Roberto Durán arrived at Madison Square Garden on November 17, 1972, as a 21-year-old lightweight champion with a 31-0 record and an aura already forming around him. Esteban De Jesús needed less than a minute to break it.

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Joe Cordina has been inactive for more than eight months, and the former IBF super featherweight champion still has no fight scheduled. With his 35th birthday approaching in December, Matchroom has already allowed too much of his remaining career to disappear.

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Tim Tszyu’s “hit list” has become a collection of fighters whose best years belong to another era. After defeating a long-inactive Errol Spence Jr., the 31-year-old former WBO junior middleweight champion crossed Spence’s name off his shirt and revealed Jermell Charlo as his next target.

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As part of the August 22nd Rolando “Rolly” Romero vs Teofimo Lopez undercard, rising 6-foot-2-inch PBC junior-middleweight prospect Joseph “The Prodigy” Brown defeated Alton Wiggins by way of unanimous decision.

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Lou DiBella expects TKO and Zuffa Boxing to take control of the American boxing market almost immediately. The Hall of Fame promoter believes Paramount gives Dana White and Nick Khan a broadcasting advantage that none of the established companies can match.

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William Zepeda has two dangerous Cuban lightweights calling for his attention, but only one already owns a WBC belt. Jadier Herrera should face Zepeda first after being passed over when the vacant lightweight title was filled.

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Teofimo Lopez claims Jack Catterall is not his WBA mandatory and says the British contender was lied to about his right to challenge for the welterweight title.

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The Ring’s revised welterweight rankings are not merely questionable. They are internally contradictory. Recognizable names and sanctioning-body belts receive priority over ability, recent form and even direct head-to-head results.

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Evander Holyfield believes there is just one active fighter that he would have struggled to defeat at his very best. ‘The Real Deal’ established himself in the paid ranks…

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Amir Khan never shied away from a challenge and has now revealed the one puncher who made the biggest impact on him. Khan became a British sporting star even…

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Conor Benn has finally got the world title fight he has long been chasing against Ryan Garcia, and Mike Tyson is the latest to give his prediction. Benn…

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Heavyweight icon Muhammad Ali once admitted that he underestimated one of his legendary opponents in a shock claim. Known simply as ‘The Greatest’, Ali began his professional career back…

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Becoming the second-youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history is being used as the main selling point for Moses Itauma’s August 29 fight against Filip Hrgovic. DAZN would not need to lean so heavily on a statistical record if Itauma had a more engaging personality or fought in a way that made fans feel they had to watch him.

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Shakur Stevenson is taking partial credit for William Zepeda and Teofimo Lopez collecting world titles following defeats to him. Their success reflects well on the quality of his opposition, but Shakur did not create their ability to compete at that level.

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Jaron Ennis and Josh Kelly are in advanced negotiations for a three-belt junior middleweight unification in November or December, Chris Mannix reports. An East Coast venue is being targeted for the fight.

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Regis Prograis has questioned Rocky Marciano’s place among boxing’s greatest heavyweights, arguing that the famous 49-0 record was built against aging opponents.

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Julio Cesar Chavez produced perhaps the finest performance of his career when he dismantled Edwin Rosario on November 21, 1987, at the Las Vegas Hilton Outdoor Arena. After ten punishing rounds, Rosario’s corner finally rescued him in the 11th.

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Rick Glaser has taken the Fury–Joshua venue dispute directly to Turki Alalshikh, accusing Eddie Hearn of working against plans to stage the fight at Madison Square Garden on November 20. The post reads like a mixture of flattery, tattling, and a formal request for Turki to deal with an unruly employee.

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On Saturday night, August 22nd, at the Butterfly Brawl 3 on the Santa Monica Pier, a prospect’s hype train was derailed as light welterweight Moises Garcia stopped D’Angelo “Muscle” Evans (15-1, 14 KOs) in the fifth round.

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In a battle between two boxers who are close friends, Teofimo “The Takeover” Lopez defeated Rolando “Rolly” Romero (17-3, 13 KOs) by majority decision and won the WBA welterweight title.

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