Anderson vs Arias
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 23, 2023, 5:01 a.m.

George Arias (18-0, 7 KOs) will act as the next opponent for Jared Anderson (13-0, 13 KOs) at the Top Rank party on April 8 in Newark. This fight is scheduled for ten rounds.

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Opetaya is about to start sparring
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 23, 2023, 4:50 a.m.

Jai Opetaya (22-0, 17 KOs) said in an interview with sportingnews.com that this weekend he will have his first sparring in months. Thus, the Australian will begin preparations for the fight with Mateusz Masternak (47-5, 31 KOs) as part of the mandatory defense of the IBF world heavyweight title.

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Chisora ​​Calls for Boycott of WBC Over Possible Jake Paul Rankings
Dmitriy Kel
Feb. 23, 2023, 2:55 a.m.
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Reta Murata announced his retirement
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 22, 2023, 2:31 p.m.

ESPN columnist Mike Coppinger reported that the former two-time WBA middleweight champion, 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Ryota Murata decided to hang up his gloves and end his professional career. The 37-year-old fighter, a big star in his native Japan, last competed last April when he lost Gennady Golovkin in the unification match in Saitama.

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WBC reinstates Benn in the rankings
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 22, 2023, 2:01 p.m.

The World Boxing Council made a decision regarding the undefeated welterweight boxer Conor Benna. Last October, Benn was scheduled to fight Chris Eubank Jr. in intermediate weight. Their fight was canceled less than a week before the event when it was revealed that Benn had tested positive for doping. Later, Benn himself said that in an earlier test, he also passed a positive result for the same banned substance.

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Hearn began talks on the fight Bivol-Beterbiev
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 22, 2023, 1:31 p.m.

After a successful last year Dmitry Bivol (21-0, 11 KOs) is looking for new challenges. Eddie Hearn, a promoter who is interested in the Russian, said he was in preliminary talks to fully unify the light heavyweight titles.

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Plant bought the domain davidbenavidez.com
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 22, 2023, 1:01 p.m.

Caleb Plant (22-1, 13 KOs) before the fight with David Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) decided to raise the trash talk to an unprecedented level in professional boxing and bought the Internet domain davidbenavidez.com.

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WBO appoints Smith-Alimkhanuly fight
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 22, 2023, 12:06 p.m.

Liam Smith (33-3-1, 20 KOs) named official contender for the WBO middleweight title held by Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (13-0, 8 KOs). Representatives of the boxers have until March 14 to agree on this fight. The promotional auction date will be set later.

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Charlo and Ennis will fight on the same night on June 17
Andrew Karlov
Feb. 22, 2023, 11:39 a.m.

Jermall Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs) will return to the ring on June 17 in Houston. Thus, the WBC world middleweight champion will break an almost two-year period of inactivity in boxing.

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Taylor named the favorite of the fight Lomachenko - Haney
Dmitriy Kel
Feb. 22, 2023, 2:16 a.m.

WBO light welterweight title holder Josh Taylor said he thought Vasily Lomachenko favorite in the upcoming confrontation with the absolute world champion in the lightweight division Devin Haney.

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