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Some of us fightwriter types were a bit surprised when we heard the plug might get pulled on that Flint, Michigan card topped by Claressa Shields, portions of which were to run on Showtime last Saturday. We know this…The show, even if modified, must go on. And so it did,  and that’s why Jaron “Boots” […]

NEW YORK — At an age when most other kids were watching cartoons, Khalid Twaiti was watching boxing. His family were fans, and the fights were always on at the house every weekend. But as far as his son was concerned, his father didn’t want him anywhere near a boxing ring.  “He felt like boxing […]

CHICAGO – Weigh-ins for the Aleksandr Usyk-Chazz Witherspoon card were originally scheduled to be held at an outdoor venue this morning. However, a dip in temperature of more than 30 degrees and rainy, windy conditions moved the event inside the lobby of the Wintrust Arena, site of the fight card tomorrow evening. A lively crowd […]

Oleksandr Usyk weighed in at 215 pounds on Friday afternoon for his heavyweight debut, while Chazz Witherspoon also came in at a career-high 242 pounds. The fight will headline a DAZN broadcast on Saturday night from Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Usyk (16-0, 12 knockouts) of Ukraine is stepping up after dominating at cruiserweight, where he had […]

The Ring continues its look back at the greatest fighters ever from 20 nations. Next up is Japan.

Tonight, on Telemundo, former WBC junior flyweight titlist Ganigan Lopez hopes to keep his name in the flyweight mix, when he again faces Armando Torres.

Tonight, former 175-pound titlist Chad Dawson, who will be inducted in the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020, will face Denis Grachev in Hartford.

It will be a day, or a night, that will live in infamy . . . but really, if you want to drill down, it should, maybe, be looked back upon as a night when fate smiled upon Errol Spence Jr. “The Truth” played rock ’em sock ‘em robots with his Ferrari, apparently, as he […]

The latest subject of our 'Best I Faced' series is former long-reigning WBA junior lightweight titleholder Takashi Uchiyama.

News reached The Ring on Thursday evening that former bantamweight titleholders Emmanuel Rodriguez and Luis Nery will meet on the undercard of Deontay Wilder’s WBC heavyweight title defense against Luis Ortiz on November 23 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Rodriguez, who is rated No. 5 by The Ring at 118 pounds, was scheduled […]

GET WELL, CHAMP Hi Dougie- I hope all is well. I’ve read a lot of very negative and insensitive comments about Errol Spence’s auto accident but just wanted to wish Errol a speedy recovery and a return to health; if that goes well an eventual return to the ring. Get well soon champ. Thanks. – […]

Oleksandr Usyk has not fought since his knockout win over Tony Bellew on Nov. 10. To the former undisputed cruiserweight champion of the world, that seems like an eternity. Usyk is anxious and motivated to return to the ring as he is hopeful to conquer the heavyweight division. The unbeaten southpaw will face late-replacement Chazz […]

It appears Errol Spence Jr.’s prognosis is positive on the WBC/IBF welterweight beltholder Thursday afternoon at Methodist Hospital in Dallas, according to a release issued by PBC. The release stated in part: “Spence is awake and responding and his condition is listed as stable. He did not sustain any broken bones or fractures, but has some […]