Eddie Hearn believes Andy Ruiz Jr. can become heavyweight champion again despite the former unified champion approaching his 37th birthday, coming off a lackluster 12-round draw against Jarrell Miller in August 2024, and sitting out nearly two years since that performance. Hearn says Ruiz’s inactivity was the result of injuries and personal issues, not a lack of talent.

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Eddie Hearn says recent talks between boxing’s leading promoters and Zuffa Boxing failed to produce any agreements, but he believes they established a direct line of communication that didn’t previously exist.

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Moses Itauma respects Filip Hrgovic’s accomplishments, but he doesn’t believe the Croatian’s recent victories over David Adeleye, Dave Allen and Joe Joyce will prepare him for what he’ll face when they meet on August 29 at the O2 Arena in London.

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Former WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu has unveiled a new nickname ahead of his July 26 fight against Errol Spence Jr. in Sydney, Australia, saying “The Phoenix” reflects his climb back toward the top after one of the toughest stretches of his career.

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Holmes edged Norton in a disputed 15-round classic to begin one of the greatest heavyweight title reigns in boxing history

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Abdullah Mason’s dramatic comeback stoppage of Albert Bell earned him a jump in The Ring’s latest lightweight rankings, but not everyone on Inside the Ring agreed he has done enough to move ahead of Andy Cruz.

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Tyson Fury insists he is coming back to take over the crown, but reclaiming a heavyweight world title will require considerably more than beating Mariusz Wach in his return later this month.

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Former two-division world champion Tim Bradley believes Devin Haney has run out of alternatives and should stop looking for ways around a mandatory title defense against Keyshawn Davis.

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Sugar Ray Leonard defeated unbeaten WBA light middleweight champion Ayub Kalule by ninth-round technical knockout at the Houston Astrodome to become a two-division world champion on June 25, 1981. Billed as “Astrowars,” the bout awarded Leonard the WBA and The Ring 154-pound titles and preceded his historic welterweight title unification fight against Thomas Hearns three months later.

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Simon Jordan believes Saudi Arabia’s era of pouring enormous sums into boxing may eventually give way to a more self-sustaining model, arguing that the heavy investment seen in recent years cannot continue indefinitely.

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Ricardo “Finito” López delivered one of the defining performances of his Hall of Fame career, stopping Puerto Rico’s Alex “El Nene” Sánchez in five rounds to unify the WBC and WBO minimumweight titles at Madison Square Garden in New York on August 23, 1997.

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Saudi boxing financier Turki Alalshikh appears to have signaled his support for a 2 a.m. finish at Wembley Stadium, adding fresh momentum to plans for a long-discussed heavyweight showdown between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.

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Daniel Dubois has stopped plenty of high-profile fighters in recent years, but one of them claims he would have fared better had he been properly fit. ‘DDD’ found his…

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Oleksandr Usyk has accomplished enough to guarantee his place in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Becoming undisputed champion at cruiserweight and then twice reaching the top of the heavyweight division is an extraordinary achievement.

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Oscar De La Hoya used a video update today to outline Golden Boy Promotions’ plans for the remainder of the summer, revealing that the company is pursuing several major fights, including potential showdowns involving Vergil Ortiz Jr., Jaron “Boots” Ennis, Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn.

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Tim Bradley believes Keyshawn Davis has the style to make WBO welterweight champion Devin Haney uncomfortable if the two meet later this year.

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The super featherweight division has lacked meaningful unification fights in recent years, making reported talks between Emanuel Navarrete and O’Shaquie Foster a welcome development.

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Andy Ruiz Jr. has found a new promotional home. Matchroom Boxing announced on Tuesday that it has signed the 36-year-old former unified heavyweight champion, teasing that fight news for Ruiz will be revealed soon.

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The Saudi boxing chief says a late ringwalk would place Britain’s biggest heavyweight fight in U.S. prime time, expanding television reach and commercial value

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Brook has not fought since a sixth-round stoppage of Amir Khan in February 2022, but the former IBF welterweight champion says he would be willing to return for a long-discussed showdown with Chris Eubank Jr if the financial terms were right.

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