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• Shawn Porter Prefers Manny Pacquiao’s Career Over Floyd Mayweather’s

  24-05-2020 23:03 via boxinginsider.com
  
  By: Hans Themistode
  Floyd Mayweather Jr has done it all. 
  Five division world champion. Check. 
  Break every single boxing pay per view record. Check.
  Rake in nearly one billion dollars. Check. 
  Retire undefeated. Check. 
  Oh, and by the way, defeat the one man who many believed was the biggest threat to his unblemished record in Manny Pacquiao. Also check. Still, even with the countless accolades and piles of cash that Mayweather has accrued during a 21 year career, curre
  
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• Whyte wants WBC to force Fury to fight him next in 2020

  24-05-2020 21:14 via boxingnews24.com
  By Charles Brun: WBC heavyweight interim champion Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) is angry with WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman because he’s not making it clear whether he’ll be able to challenge for the title in early 2021. Whyte feels he should be getting a title shot because he’s been ranked #1 with […]
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• Mike Tyson Continues Comeback Trail With Special Appearance at AEW

  24-05-2020 20:13 via boxinginsider.com
  
  By:Hans Themistode
  Mike Tyson made the first pit stop on his comeback tour this past weekend. Although this time around, he settled for a wrestling ring.
  AEW superstars Cody Rhodes and Lance Archer battled it out at Double or Nothing. Tyson was expected to sit back and enjoy the matchup from his ring side seat. Following the contest, he was due to wrap the winners waist with the TNT title. But it’s seldom that there is a ring around and Tyson does not choose to make an appearance insi
  
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• Shakur Stevenson vs. Felix Caraballo possible for June 9

  24-05-2020 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  By Allan Fox: Shakur Stevenson could be facing second tier featherweight Felix Caraballo (13-1-2, 9 K.O.s) on June 9 in a behind closed doors fight in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to Michael Benson, the Nevada State Athletic Commission will be meeting next week on Wednesday to decide on the fight. Stevenson was supposed to be […]
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• Gassiev is better suited than Usyk at heavyweight – Abel Sanchez

  24-05-2020 17:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  By Kenneth Friedman: Trainer Abel Sanchez is predicting that his fighter former IBF/WBA cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev will be a better heavyweight than former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. The Russian Gassiev still hasn’t made his heavyweight debut yet, but Sanchez wants to match him against contenders Andy Ruiz Jr., Adam Kownacki, and Robert Helenius. […]
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• Hatton: Training became my comfort blanket

  24-05-2020 14:10 via skysports.com
  
  Ricky Hatton has opened up about the mental health issues he has suffered since retiring from boxing says that training became his "comfort blanket".
  
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• 300 fights, 279 losses? 'But I was a success'

  24-05-2020 09:50 via skysports.com
  
  Two years after the 300th, and the very last, final bell of a boxing match, a sound so familiar to Kristian Laight, he has nothing but pride for how things went.
  
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• 'Gassiev better at heavyweight than Usyk'

  24-05-2020 07:50 via skysports.com
  
  Murat Gassiev is "as big a puncher as the best heavyweights" and wants revenge on Oleksandr Usyk, says his trainer Abel Sanchez.
  
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• Evander Holyfield training with Wladimir Klitschko

  24-05-2020 06:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  By Allan Fox: Evander Holyfield is being helped out by Wladimir Klitschko with his comeback to get him ready for exhibition matches. The 57-year-old Holyfield (44-10-2, 29 KOs) is getting ready to come out of retirement after nine years for a possible charity match against 53-year-old former IBF/WBA/WBC heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs). […]
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• Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders still expected for 2020 – Eddie Hearn

  24-05-2020 05:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  By Barry Holbrook: Billy Joe Saunders is expected to face Canelo Alvarez next in 2020, according to Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn. His understanding is the Canelo-Saunders fight is still going ahead, and expecting it to take place in the summertime. There’s no one else for Canelo to fight other than Saunders. Gennadiy Golovkin will be […]
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• Shawn Porter Doubts Keith Thurman Wants Rematch

  24-05-2020 05:09 via boxinginsider.com
  
  By: Hans Themistode
  Shawn Porter has a long list of fighters he wants to step into the ring with next. But a matchup with fellow former champion Keith Thurman is at the top. 
  FILE- In this June 20, 2015, file photo, boxer Shawn Porter reacts after being declared the winner by unanimous decision against Adrien Broner after a welterweight fight in Las Vegas. Keith Thurman and Porter have agreed to fight March 12 in a welterweight bout for Thurman's WBA title.(AP Photo/David Becker, File)
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• Andy Ruiz Jr has been a PROBLEM forever – Lou DiBella

  24-05-2020 01:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  By Sean Jones: Promoter Lou DiBella has mixed feelings about the recent move by Andy Ruiz Jr. in dumping his ex-trainer Manny Robles and moving over to Canelo Alvarez’s camp with Eddy Reynoso as his new coach. DiBella likes the idea of former IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Ruiz Jr. (33-2, 22 KOs) getting a “change of […]
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