On This Day: Muhammad Ali Stripped of His Title After Refusing Draft (1967)
On April 28, 1967, Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight title and banned from boxing after refusing induction into the U.S. Army at the height of his career.
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On This Day: Lennox Lewis, Altitude and One Perfect Punch – The Night Rahman Shocked the World (2001)
On April 22, 2001, Lennox Lewis lost his heavyweight crown to Hasim Rahman in one of boxing’s biggest upsets—a result shaped by preparation, conditions, and a perfectly timed right hand.
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On This Day: Hagler vs Hearns – The War That Lasted Eight Minutes but Lives Forever (1985)
On April 15, 1985, Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns delivered three of the most explosive rounds in boxing history, a brutal shootout remembered simply as “The War.”
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Terence Crawford, Gervonta Davis, Gary Russell Win World Title Fights
This past weekend saw three world title contests take place on Saturday, along with a very controversial interim world title bout. We kick things off in the UK at London’s Copperbox Arena, where America’s Gervonta Davis, 18-0 (17), lived up to the massive hype campaign that has fueled his young career thus far. The Floyd…
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Santa Cruz, Garcia, Berchelt Win Major World Title Fights
Two seasoned veterans and a newcomer came out of the weekend as big winners of major world titles, overcoming opposition Las Vegas and California on Saturday. Featherweight Leo Santa Cruz turned the tables on arch-rival Carl Frampton in a rematch to their 2016 showdown in New York’s famed Madison Square Garden. This time the bout…
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Can Sergey Kovalev Overcome Andre Ward In Massive Showdown?
It’s finally here, the much anticipated clash between light heavyweight king Sergey Kovalev and former super middleweight ruler Andre Ward with the pair meeting tonight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. At stake are Kovalev’s WBA, IBF and WBO belts, which the heavy-handed Russian has held since defeating Bernard Hopkins in November, 2014. Ward, who…
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Anthony Joshua, Keith Thurman Put World Titles At Risk Tonight
Tonight’s world title clashes start off with a towering heavyweight battle in England as IBF king Anthony Joshua meets the challenge of Dominic Breazeale at the O2 Arena in London. At 6’6, Joshua will amazingly be looking up at the 6’7 tall Breazeale in this, British phenom Joshua’s first defense since ripping the IBF crown…
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Martinez, Lomachenko WBO Clash Tonight At Madison Square Garden
This weekend’s big fights are headlined by a mouth-watering clash at New York’s Madison Square Garden this evening as WBO super feather king Rocky Martinez looks to turn aside the challenge posed by current WBO featherweight champ Vasyl Lomachenko. Martinez, 29-2-1 (17), is on his third reign as WBO 130 pound titlist, having gone 6-2-2…
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Amir Khan Throws The Dice Tonight In Massive Canelo Gamble
British welterweight Amir Khan steps up tonight in a big way as the challenges WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in America’s boxing capital of Las Vegas. The occasion marks the first defense of the belt by Alvarez, 46-1-1 (32) since unseating Miguel Cotto in November and just like…
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2015 Year End Explosion Of World Title Bouts In Japan
2015 went out with a bang in a far flung corner of the globe, Japan to be exact, as a flurry of world title bouts took place in the Land of the Rising Sun. It all started on Tuesday at Tokyo’s Ariake Colosseum where the planet’s top super flyweight, Naoya Inoue, was in full destructive…
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Four World Title Fights Tonight, Haskins Crowned World Champ
It’s one of the bigger Saturday nights we’ve had this autumn with four world title clashes on offer but one of the big fights slated for tonight was scraped when the champion failed to make weight on a massive scale. IBF bantam boss Randy Caballero of America was set to meet the challenge posed by…
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Would “The Best Ever” Really Face Andre Berto In A Last Bout?
The best ever? Really? Does a boxer that wishes to be known by that title really pick a former champion, who has been handily defeated by Robert Guerrero and Victor Ortiz as well as stopped by Jesus Soto Karass, to face in his “final” fight? First of all, does anyone actually believe that Floyd Mayweather…
