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The World Boxing Council (WBC) is set to resume anti-doping tests as part of the Clean Boxing Program that it conducts in coordination with the World Anti-Doping Agency (VADA), said Mauricio Sulaimán, the organization’s president. The tests were suspended for at least three weeks on March 21 as a preventive step in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. Sulaiman said ...
By Sean Jones: Promoter Eddie Hearn and WBO featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson traded words on social media Wednesday. Stevenson 13-0, 7 KOs). Stevenson, 22, wants to face IBF 126-pound champion Josh Warrington, but it looks like he’s made up his mind already that he wants to face WBA champion Can Xu next. Hearn told Stevenson that an offer was made ...
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Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum has continued to take shots at UFC President Dana White – over the executive’s insistence to stage events during the coronavirus. Arum’s company has either postponed or canceled all of their events through the month of June. White was going to stage UFC 249 on April 18. It was moved from Brooklyn and was heading to an Indian casino ...
By Charles Brun: Tyson Fury’s ability to get up off the deck in the first fight with Deontay Wilder makes a case for him being the most mentally strong heavyweight in the division. Both of the knockdowns that Wilder scored were the type that could have led to the fight being halted. The act of Fury getting up off the ...
By Barry Holbrook: A unification fight between Jermall Charlo and Canelo Alvarez much interests Bernard Hopkins of Golden Boy Promotions, and he believes it can happen soon. Charlo is the purest puncher in the middleweight division by far, and the most dangerous for the 5’9″ Canelo. Jermall Charlo with a lot of weapons Charlo (30-0, 22 KOs) holds the WBC ...
IBF lightweight world champion Teofimo Lopez believes that he’s got the mental edge over WBC Franchise, WBA/WBO lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko. The two were slated to collide in the summer, but their showdown was pushed back due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. For the last few months, Lopez and his father/trainer, Teofimo Lopez Sr., have been taking shots at Lomachenko ...
In the last few years, former world champion Daniel Santos has had several incidents with the law. According to Primera Hora, you can add another to the list. Santos was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly causing damage to vehicles at the Euro Wheels Auto Corporation dealership located in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. In 2019, Santos was charged with violence and intimidation against ...
By Jeff Aronow: The WBC has reinstated Devin Haney (24-0, 15 KOs) as the WBC lightweight champion. The sanctioning body convened and made the decision to reinstate the 21-year-old Haney as the full WBC lightweight champion. Haney can now make a voluntary defense of his WBC belt. Additionally, the WBC has ordered Javier Fortuna and Luke Campbell to fight for ...
By Charles Brun: Amir Khan wants Kell Brook to understand that he’s the A-side in the equation, and if he wants to face him, it will need to happen at 154. Khan (34-5, 21 KOs) notes that he’s in the power position, and he calls the shots as far as a fight with Brook (39-2, 27 KOs) goes. Brook, 33, ...
By Chris Williams: Devin Haney says he received death threats and a lot of hate in the aftermath of an interview he made last week. Haney (24-0, 15 KOs) wants to make it clear that he’s NOT a racist, and he wants to put this whole episode behind him now and learn from it. In a recent interview, Haney said, ...