Boxing

5:29 PM ET Heavyweight contenders Dillian Whyte and Oscar Rivas will meet in a world title elimination fight on July 20 at the O2 Arena in London, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced Saturday. The winner will be in line for a an eventual shot at the belt held by Deontay Wilder, who first has
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1:49 PM ET Former junior featherweight world titlist Scott Quigg has suffered a torn tendon in his left arm, forcing him to withdraw from his upcoming junior lightweight bout with Jayson Velez. Quigg was due to face Velez in a 10-round fight on the April 26 DAZN card headlined by the rematch between junior bantamweight
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5:38 PM ET NEW YORK – Welterweight world titlist Terence Crawford and challenger Amir Khan have been all business in the build up to their fight and that continued on Friday at the weigh-in at Madison Square Garden. Both appeared to easily make weight early Friday afternoon inside the Garden’s expo center before appearing at
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11:57 AM ET Featherweight world titlist Gary Russell Jr. will once again come off of a year of inactivity to defend his belt. Russell will face former junior featherweight world titlist Kiko Martinez on May 18 (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Premier Boxing Champions announced on Friday. The fight
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7:46 PM ET Former unified cruiserweight word titlist Murat Gassiev is moving up to the heavyweight division and will get started in June after signing a co-promotional agreement with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn on Thursday. Gassiev, a devastating puncher, brought on Matchroom Boxing to co-promote him along with Ural Boxing and Warriors Boxing and
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10:10 PM ET Welterweight world titlist Terence Crawford and Amir Khan both were offered lucrative fights to face opponents that surely would pose less risk than they face by fighting each other, but both wanted the challenge. And so they met on Wednesday at the final prefight news conference at Madison Square Garden in New
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