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  • Boxing Rumors: Major Heavyweight Card in December

    Social media boxing circles and tabloid press have been discussing a rumored mega fight card from Saudi Arabia in December of this year. I cannot find a reputable source reporting this as signed and finalized and it feels too good to be true. However, as a fight fan this would be the best news of…

  • Canelo Alvarez Signs with PBC: What to Expect?

    After weeks of posturing and negotiating, Canelo Alvarez has signed a three fight deal with Premier Boxing Champions to fight on Showtime PPV. Negotiations with Dmitry Bivol and Badou Jack have fallen apart and Alvarez has since moved on. Bivol would not budge on the weight class as he wanted to come down and attempt…

  • Jaime Munguia vs Sergey Derevyanchencko Score & Review

    Yes I know I am late to the dance. I still have not watched all twelve rounds of the Teofimo Lopez vs Josh Taylor fight and planned a quick recap of it as well. Munguia won this fight which I am aware of but have yet to watch as of my time typing. In this…

  • Predicting Taylor vs Lopez & Munguia vs Derevyanchenko

    Josh Taylor vs Teofimo Lopez Tonight from Madison Square Garden Josh Taylor defends his WBO 140 lb title for the first time and the fourth defense of his Ring Magazine title. Taylor had held all four of the major titles in this division but was stripped when mandatory challengers demanded their shot and Taylor pushed…

  • Classic Revisited: Bernard Hopkins Stops Felix Trinidad in 12

    It is always a pleasure meeting fellow boxing fans and I was pleasantly surprised to find a coworker who loves the sport like I do. He mentioned coming to the country as a young kid and being grabbed by boxing. One of his favorite fighters growing up was Bernard Hopkins who happened to also be…

  • Opinion: Boxing in Media-Ryan Garcia vs Adrian Broner??

    Boxing fans on social media are now being stoked by recent statements from promoter Oscar De La Hoya. Oscar is hinting at a possible fight between recently defeated Ryan Garcia and Adrian Broner. Broner still has a following out there and fans on social media still seem to think Broner is the same fighter he…

  • Reaction: Thurman’s call out & Canelo-Bivol II

    Based on recent news from the boxing world, I will share my opinion on two recent headlines. Recently, welterweight Keith Thurman has called out the winner of Terrence Crawford and Errol Spence. Saul Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol have seen their negotiations fall apart for a rematch. Thurman’s call out: I flat out do not think…

  • Classic Fight: Hagler vs Duran

    Based on some back and forth debating on this fight among forum posters Boxing News 24’s classic section’s scorecard thread, I decided to revisit this classic bout from the 1980s. I had not watched this fight in at least five years. My memory was that Hagler won, and he won clearly, but that it was…

  • Boxing in Media: Social Media Boxing Posts

    Having not been a keen social media user these last few years I have been reintroduced to how confrontational the algorithm can be in curating content that generates anger and leads to arguments. My feed has been sending me memes and posts that are boxing related and often I let things slide. Other times I…

  • Crawford vs Spence is Official

    Set your calendars for July 29th, one of the most anticipated fights in boxing is finally signed. Terrence Crawford and Errol Spence are set to meet in a welterweight unification clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. They have also signed a rematch clause that mandates a second fight to happen before the end…

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