WBO super middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) serves as a mentor of Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs), one of the best and most popular prospect in the boxing world. Canelo and Garcia train under the same trainer, Eddie Reynoso, but the work ethic ...

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Uzcategui tests positive for doping, Benavides is without opponent
Andrew Karlov
Oct. 28, 2021, 2:34 p.m.

Jose Uzcategui (31-4, 26 KOs) was caught doping and will now be unable to step in the ring with David Benavides (24-0, 21 KOs) in a bout scheduled for November 13. Their fight was supposed to be the main event of the evening at the Premier Boxing Champions ...

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Fuzile vs Ogawa for the IBF title at the Lopez-Kambosos undercard
Andrew Karlov
Oct. 28, 2021, 8:07 a.m.

Nov. 27 Azinga Fuzile (15-1, 9 KOs) and Kenichi Ogawa (25-1-1, 18 KOs) will challenge for the vacant IBF super featherweight world title at a boxing night in New York City. The bout will be part of an event hosted by Matchroom Boxing.

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Claressa Shields lost her second MMA fight
Andrew Karlov
Oct. 28, 2021, 7:09 a.m.

Claressa Shields suffered her first professional mixed martial arts loss. The American lost by split decision to Abigail Montes as part of the Professional Fighters League's MMA night. After three rounds, the judges tallied 29-28 in favor of Shields and 29-28 twice in favor of Montes.

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Usyk: "I'm not going to celebrate like Andy Ruiz"
Andrew Karlov
Oct. 28, 2021, 4:34 a.m.

On September 25, Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) made a sensation in the boxing world by taking the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles from Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs). AJ will get a chance to take a revenge from his winner next spring. Usyk assures that he ...

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Crawford: "The fight with Porter is my toughest in career"
Andrew Karlov
Oct. 27, 2021, 12:07 p.m.

WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) will face former champion Shawn Porter (31-3-1, 17 KOs) on November 20 in Las Vegas. According to Crawford, the November bout with his fellow countryman will have a huge workload.

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