Oba Carr never won a world title, but Rick Glaser believes the former Kronk fighter was good enough to defeat Errol Spence Jr. Carr’s three failed title bids came against Félix Trinidad, Ike Quartey and Oscar De La Hoya, leaving his career trapped beneath three of the strongest welterweights of the 1990s.

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Popularity in boxing has never been measured only by applause. Some champions became national heroes, while others filled arenas because spectators wanted to see them beaten. The sport’s biggest attractions often inspired admiration and resentment in equal measure.

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Las Vegas, Nevada – On Saturday night, Teofimo Lopez (23-2, 13 KOs) began his path toward undisputed champion by capturing the WBA welterweight world title against Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero (17-3, 13 KOs) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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Ade Oladipo has tried to explain away his dismissal of George Foreman by blaming missing context, social-media outrage, and jealous members of the boxing media. His appearance with Ariel Helwani, however, revealed a simpler issue: Oladipo judged Foreman through the version he personally knew rather than the heavyweight the public feared during the 1970s.

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Richardson Hitchins claims boxing executives have no interest in matching him against Brian Norman Jr., giving him a convenient excuse to dismiss the most dangerous opponent of his professional career.

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Joe Joyce has faced plenty of calls to hang up his gloves and has now given an update on his future in boxing. Joyce is now 40 years of…

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Baumgardner jumps five pounds without a lightweight tune-up as Turhan brings proven power and pressure to their IBF title fight.

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Coming up this Saturday on the 29th of August, from the O2 Arena in Greenwich, England, in a championship bout that will be available on DAZN – undefeated heavyweight powerhouse Moses Itauma will battle Croatian contender Filip Hrgovic for the vacant IBF heavyweight title.

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Sonny Liston reached the highest position in boxing without receiving what normally came with it. Heavyweight champions were celebrated, admired, and treated as national figures. Liston destroyed Floyd Patterson twice, yet the public never embraced him. His dominance only gave people another reason to fear him.

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Chris Eubank Sr’s career helped to define a famous period in British boxing history during the 1980s and 1990s. The London-born fighter became one of the…

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A two-weight world champion believes he should have been the man to defeat pound-for-pound great Floyd Mayweather. Known for his extraordinary defensive skills and ring IQ, Mayweather is…

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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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