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Naoya Inoue, arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in boxing, returns to action Tuesday when he defends his undisputed junior featherweight title against TJ Doheny. The fight will go down from Tokyo’s Ariake Arena. The fight will be Inoue’s second defense as undisputed champion at 122 pounds as well as his first fight since stopping Luis […]

Getty Images After a 20-month layoff, an introspective Danny Garcia made a successful debut in the 154-pound division Saturday night, successfully outboxing Jose Benavidez Jr. at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Garcia (37-3, 21 KO) had been out of action since December 2020, but he showed very few signs of rust as he outboxed Benavidez from the […]

One of the best fights in the last few years is set for its second chapter. Two of the best bantamweights of this era will throw down in Japan on Tuesday when unified champion Naoya Inoue takes on WBC titleholder Nonito Donaire at the Saitama Arena (5 a.m. ET, ESPN+). The pair first met in […]

David Benavidez entered his fight with David Lemieux on Saturday night as a heavy favorite to win the WBC interim championship and put himself in line as a mandatory challenger to undisputed 168-pound champion Canelo Alvarez. He also knew a simple victory would not be enough to increase the demand for that fight. Benavidez responded […]

Jermell Charlo became the first four-belt undisputed champion at 154 pounds on Saturday after knocking out Brian Castano in the 10th round of their thrilling rematch at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.   Nearly one year after fighting to a disputed draw that most felt he had won, Castano (17-1-2, 12 KOs) came […]